| | Cole Hardware's Hotline: Chimney Charcoal Starters (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-31) |
 | | A charcoal chimney is basically a short section of approximately eight-inch diameter metal pipe, commonly heavy-gauge aluminum, with a grate in one end and intake holes to control air flow and speed ignition. |
 | | To use the chimney, put two crumpled sheets of newspaper under the grate, place the chimney on the cooking surface of your barbecue grill and fill it with the desired number of charcoal briquets. |
 | | this stage is reached in less than fifteen minutes), lift the chimney unit by the handle (using barbecue mitts), remove the cooking grill and pour the briquets into the body of your barbecue grill... |
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