Re: Sterno as a Chimney Starter
bbq
> Fearful that embers of flyaway bits of newspaper would stray from his
> charcoal chimney starer and start a larger fire, Dimitri Criona of
> Cambria Calif., discovered he could light his grill using a can of
> Sterno portable cooking fuel.
>
> 1. Place opened can of Sterno on the charcoal grill and light.
>
> 2. Place the filled charcoal chimney over the Sterno can and let it
> stand for 2-3 minutes until the coals are lit. The chimney can then
> be moved and the Sterno covered and reused.
>
> Cooks Illustrated, Page 4. August 2010. (ISSN 1068-2821, Number 105)
Nice idea. But they also have starter cubes to for those that don't
like the ash flying around.
And those who also have a gas grill have used that to start coals.
BBQ
Gregory Morrow
> Fearful that embers of flyaway bits of newspaper would stray from his
> charcoal chimney starer and start a larger fire, Dimitri Criona of
> Cambria Calif., discovered he could light his grill using a can of
> Sterno portable cooking fuel.
>
> 1. Place opened can of Sterno on the charcoal grill and light.
>
> 2. Place the filled charcoal chimney over the Sterno can and let it
> stand for 2-3 minutes until the coals are lit. The chimney can then
> be moved and the Sterno covered and reused.
>
> Cooks Illustrated, Page 4. August 2010. (ISSN 1068-2821, Number 105)
Wouldn't the can of Sterno "explode", Steve...???
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Roy
wrote:
==
Sterno is mostly wood alcohol.
==
George Shirley
I'm not Steve but Sterno won't explode if handled properly.
Go here for handling instructions:
http://www.sterno.com/retail/PDFs/Tools%20Fuel%20Safety.pdf
Sterno has been around since before WWI and has been safely used by most
people except "alkies", people who will drink anything at anytime.
Drinking liquefied Sterno will kill you pretty quick, it has methanol in it.
Kent
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grate off. You pretty much to use paper between the flame and the bottom of
the chimney. This is also true of the performer. It lights a chimney fine,
but you do have to use paper in the same fashion.
Kent
Omelet
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My weed torch has been the best BBQ lighter I've ever had... ;-)
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hrbrick...@verizon.net
I was using "self striking" parafin sticks from Diamond Match Company,
but I recently hit on the idea of using the old telephone books that
accumulate in my trash. We get a new book every quarter. I wad up
a few pages and dip them briefly in the drip bucket under my pit.
(Phone book paper doesn't burn all that well without some help). With
help from the grease drippings the paper lights easily and burns
hot. Cost is zero. I keep the book in the same rubbermaid can with
my wood chunks.
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Perverted is using the whole chicken.)
Nunya Bidnits
Using a Fast Eddie's Cookshack FE-100, the one trouble spot on that unit is
the igniter. Anyone who uses this cooker frequently has probably encountered
the problem.
The fix was a miniature chimney, fashioned out of a metal shaker and some
scrap metal, which is filled with pellets and set over a can of Sterno. We
start the pellets in the chimney, and dump the lit pellets into the firepot
and turn the unit on. This also avoids the problem of the unit trying to
come up to temp without having ignited, therefore smothering any attempt at
fire by continuously feeding pellets.
MartyB
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Omelet <ompo...@gmail.com> wrote:
I use a propane torch.
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bbq
Nice idea. I have TOO many phone books around. I have phone books that
have NEVER been opened. 411.com works for me !!!!
BBQ
bbq
Can you post a pic of your weed torch on your picasa account? I have
never heard of it. I probably need something like that for the back
corner....
BBQ
Omelet
bbq <bbq...@netscape.net> wrote:
> >> There's too much space between the grate and the flame, even if you take
> >> the
> >> grate off. You pretty much to use paper between the flame and the bottom
> >> of
> >> the chimney. This is also true of the performer. It lights a chimney fine,
> >> but you do have to use paper in the same fashion.
> >>
> >> Kent
> >
> > My weed torch has been the best BBQ lighter I've ever had... ;-)
>
>
> Can you post a pic of your weed torch on your picasa account? I have
> never heard of it. I probably need something like that for the back
> corner....
>
> BBQ
I'll take a snapshot next time I light the firebox when I re-do that
series that got ruined last weekend. :-) Or I may photograph bbq catfish.
