hey guys welcome to break it yourself today we're gonna be comparing four
different methods for starting charcoal I've done this video before but I only
used three methods and I got a lot of comments back saying you really need to
try a propane torch so that's what we're gonna try today we're gonna match up a
chimney versus the looftlighter versus a heat gun versus the propane
we're gonna be using the same amount of charcoal for each test that's just gonna
be one chimney full I know that the chimney a lot of people also said the
chimney is passive you don't have to actively do anything of course and we we
kind of already know the chimney takes about 20 minutes to start charcoal
anyway but we're still gonna have that kind of be our control test the other
three methods are more active because you have to hold the propane torch you
have to hold the heat gun and have to hold the looftlighter I don't care about
that I'm just comparing the timing of using the four different ones of course
the chimney is probably gonna win out for some of you who don't want to
actively do anything you just light it walk away come back in twenty minutes
it's ready to go I have a feeling the propane torch is probably be the fastest
one but it's also incredibly loud
now I haven't been able to look at the footage yet but I just know that the
propane was way faster the short amount of time that I did the propane the grill
I took the girl cause I want to put the charcoal out and uhh [laughter] so I've got the
vents shut and I just walked by and the grill is up - yeah 450 so yep that'll do
so that tiny bit of time that I was putting the propane torch on there and
then immediately just put the top on and it's already up to 450 that was... that was
incredible and just like last video the heat gun doing awesome coming in at 4:59
for 12 dollars from Harbor Freight beating out the $80 looftlighter and
the looftlighter finishing in 7:38 with the chimney finishing in about 28
minutes that propane torch is the most annoying way to start a grill but man
it's it is so fast so all you people out there that said use a propane
torch you were right I would not do it without hearing protection and I would
not do it late at night because it's it's super obnoxious but it's effective
oh man how about those results of the looftlighter versus the heat gun huh I
know it's a little subjective just because it probably depends on how many
times you're moving around the pile but that heat gun just totally killed the
looftlighter which is for the amount of money you're saving on a heat gun just
go with the heat gun your hand does get... get a little bit hotter so the looftlighter
is a good design because your hand is further away but the looftfighter
you have to hold the button down and with the heat gun you can just kind of
pop that button on high and let it go which is awesome and then of course if
you don't want to mess with any of that just stick with your chimney I hope you
enjoyed this video I don't know if it was worth it I'm totally drenched it was
hot but thank you for watching as always don't forget to thumbs me up
and we'll see you next time