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| Steven Raichlen Best of Barbecue SR8041 Ultimate Chimney Starter with Handle |
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| Manufacturer: Steven Raichlen Best of Barbecue |
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| List Price: $29.99 |
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Product Description |
| The Ultimate Chimney Starter with a Bakelite handle is the largest chimney starter on the market. The square corners give you extra control when distributing the hot embers. Environmentally safe chimney starter lights a charcoal grill quickly and easily without lighter fluid. Food tastes better and the charcoal lighter fluid odor doesn't permeate your picnic--or the environment. To use the chimney starter, stuff sheets of newspaper in its bottom chamber and fill the top chamber with charcoal. After lighting the paper through one of the perforated holes in the starter's bottom, it takes 20 minutes or so for the coals to heat up to the proper temperature. Simply pour them into the basin of your charcoal grill and you're ready to barbecue. |
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Product Details |
- 7-pound capacity
- Bakelite handle stays cool
- Additional flip-up handle provides stability and extra control for pouring hot embers
- Square shape makes it easy to pour
- Model number: SR8041
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 I like it! Holds more charcoal and has a swing-out handle. |
| Review Date: March 6, 2010 |
| Reviewer: Grillin' Guru, Berkeley, CA USA |
| I have always used the round type starter. I like this, easy to pour from using extra wire handle and it holds enough charcoal so I don't have to add more on top after pouring into my grill. The handle does get hot (they all do) so wear a BBQ mitt to handle. I have always avoided charcoal lighter fluid...hate the taste and the smell!!! |
it's good but could be better.
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| Review Date: July 5, 2006 |
| Reviewer: morfez, - |
| Well we've only used it once so far but I was a bit disappointed. As soon as I got it I noticed that the black paint scratched off. Also, the handle doesn't stay cool as advertised. It did heat the charcoal well so I can't complain too much I guess. I also like the fact that it's a square container instead of a cylindar for controlling the coals. But for the price I expected a little more. |
Bad paint job...
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| Review Date: October 5, 2008 |
| Reviewer: K. Gyasi, chicago, IL United States |
| I loved it when i first got this chimney starter, but it is definitely not worth the money paid for it, it should be cheaper. The paint is now peeling on each of the units i bought, seems that it can't handle the high temperature that the coals get to while getting ready. either they should use a better quality of paint or get rid of it all together. and i have no idea why it has that secondary metal handle, seems pointless. better yet, i know why it's there, but i never use it nor see the need for it. |
Barely fits a Silver Smoker; gratuitously large ?
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| Review Date: January 22, 2009 |
| Reviewer: Example: Mark Twain, Example: Florida, MO USA |
I remember driving through Dallas once and thinking that they intentionally made some of the highway ramps ridiculously large because "everythings bigger in Texas" whether it needs to be or not. [Don't really know if that's true, it was just a thought going through my head].
When I received this chimney and the rib rack from the same brand, I had a flashback. They're ridiculously large, almost gratuitously. The rib rack doesn't fit in my smoker at all (well, not if I want to actually close the lid and smoke) and guess what; this barely fits the firebox on my Silver Smoker. I can just barely squeeze it in there, and I definitely can't close the lid over it.
I guess "bigger is better" for some, and if you have a really large grill or smoker and always wished for a bigger chimney, this may be the one for you. Frankly, I think it's a tad overdone and regret being stuck with it. |
Price without Quality
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| Review Date: September 24, 2006 |
| Reviewer: Olmec, San Diego |
| Bought this starter at BBQ's Galore for it's large capacity and hefty feel. After three uses the rivets popped out of the sides that hold the grate, I assume from the weight of a full load of charcoal and high heat. The "heat resistant paint" flaked off and the inside rusted despite a dry summer in San Diego. The bottom sagged, I had to drill and screw sheet metal screws into the bottom grate to get a few more uses from this ill made expensive mistake. I borrowed a friends Weber that he's had for 5 years and it is a much better product. The chimmeny effect does work but barely with this poorly designed product. Get the Weber, I just ordered mine from Amazon. I may buy three (BBQ Gifts) for the price of this wretched device. |
Not Worth the Money
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| Review Date: December 31, 2006 |
| Reviewer: Michael C. McCormick, Memphis, TN USA |
| I wish some reviews had been posted for this when I purchased it 6 months ago! I bought it for the extra capacity and the feeling that the extra money would bring a heavier gauge steel...wrong. Pass up on this and stick to the sub $20 ones that last 2+ years of heavy use. Mine is a piece of garbage now...great concept, poor follow through. |
Not worth the price
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| Review Date: April 5, 2008 |
| Reviewer: Joseph Hartman, Pearland, Texas USA |
| I purchased one for the extra capacity but wish I had not given my smaller one to my brother-in-law. Within a year the middle had burned completly through and the device was useless. Going back to the $15 dollar ones that last forever. |
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