After testing nine charcoal chimney starters (and burning through 78 pounds of charcoal), we found four top picks for lighting briquettes and lump charcoal.
won the award for top chimney: it has a large capacity, is easy to fill and light, and the handle stays fairly cool. It's also easy to pour charcoal from. TheWhen I owned restaurants, I had an enormous smoker in the back of one that ran almost daily. There was always mullet , bacon, pastrami, ham, or the occasional whole pig that needed several hours of bathing in smoke. I often used charcoal as my starter, which provided a good base heat before adding oak logs.
One important thing to realize is the stated lighting time is usually listed in vague terms like “In as little as 10 minutes!” You will probably never replicate the conditions that led to that claim, so be prepared to wait longer to grill. Here are my timed results from the three-quart charcoal test to give you a more accurate picture:Charcoal chimney starter manufacturers list their models’ capacities in ways that suit them.
This chimney's large capacity and easy lighting made it a strong contender for top model. Large bottom holes—more than adequate to insert a lighter—provided excellent airflow and easy lighting. Again, none of the chimneys lived up to their advertised lighting times, but the Outset was our fastest briquette-lighting model, taking 26 minutes to light six quarts and 20 minutes for three.
Let’s be clear about the small-capacity designation—the Lodge chimney still held 3.5 quarts or 60 briquettes. That’s not an insignificant amount to get grilling on. Plus, it had three quarts of charcoal briquettes ready in 22 minutes. The bottom design, which featured oval-shaped slots, was excellent for airflow and lighting. Those slots provided plenty of room to insert a stick lighter, making it easy to ensure the paper was burning fully at the start of the test.
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