Any tips on how to keep the newspaper lit in a charcoal starter?!
Any tips on how to keep the newspaper lit in a charcoal starter?
Answers:
you can add a little vegetable oil to the paper... about 1 to 2 tablespoon, to wet a portion of the paper. This will prolong the burn time of newspaper since the oil has to burn off before the paper can burn completely.
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A trick from alton brown.
Twist it, like a rope. Make it tight, it will stay lit longer.