Charcoal Companion Black Boxed Chimney Starter | 
| Brand: Charcoal Companion
This item is no longer available
Rating:  13 reviews
Sales Rank: 196004
Dimensions (in): 11.4 x 7 x 6.8
Model: 3001
UPC: 050016030010
EAN: 0050016030010
ASIN: B00008GS94
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| Features:
| • | Environmentally safe method of lighting charcoal | | • | Chimney starter doesn't require use of lighter fluid | | • | Easy to use | | • | Heats coals quickly and efficiently in 15 to 20 minutes | | • | 1-year satisfaction guarantee |
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| Editorial Reviews:
Amazon.com Review
This environmentally safe chimney starter lights a charcoal grill quickly and easily without lighter fluid. Food tastes better and the charcoal lighter fluid odor doesn't permeate your picnic--or the environment. To use the chimney starter, stuff two half sheets of newspaper in its bottom chamber and fill the top chamber with coals. After lighting the paper through one of the perforated holes in the starter's bottom, it takes about 15 to 20 minutes for the coals to heat up to the proper temperature. Simply pour them into the basin of your charcoal grill and you're ready to barbecue. Charcoal Companion guarantees your satisfaction with this chimney starter for up to one year from the date of purchase. --Cristina Vaamonde
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| Customer Reviews: Read 8 more reviews...
 Wake up Amazon April 14, 2004
Neil Thomas (New Jersey, USA)
13 out of 13 found this review helpful
Chimney starters are the only way to go for charcoal. However, do not by this one! As with another review, I also had one of the rivets holding the handle on pop. It also rusted out after the first use. BUY THE WEBER VERSION! I have now had the Weber version for over a year and it is still going strong with weekly use. Price is usually the same.
You gotta be kidding me... March 22, 2004
Thomas Ferguson (St. Petersburg, FL United States)
12 out of 12 found this review helpful
Amazon used to offer the Weber Charcoal Chimney at the same price. The Weber Charcoal Starter is 1000% better than this product. I had one of these and once when dumping the coals the upper rivet (yes rivet) came lose and the hot coals spilled out. Could have been a disaster.Amazon no longer carries the Weber Charcoal Chimney; they list it as discontinued. Weber still makes their chimney and if you saw both of them side by side, there's no comparison. Weber is larger, sturdier, and safer. Lobby Amazon to carry the Weber again, or do yourself a favor and search Google for the Weber. It retails at 19.99 even if you have to pay full price. Well worth it.
good idea. bad execution May 14, 2004
10 out of 10 found this review helpful
chimneys starters are a good way to go but like some of the other reviewer's mine popped a rivet and rusted. The Weber is
far superior.
 Ya'll need to learn to use it! June 6, 2005
T. Stephenson (Wyoming, United States)
5 out of 5 found this review helpful
For everyone out there that complains that this doesn't work well: learn to use it!! The key with all chimney starters is to put a bit of vegetable oil on the paper... this is the trick that Alton Brown taught me on Good Eats... I wouldn't spend twice the money for a fancy one when a tablespoon of vegie oil or a spray of Pam will do!
 No Lighter Fluid Taste!!! December 3, 2003
Freddie D. Cox (Annapolis, MD United States)
4 out of 4 found this review helpful
Though I cannot speak to the overall construction quality or instructions of this product, I will say that it works great. I use one with my Weber grill. It saves me money and time.Simply crumple two sheets of news paper, stuff them up into the bottom. Set the chimney starter on the bottom grill grate, then light the newspaper with a long match or lighter. In about 15 mins, you can dump the coals onto the bottom grate, and you are ready to cook. Saves money on lighter fluid, and saves worries about having charcoal but not starter fluid. Plus I feel better serving meals to my family that do not smell of lighter fluid.
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