Stan Marks > wrote:
> In article >,
> "Dana H. Myers" > wrote:
> > Brian wrote:
> > > Hi folks.
> > >
> > > I just bought my first Weber grill and I love it. I bought last
> > > year's Platinum model because I had to have a table and couldn't
> > > afford a new Performer. Anyway, I set up my first batch of lump
> > > charcoal in my Weber chimney starter and put it on my concrete patio.
> > > I went into the kitchen for a minute and heard "POP!!!!
> > > POP-POP-POP!!!! I ran outside and found that the heat of the lump
> > > charcoal busted up the surface of the concrete!!!
> >
> > To avoid problems like this, I got a little cheap
> > weber-style grill, a little one, and set the chimney
> > on the fire grate while starting it.
>
> I never had the problem that Brian described on my patio, but lately
> I've taken to setting the chimney up on a couple of bricks, rather than
> directly on the concrete. I put three wads of newspaper in the bottom of
> the chimney and one one the ground/concrete, and I feel that it provides
> better air flow and faster starting.
>
I pulled the 'grate' out of my chimney. I set the chimney on top of a bunch
of unlit lump in my NB firebox. Three or four sheets of wadded up
newspaper, fill it with lump and light. When the lump is going good, I
just lift up the chimney and I'm in minion mode.

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