They are available from Lowe's. This is the model I have. The propane
can screws on to the handle and there is a built in starter in the lower
part of the body, but I had to use a lighter last time to get it going:
<http://www.lowes.com/pd_246067-717-94482_0_?productId=3243110&Ntt=torch&
Ntk=i_products&pl=1¤tURL=/pl__0__s?Ntk=i_products$rpp=15$No=60$Ntt=
torch$identifier=>
Or:
It is a handy tool. :-)
It's difficult to weed eat the driveway as it throws rocks at your lower
legs due to the driveway gravel.
hrbrick...@verizon.net
That weed burner is handy to control the grass under a chain link fence
also. Chain link is notorious for eating weed eater string. A quick pass
with the weed burner gets the job done. Just do a quick pass though,.
You do not need to burn it to the ground. A quick pass that doesn't
even visibly kill the grass, will nevertheless kill it. You just have to
wait
until the next day to see the results. A weed burner compares to a
propane torch like a moon rocket compares to a bottle rocket.
Omelet
hrbrick...@verizon.net wrote:
> > <http://tinyurl.com/388jfk9>
> >
> > It is a handy tool. :-)
> > It's difficult to weed eat the driveway as it throws rocks at your lower
> > legs due to the driveway gravel.
> > --
> > Peace! Om
>
> That weed burner is handy to control the grass under a chain link fence
> also. Chain link is notorious for eating weed eater string. A quick pass
> with the weed burner gets the job done. Just do a quick pass though,.
> You do not need to burn it to the ground. A quick pass that doesn't
> even visibly kill the grass, will nevertheless kill it. You just have to
> wait
> until the next day to see the results. A weed burner compares to a
> propane torch like a moon rocket compares to a bottle rocket.
<lol> So very true!
It's been wonderful for the driveway, and my brother in law has fun
using it. :-)
>
> --
> Brick (Kinky is using a feather.
> Perverted is using the whole chicken.)
Stormmee
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its a good day, Lee
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On 29-Jul-2010, "Stormmee" <rgr...@consolidated.net> wrote:
> i use free 411 as i hate giving the phone co any money so i listen to the
> ads, Lee
> "bbq" <bbq...@netscape.net> wrote in message
. . .
> >
> > Nice idea. I have TOO many phone books around. I have phone books that
> >
> > have NEVER been opened. 411.com works for me !!!!
> >
> > BBQ
I use the white pages, yellow pages and anywho on the net.
Dimitri
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For me the problem was the grill was on the deck off the kitchen & the
smoker was in thee front of the house (driveway) living in a pine forest
filled with vacant lots fire was not a worry it was a terror. Also being a
cheapskate I wanted to use up 2 1/2 cans of Sterno left over from a
fondue.
Dimitri
Lou Decruss
wrote:
>Fearful that embers of flyaway bits of newspaper would stray from his
>charcoal chimney starer and start a larger fire, Dimitri Criona of
>Cambria Calif., discovered he could light his grill using a can of
>Sterno portable cooking fuel.
>
>1. Place opened can of Sterno on the charcoal grill and light.
>
>2. Place the filled charcoal chimney over the Sterno can and let it
>stand for 2-3 minutes until the coals are lit. The chimney can then
>be moved and the Sterno covered and reused.
>
>Cooks Illustrated, Page 4. August 2010. (ISSN 1068-2821, Number 105)
I don't use newspaper anymore unless I have time to kill which isn't
often. Yes it's cheaper but there's other ways. One is setting the
chimney on the side burner of that gas grill. Takes about 2 minutes.
Another is setting it on the turkey fryer on low flame. Takes about 60
seconds. Or use a propane torch under the chimney for a minute or so.
If I'm using the minion method in a weber kettle I'll set the lump in
the circle and light one end with a torch.
None of these are as cheap as using newspaper but they all work fine.
Lou
monroe, of course
Lou Decruss <LouDe...@biteme.com> wrote:
Yabbut,the prob is handling the Sterno *once* the coals are lit.
EVERYTHING within the VICINITY is HOT and SLOSHY! You can deal with
either flying ash or liquid hydrocarbon napalm. Your Choice.
monroe(ai-yi-yi-yi!)
Charly Horse
George Shirley <gmsh...@suddenlink.net> wrote in
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George Shirley
Used to burn a pinch of C4 to heat coffee in a canteen cup.
Anyone else remember aluminum canteens and cups?
hrbrick...@verizon.net
'fraid so. Also the GI coleman gas burning stove.
