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Offline LostArrow

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Charcoal Lighters
« Reply #-1 on: January 18, 2012, 06:27:39 PM »
Like many of you I use a charcoal chimney to light charcoal.
Over the years Ive used a lot of things as the fuel source.
Wadded paper, cheap always around , usually works, the ash is a mess & sometimes gets on your food.
Oiled paper towels, less mess, cheap, somewhat messy to make.
Weber lighter cubes , no mess , very easy, pricy , but locally about $0.26 / cube in season. I've gotten lazy , so I've been buying the W cubes & stocking up. My Garage ate my stock of 4 boxes :'(
Got online & the weber cubes are ridiculous with shipping :'(
Instead bought a box of RUTLAND FIRESTARTER SQUARES, box of 144 cost $10.20 & shipping $5.80.
Cost is $0.11 / cube , they work great with a charcoal chimney, no mess , 1 cube does the trick!
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Re: Charcoal Lighters
« on: January 18, 2012, 06:31:40 PM »
Great tip LA!

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Re: Charcoal Lighters
« Reply #1 on: January 18, 2012, 07:00:02 PM »
Thanks LA!! When I run out of Weber cubes I will get some of those Rutland cubes.
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Re: Charcoal Lighters
« Reply #2 on: January 18, 2012, 07:31:16 PM »
LA, I use a burner on my CampChef gas stove on the back porch, but I am sorta lazy. If you have a gas grill with a side burner that works too.
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Re: Charcoal Lighters
« Reply #3 on: January 18, 2012, 10:24:07 PM »
I use a gas burner as well.  I don't know how  the price compares to cubes, but if you're in a rush you can leave it on and get the chimney completely lit pretty fast.

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Re: Charcoal Lighters
« Reply #4 on: January 19, 2012, 07:55:52 AM »
I don't use it very often any more but when I do I really appreciate the built-in propane lighter on my Weber Performer.  It's fast, easy, no muss/no fuss. 

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Re: Charcoal Lighters
« Reply #5 on: January 19, 2012, 08:58:03 AM »
Quote from: TwoPockets on January 18, 2012, 07:31:16 PM
LA, I use a burner on my CampChef gas stove on the back porch, but I am sorta lazy. If you have a gas grill with a side burner that works too.
Hey twopockets..is your campchef gas stove one of them with the portable oven? If it is..how well do they bake? I have seen them online but haven't talked to anyone that has used one.  I know you know all about that kind of stuff.  Thanks Pam ★*˚°。°
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Re: Charcoal Lighters
« Reply #6 on: January 19, 2012, 05:08:34 PM »
Quote from: Pam Gould on January 19, 2012, 08:58:03 AM
Quote from: TwoPockets on January 18, 2012, 07:31:16 PM
LA, I use a burner on my CampChef gas stove on the back porch, but I am sorta lazy. If you have a gas grill with a side burner that works too.
Hey twopockets..is your campchef gas stove one of them with the portable oven? If it is..how well do they bake? I have seen them online but haven't talked to anyone that has used one.  I know you know all about that kind of stuff.  Thanks Pam ★*˚°。°

Pam this is the stove I have, I picked up at Costco several years ago for $149. It came with a heavy cast iron griddle that covers 2 of the burners. It sits on my back deck full time and in good weather it gets used several times a week. We don't fry anything in the house any more and it is great for shrimp/crab boils, blackening fish, fajitas and about anything you would use a stove or a flat top for. I have 2 of the 14" Academy cast iron grddles I use on it mostly along with all our cast iron skillets.

http://www.campchef.com/expedition-3x-triple-burner-stove.html

You may be thinking of this stove/oven combo. We sold them at Academy but it wasn't a big seller so we put them on clearance. I have heard mixed reviews, but for camping it should be a good fit.

http://www.campchef.com/outdoor-camp-oven-2-burner-range-and-stove.html
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Re: Charcoal Lighters
« Reply #7 on: January 19, 2012, 05:17:34 PM »
Thanks Ken..that last one is what I was looking for, but the price was only $149.00. There were no reviews but I am looking for an oven for the campground. Got any on sale at your place?  Pam ★*˚°。°
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Re: Charcoal Lighters
« Reply #8 on: January 19, 2012, 05:27:32 PM »
Quote from: Pam Gould on January 19, 2012, 05:17:34 PM
Thanks Ken..that last one is what I was looking for, but the price was only $149.00. There were no reviews but I am looking for an oven for the campground. Got any on sale at your place?  Pam ★*˚°。°

They were around $200+ something at Academy and I think they got down to around $129 on clearance. I don't know if we have any left and I can't find them on our online store. I will check when I go back to work Monday.

Here it is at Amazon Pam and there several reviews, most really good. I think this would be a very good fit for camping. We had our motorhome for over 6 years and used the stove inside only twice and never used the oven. We did all our cooking outside. I used the oven as a storage cabinet.

http://www.amazon.com/Camp-Chef-Camping-Outdoor-Burner/dp/B0013LLSZG/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1327011829&sr=8-1
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Re: Charcoal Lighters
« Reply #9 on: January 19, 2012, 06:26:34 PM »
Ken..I had a freind almost burn up in  a camper..and I don't trust the propane in it..so I look for portable because I have a convection microwave oven but it does not bake right. I love to bake..a lot. I will keep checking..
Thanks for checking for me.  Pam ★*˚°。°
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Re: Charcoal Lighters
« Reply #10 on: January 20, 2012, 12:29:42 PM »
Pam,

I've seen those oven/stove combos at Costco and Sam's Club for about 150 bucks.  But they seem to only carry them in the summertime.   I always wanna get one but then realize I have other cookers that will basically do all the same things.  You can get camp stoves on craigslist for between 10 and 20 bucks and with a little effort you can bake on most barbecues.  Still, it seems like a cool item.

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