Chef Bruce Notes

A Quick Start for Your Charcoal Barbecue GrillWe mean FAST

This is an unembarrassed and unconditional and whole hearted endorsement of a product that is MARVELOUS.

Are you tired of the various traditional means of getting the charcoals hot in your grill?You know what I mean:

1. Charcoal lighter fluid2. Charcoal chimneys3. Electric charcoal starter, you know the oven element that heats up in your barbecue.4. Various chemical/wax infused products that you place in your grill and light with a match.5. Easy start charcoal with starter products soaked in.

Well in the famous language of the door to door salesman:“Let me introduce you to the best thing today in charcoal lighting!!!”

It is, the LooftLighter.

Ok, so it doesn’t look like much…maybe a jazzed up hair dryer. As the following series of pictures will demonstrate, it is so much more than that…

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Plug it in, push the button and place the end of the lighter directly on the coals. Keep it there until you begin to see sparks…

As the sparks fly in the kettle, pull the lighter back away from the coals and allow the fan which is moving heated air through the coal stack to spread the fire to surrounding coals.

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And last, once there is a significant spread of fire to the stack of coals, turn the LoofLighter off and watch the fire develop and spread. Be prepared to cook 10 minutes after you begin this process of starting your coals

My son noted early on, that this electrical device has a three pronged plug, and will draw some serious current. That said, it works every time, no matter the product, no matter how hot or cold outside.I have even gotten charcoal that was damp to light and was ready to cook in 15 minutes.

The one and only major drawback that I can see is that it isn’t mobile. It does need electricity.

This product is one of my favorite cooking toys. It is right at the top of the cooking toy chest, next to my handy dandy Candy Apple Red Kitchen Aid 7 quart stand mixer.

As always we wish you Good Food, Great Barbecuing and great friends and family.

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