Do you know the right way in how to light a grill without burning yourself?
Forget about the lighter fluid that is dangerous, there is a better and safer way.
So let’s get to it, shall we?
How to Light a Grill Safely
I think a lot of people when they use lighter fluid want to douse everything and they want a big flaming inferno!
And they think that’s the only way to get these things going.
When it comes to how to light a grill, that’s really not the case and it is kind of dangerous it smells bad it’s crazy.
I am going to tell you how to properly light a charcoal grill without any lighter fluid or any tricks or anything like that.
The first thing you want to do is to get down below your charcoal grate so you get down to the bottom of your grill.
Now. you are going to get a couple of sheets of local paper.
I like to water them up and they are not too tight not too loose just a good ball.
Because you need some air flowing to keep it going.
Now you should create another little pile of paper, on top add some twigs as you just want about 3/4 inches just some dry twigs from around the yard.
You don’t have to be fancy about it. In this article, we are going to be using a standard charcoal briquette.
Surround your fire with a good amount of briquettes and create a little bit of a pyramid.
But you don’t want to smother it and still want to get some air in there.
Once you get everything in place you want to light the paper that’s underneath first.
You need to light around a couple of spots and make sure you are good at getting a pretty healthy fire.
It is good to have the flames come up above the charcoal because then you know you are definitely getting good contact.
Again…
You just want a couple of these things to start getting ignited. Once they start heating up and once that happens and the rest will follow suit.
I do not know the science behind all this stuff but I know that it works so that’s science enough for me.
I think one of the biggest mistakes a lot of people have and why a lot of people like to use lighter fluid is because they don’t have patience.
But even with lighter fluid still takes 15 to 20 minutes to get these chemicals going.
Now you are at the stage where you are going to rearrange these guys and some on the outside that is not going as well.
Now start putting them in the middle please use tongs or something a gloved hand do not go grabbing these things.
HOT!
I see some people do some dumb people go about trying to go about how to light a grill…
Anyway… If you feel like you are going to need more briquettes now is a good time to actually add some as well
For them to get really hot it takes generally about 20 minutes before you have a good cooking fire.
This is when all these briquettes are grey and ashy.
Now you are in a good place and you have yourself a great fire for cooking.
You could just move these briskets to the side… Kind of divide it down the middle and put the top grade back on so there you go.
Now that’s how you properly start a charcoal grill with no lighter fluid and just stuff you got around the house.