Electric Coil Hotplate

[ukhookah]

i am from the uk, and cant get hold of a coil hotplate. has anyone tried using the flat hot plate to light up coconara coals? if so isit worth buyinh the flat hot plate?

thanks

[AzZ]

Don't buy one. Get a Bernzomatic blow torch from B&Q or anywhere they sell them! Best way to get nara's nice and hot.

[indian_villager]

Don't buy one. Get a Bernzomatic blow torch from B&Q or anywhere they sell them! Best way to get nara's nice and hot.

That is what I use and it works great.....because now you can take your setup outside!

[Majid]

How much are you willing to spend? I know you can import a special coal burner from a belgian website, crazy expensive in my opinion, 40 pounds before shipping.
http://www.mrwaterpijp.be/catalog/product_...products_id/352

You may be able to find electric hotplates/coil burners locally though, try some places that sell household appliances.

[TizaNabi]

I do all my cooking on one, which is why I buy mostly already prepared foods! It takes lots of electricity to get it hot, and to keep it hot, then you are left with extra minutes with a hotplate that heats with nothing on it! I'm thinking of trying it for coals (again) but a butane burner probably is easier, cleaner and more fuel efficient.

[Yamin]

correct me if I'm wrong, but aren't the stoves in europe gas stoves...........

[Majid]

correct me if I'm wrong, but aren't the stoves in europe gas stoves...........

Some are gas and some electric.

[AKammenzind]

Yeah, a camp stove or a propane torch will do fine. I've used mapp gas quite a bit too.

[Codename067]

Single coil burners work great. Been using them for a while. Heavy-Duty torches will do as mentioned.

[ukhookah]

thanks for all your help. much appreciated. im gonna go with the camp stove since it sounds cheapest. at the moment im using my gas stove. i can get them to light but i have to angle the coal etc which isnt ideal. but hey, im sticking to coconaras, i just love the heat intensity on them. i like my smokes to tonk, and these coco naras dont fail!

[nathan_Choi]

Out of curiousity, what's the problem with getting a coil hotplate type of thing? They sell em in most stores here in the states (department stores anyway)

[Greenveg]

I use what you could call a "poor-man solution" Take on of those big candles/torch or whatever you want to call 'em.
You need one that is about a decimeter in diameter. Make some holes in the metal, I needed six holes, close to edge and make a little net of steel wire. Just so you can put the coal on.
Lit the torch, and put the charcoal on:D

And btw, this is my first post so say hi to a new member...

This is really cheap, and worked better than I predicted. A torch generally burn for about 4h.