Lighting charcoal doesn’t need to be messy or slow. This quick guide shows you how to use a chimney starter the right way no ...

Posted: 13 June 2025 | Last updated: 17 June 2025 On June 13, 2025, in Jilin, China, @dirrty shared a video of a lighter explosion. In the video, the author lights the bottom of another lighter.

You can light a charcoal chimney with regular matches, but it’s more practical and definitely safer for your fingertips if you use a longer grill lighter or a long match.

Once the bricks are ashed over, dump them into the grill, on top of the charcoal grate, where they can start heating up the grill. I wear a pair of leather work gloves with a cuff for this step.

You can light a charcoal chimney with regular matches, but it’s more practical and definitely safer for your fingertips if you use a longer grill lighter or a long match.