I use a modified coffee can in the same manner.
I was camping on the Guadalupe about 20 years ago and this guy showed me
what looks very similar to Weber's version that he claimed he had
designed.It was made out of a coffee can.he had a couple other
"inventions"one was what I believe to have evolved into the modern day water
cannon."
Chad
Short Wave Sportfishing" wrote in message
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On Sat, 31 Jul 2004 13:04:13 GMT, "Doug Kanter"
wrote:

No, it's not off topic.

Maybe everyone has one of these and I'm the last to find out......
http://www.weber.com/bbq/pub/grill/a.../chargear.aspx
Scroll down to the chimney starter.

A couple of my boating destinations involve bringing charcoal and fluid
for
the end-of-day feast, typically Nathan's hot dogs, the food of the gods.
I'm
not crazy about transporting lighter fluid, or the charcoal with "built
in"
fluid. So, I blew ten bucks on this chimney starter. Charcoal goes in the
top and 2-3 sheets of crumpled newspaper go in the bottom. You light the
newspaper, wait the usual 30 minutes, and you have a fire. What's
interesting is that the resulting coals end up more evenly lit than those
done the normal way. Must be the shape of the thing, because the
newspaper's
gone in under a minute, so that can't be a factor.

Think about it - it's actually a working model of a chimney fire.

You start an ember on one briquet and that one starts to smolder, then
one-by-one - poof - all done.

Cool air in the bottom, warm air out the top - presto - chimney
fire!!!! :)

Later,

Tom