Are you tired of making barbecues on fast-lighting charcoal briquettes? Would you like to try a new way of grilling mouth-watering barbecues? The chimney barbecue starter is a great partner to start burning charcoals. You do not have to worry about the price because you can purchase inexpensive chimney barbecue starters. These cooking instruments come in cylindrical-shaped forms made of metal, have a chamber found at its lower part and packed with combustible substances, and have charcoal briquettes found in the upper portion. Below, you will find the step-by-step way to use a chimney barbecue starter.
Use a Chimney Barbecue Starter
Step #1 – Gathering Newspapers
Newspapers help light your barbecue starter. Collect at least six sheets of these and roll two sheets a time to make a loose tube. After rolling, connect the two ends of the cylinder. This will create what experts in barbecuing call “newspaper doughnut.” Finish rolling and connecting the other newspaper sheets. If you do not have any newspapers, you may use sheets of paper which have similar dimensions as the newspaper. You may also place vegetable oil or cooking spray on the doughnuts to help them burn more quickly.
Step #2 – Preparing the Chimney Barbecue Starter
For this step, a pair of gloves will come in handy. Wear them as you rotate the starter on its head. Take the lid off the lower portion of the chimney barbecue starter. The newspaper doughnuts you have made can then be placed in the lower portion. You have to be certain that your newspaper doughnuts contain a hole in the middle just like real doughnuts. The hole will allow the air to move up.
Step #3 – Placing Unlighted Charcoal Briquettes
Move back the chimney barbecue starter right side up. Stuff the upper portion of the cooking instrument with unlighted charcoal briquettes which weigh around 4 to 6 pounds. Position the barbecue starter on a place where you will grill.
Step #4 – Lighting Things Up
When lighting the newspaper at the lower part of the cooking instrument, you may use a long match or butane lighter. It takes around 2 to 5 minutes before you see a smoke coming out of the lower part of the starter and goes through the stack of briquettes on the upper portion.
Step #5 – Grilling the Barbecue
Before placing the barbecues on the grill, wait for about ten to twenty minutes. It is between these times that the newspaper doughnuts and the base of the charcoal briquettes could totally burn. When flames get to the upper parts of the briquettes, position the chimney barbecue starter wrong side up so the briquettes, which are already burning will move to the cooker. After this, you may already start grilling barbecues.
Grilling barbecue with a chimney barbecue starter never sounds so easy. However, you need to remember not to place the grilling instrument on a concrete surface. This may cause an explosion. If you steer clear of concrete surfaces, you will certainly be able to make scrumptious barbecues that you and your friends will love.
