I learned my lesson.....

[John Deere]

Well, I needed some new coals, and the shop by my house had swiftlites,
so I decided to try them (against prior warning), because I had a roll
at home which I thought were swiftlite, and werent that bad. These of
course turned out to be three kings. So now Im stuck with a box of
these things that smell like smoldering a** when you light them. I hate
myself.

[img]http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v330/NutmegNightmare/swift-lite.jpg[/img]

Beware, for these are the coals of the devil!

[yashman19]

I've used three kings before, and don't mind that much. I never use any
form of quicklights now that I have a means for lighting my nats, but a
tip for you with the 3Kings. They work perfectly fine if you light
them, let them sit for about 5 minutes until they are fully red and no
more black is on the coals.

This isn't just good advice for quicklights in general. Whenever
smoking, put off smoking until you can get your coal fully lit. This
goes for nats as well.

[John Deere]

yeah i know that, but these suckers stink AFTER they are completely
red, its like a  burning rubber smell before they are red, and a
chemically smell after. 

[dmoh7]

whats your technique for burning the nats?

[cypress]

I do mine on a gas stove with the top portion of the steamer pot. It
works great for me. Some other people use a blow torch as well and that
works great too.