Dimitri
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> On Thu, 29 Jul 2010 19:38:09 -0400, monroe, of course wrote:
>
>> Yabbut,the prob is handling the Sterno *once* the coals are lit.
>> EVERYTHING within the VICINITY is HOT and SLOSHY! You can deal with
>> either flying ash or liquid hydrocarbon napalm. Your Choice.
>> monroe(ai-yi-yi-yi!)
>
> slide or drop the cap back on the sterno, just like you'd do for
> any sterno purpose.
>
> -sw
Yep - that'll do it normally a can lasts for several starts as long as you
reseal the cap after it cools down. careful though the Sterno cans can get
very hot when they are burning.
Dimitri
Nunya Bidnits
BubbaBob <rnorton47@_remove_this_comcast.net> wrote:
> George Shirley <gmsh...@suddenlink.net> wrote:
>
>
>>
>> Used to burn a pinch of C4 to heat coffee in a canteen cup.
>> Anyone else remember aluminum canteens and cups?
>>
>
> exploding feces. I've seen it done in Nam. You can also eat it,
> swallow a miniaturized detonator, walk right by any TSA detection
> device and blow yourself up. I'm amazed no one's done it yet. Once
> they do, you'll have to have a full colonoscopy before boarding.
If someone did that, the chemical sniffing devices would pick it up. If it
was that easy, it would have been done already.
There was a video going around a year or two ago where some guys were
competing to see how fast they could light a charcoal fire. Some engineers
showed up with some liquid oxygen. The entire thing went up, melting the
little grill, in a couple seconds.
MartyB
hrbrick...@verizon.net
On 9-Aug-2010, "Nunya Bidnits" <nunyab...@eternal-september.invalid>
wrote:
> BubbaBob <rnorton47@_remove_this_comcast.net> wrote:
> > George Shirley <gmsh...@suddenlink.net> wrote:
. . .
>
> There was a video going around a year or two ago where some guys were
> competing to see how fast they could light a charcoal fire. Some engineers
>
> showed up with some liquid oxygen. The entire thing went up, melting the
> little grill, in a couple seconds.
>
> MartyB
That liquid oxygen (LOX) is some very dangerous stuff. I've been told by
military friends who service aircraft that a common building brick becomes
a lethal hand grenade when soaked in LOX and then thown to strike a
hard surface.
James Silverton
>> BubbaBob <rnorton47@_remove_this_comcast.net> wrote:
> >> George Shirley <gmsh...@suddenlink.net> wrote:
> . . .
>> There was a video going around a year or two ago where some
>> guys were competing to see how fast they could light a
>> charcoal fire. Some engineers
>>
>> showed up with some liquid oxygen. The entire thing went up,
>> melting the little grill, in a couple seconds.
>>
>> MartyB
> That liquid oxygen (LOX) is some very dangerous stuff. I've
> been told by military friends who service aircraft that a
> common building brick becomes a lethal hand grenade when
> soaked in LOX and then thown to strike a hard surface.
The Simplon tunnel used mixtures of liquid oxygen and gasoline as an
excavation explosive. The mixture has the advantage that it will become
non-explosive, if flammable, when the oxygen evaporates but it has not
proven popular in later years.
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Potomac, Maryland
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GregS
>
>On 9-Aug-2010, "Nunya Bidnits" <nunyab...@eternal-september.invalid>
>wrote:
>
>> BubbaBob <rnorton47@_remove_this_comcast.net> wrote:
>> > George Shirley <gmsh...@suddenlink.net> wrote:
>
>
>>
>> There was a video going around a year or two ago where some guys were
>> competing to see how fast they could light a charcoal fire. Some engineers
>>
>> showed up with some liquid oxygen. The entire thing went up, melting the
>> little grill, in a couple seconds.
>>
>> MartyB
>
>That liquid oxygen (LOX) is some very dangerous stuff. I've been told by
>military friends who service aircraft that a common building brick becomes
>a lethal hand grenade when soaked in LOX and then thown to strike a
>hard surface.
They were throwing ice balls on the way to work one hot morning.
I think I have seen that before, but maybe somebody knocked the ice off the tanks
mear the hospital.
Newspaper works fine as a charcoal chimney lighter.
I did start a fire at the campground using some of that sterno in a pack
type of lighter. I think the military uses it in some kind of stove.
