Originally Posted by
tdracer
Don't you guys have electric charcoal starters on that side of the pond? Sure, if you're at the park or out in the boonies somewhere you'll need some other way of starting the fire. But in the backyard, just stack the charcoal around the electric starter, plug it in and wait about 10 minutes.
No worries that the electricity will taint the taste
I use a bit of newspaper in the bottom of one of them chimney things.