Monday arrived and the official start of the Weber World Summit was scheduled to start in the afternoon. Read More > Our Around the World In 80 BBQs see us take on a BBQ classic with Japanese influence. This is about Read More > The easiest way to light a charcoal grill is to fill a chimney with charcoal, put flammable material under the chimney grate, and light the material, letting the flames rise through the chimney to ignite the charcoal. This technique is effective with lump charcoal or briquettes that haven’t been pretreated with a match-light activator. Crumpled newspaper, dryer lint, kindling, and commercially made starters are all flammable options that you can light with a match or long-nose lighter. If 288 cubes of fire lighter seems to be too much for your fire-starting plans, choose the 96 pieces option instead. Pros The cone-shaped grate in the bottom of the chimney encourages flames to rise through the center of the charcoal. You do need a way to get those flames going, such as stuffing newspaper or dryer lint under the chimney before setting it on the charcoal grate or setting kindling or a lighter pod on the charcoal grate before placing the chimney over it. Once flames start, it takes 15 to 20 minutes for a full chimney to be ready to use.

Weber BBQs do most of the cleaning for you so that cleaning your Weber could not be easier. The best Read More >Dan Cooper from Weber UK has been working on this recipe for several years and we think he may have just Read More > Pure-wax starters can melt through the grill grate, leaving a bit of residue and making them less effective. To reduce the residue, Laing recommends setting a couple of briquettes on the grill’s charcoal grate, balancing a starter cube on top, and then lighting the cube before setting a chimney full of charcoal over it. Safer options include propane torches and electric starters. Some models direct a flame and even blow air onto the charcoal from above, and others are placed at the bottom of the charcoal to get a flame going. To use a charcoal chimney starter, place flammable material under the chimney’s grate and charcoal in the chimney’s tower and then light the material with a match. Once the starter’s flames spread to the charcoal, they will climb up the tower until they dance out the top, heating the charcoal and starting to coat it in white ash. After about 15 or 20 minutes (or less if you only partially filled the chimney), the coals will be ready to dump onto the grill. This is wood from trees that are planted, grown and harvested in ways that benefit the planet. Then look for fire starters that contain wood that is a by-product of a regular commercial wood process – the leftover wood bits (sawdust or dust usually) that are usually thrown away.

Even with a thermoplastic handle, it’s safest to put on a heat-protective mitt before grabbing the chimney’s handle, dumping the coals on the grill’s charcoal grate, and spreading them evenly or into cooking zones. Once the coals are in the grill, set the cooking grate over them and cover the grill for a few minutes of preheating. When it’s hot, adjust the grill’s dampers to your desired temperature and start cooking. We held another successful Certified by Weber BBQ event at Sunshine Garden Centre on the 30th July Read More >

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