Charcoal

[Dragonsmettle]

I cant really tell you the names of the brands but i use insta light charcoal and for the longest time ive hated the stuff, not because its not good but when i light them they have the WORST smell ive ever smelt, makes me wanna puke each time i smell it. I waswondering a good brand of instalite charcoal that wouldnt make such a bad smell

[DizzyGuy]

All quicklights have that smell, or atleast A smell while it's lighting. It's the gunpowder in it that actually gets the coal hot...

[Dragonsmettle]

hmm, well that sucks, guess i gotta move to the slow lighting ones......anyone got any suggestions? and how do you even heat them up?

[HAHkoo]

[quote name='Dragonsmettle']hmm, well that sucks, guess i gotta move to the slow lighting ones......anyone got any suggestions? and how do you even heat them up?[/quote]
on the stove and just keep on rotating them every minute or so. as for the quicklites you should light them outside or open a window and lite'em next to the window

[mellamobunny]

if you don't want to dirty up your stove, just buy a single burner hot plate for 20$.

[jtemes]

spend a lil more money and get golden japanese quicklights. i love em. i use a zippo and it takes me maybe a minute to really get it going. and they have zero flavor.

[Joseph]

Japanese coals are in between QL and naturals, you need a stove but they get going real fast. I think nour coals are the best naturals and they are the coals I use, they break easy, smoke cleanly, and are cheaper than the competition. They still smell some when you first start them so turn on the fan over your stove while they are lighting and you won't smell them at all.

[hookah hippie]

i second the nour coals they kick ass

[MR Bubble]

Right now, I'm using Golden (Canary brand) Japanese coals over a bowl of Nakhla Esk Apple. These are great coals. I personaly can't smoke the Nours or any other finger coals (I have a reaction to the olive pits they're made from), but the Japanese are great!

MR Bubble