Comes in a sealed pack, and you can break it apart. I think
mostly alcohol based.
greg
Steve B
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> In article <Xns9DCEB06E69B2Cdi...@127.0.0.1>,
> BubbaBob <rnorton47@_remove_this_comcast.net> wrote:
>
>> George Shirley <gmsh...@suddenlink.net> wrote:
>>
>>
>> >
>> > Anyone else remember aluminum canteens and cups?
>> >
>>
>> exploding feces. I've seen it done in Nam. You can also eat it, swallow a
>> miniaturized detonator, walk right by any TSA detection device and blow
>> yourself up. I'm amazed no one's done it yet. Once they do, you'll have
>> to
>> have a full colonoscopy before boarding.
>
>
> Those damned things have an expensive co-pay!
> --
> Peace! Om
AND, in Las Vegas, you MUST attend a two hour training class. Yet there's
very little instructions before heart surgery.
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Thomas
> Comes in a sealed pack, and you can break it apart. I think
> mostly alcohol based.
>
Trioxane fuel bars. I think they are the best for lighting a fire.
Nancy Young
> BubbaBob <rnorton47@_remove_this_comcast.net> wrote:
>> C4 is also non-toxic. You can eat a pound of it and make a pile of
>> exploding feces. I've seen it done in Nam. You can also eat it,
>> swallow a miniaturized detonator, walk right by any TSA detection
>> device and blow yourself up. I'm amazed no one's done it yet. Once
>> they do, you'll have to have a full colonoscopy before boarding.
>
> With any luck. ;-)
>
> Those damned things have an expensive co-pay!
My insurance covers that 100%, like any annual checkup.
As they keep reminding me.
nancy
Nunya Bidnits
If there is misery to come, you can count on that procedure to foretell it.
They told me upon review of the procedure that I should anticipate trouble
with diverticulitis. Three months later, there it was. 18 months more down
the road, after 4 bad flares, 4 CT scans, a weekend in the hospital and
another day in the ER, a GP, a GI doc, a surgical consultation, six rounds
of gut-wrenching double antibiotics, and almost two thousand bucks in
copays, I'm looking at surgery in November to fix it. Yay.
I'm convinced none of this would have happened if I had refused the
procedure.
;-)
MartyB
Nonnymus
"Nunya Bidnits" <nunyab...@eternal-september.invalid> wrote in message
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Here in our city, there was a Dr. who owned a clinic that did colonoscopies.
It was discovered by the health department that an unusual number of the
clinic's patients were being diagnosed with Hepatitis. He allegedly was
having his employees save the leftover anesthetic in bottles by drawing it
out in used syringes and combining it to save a few bucks. They also
discovered that the equipment was allegedly not being cleaned well between
uses and that procedures that were supposed to take 30 minutes or so were
being done in a fraction of that time. We're talking about thousands of
people being allegedly at risk.
This is all being litigated at the moment, so it might be true or false,
depending on what a jury decides.
Nonny
Dan Abel
"Nunya Bidnits" <nunyab...@eternal-september.invalid> wrote:
> Nancy Young <rjyn...@comcast.net> wrote:
> > Omelet wrote:
> >
> >> BubbaBob <rnorton47@_remove_this_comcast.net> wrote:
> >>> colonoscopy
> >> Those damned things have an expensive co-pay!
> >
> > My insurance covers that 100%, like any annual checkup.
> >
> > As they keep reminding me.
> If there is misery to come, you can count on that procedure to foretell it.
> They told me upon review of the procedure that I should anticipate trouble
> with diverticulitis. Three months later, there it was. 18 months more down
> the road, after 4 bad flares, 4 CT scans, a weekend in the hospital and
> another day in the ER, a GP, a GI doc, a surgical consultation, six rounds
> of gut-wrenching double antibiotics, and almost two thousand bucks in
> copays, I'm looking at surgery in November to fix it. Yay.
>
> I'm convinced none of this would have happened if I had refused the
> procedure.
>
> ;-)
That's true! My aunt never had any of that stuff done to her. By the
time they figured out what was going on down there, the cancer had
advanced to such a state that the only thing left to do was to take it
all out. So they removed her entire large intestine, and did a
colostomy. She started staying at home all the time. She used to go to
church every Sunday. She sang in the choir. No more. Whenever there
was a "moment of silence", her colostomy refused to be silent. It was
pretty darned embarrassing. So she just stayed home. She lived for
many years after that.
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GregS
>In article <3Qd8o.74721$Gc2.66955@hurricane>,
You should have ate it.