Suthseaxa
Senior Cook
Can anyone offer me any advice on how to light a brazier? I have one with the intention of cooking kebabs over it, but I can never get it to properly light and burn down.
I have not thought of doing it that way. When I say brazier, I literally mean a clay bowl with a few holes in the side! I'll try the soaked newspaper method next time, it seems like it would work.
Save the Sterno for the cocktails!Try using a fire starter to light the coals, or some Sterno.
How do you usually light it? I use a charcoal chimney with a couple sheets of newspaper stuffed in the bottom for my grill and hibachi. No lighter fluid needed. When the coals get ashy, I dump them in.
Yeah that's the best way and how I do it.
Aldi has charcoal chimneys on clearance for $3 (usually $9). They probably ran out of them though. I think I bought mine at Lowe's for $10 or so. Beats having stinky lighter fluid around your food.
I have not thought of doing it that way. When I say brazier, I literally mean a clay bowl with a few holes in the side! I'll try the soaked newspaper method next time, it seems like it would work.