On May 27, 3:20*pm, Vic Smith wrote:
On Wed, 27 May 2009 14:21:24 -0400, John H
wrote:



Do you wad up two full sheets of newspaper and put in the bottom? The
Washington Post is good for little else, but it will start charcoal. I
plan for twenty minutes, and it's never failed to be on time.

No. *I just won't use newspaper. *Tried it once, and the ashes stayed
around. *I just squirt a little fluid in and light it.
I'm never in a hurry, and tell the truth my wife or a kid has been
doing it all the last few years.
I'm going to have to take charge again. *She's burned her last brat.
I get a kick out that commercial where the wife starts to light the
charcoal and the husband grabs her hand and gets all flustered.
"It's like I would come into your kitchen and make a salad. *How would
you like that?"

--Vic

I can smell the fluid residue on anything that's cooked, that's why I
use newspaper. Pick the chimney up and move it off of the the paper
then whack the newspaper ashes a couple of times with your grill brush
and they are gone.