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Instant lighting charcoal is specially created and impregnated with various substances to make lighting easier. For purists, this detracts from it’s appeal. These come complete with instant lighting charcoal in a foil tray with a grill, ready to use. Gas barbeques and self lighting charcoal, they are just lazy, particularly gas barbeques. A barbeque has a dry heat, cooking over gas gives a different flavour as it is a wet heat from the water in the smoke.

Gas by itself won’t enhance the flavor of food, while self-lighting charcoal briquettes soaked in lighter fluid can impart a downright nasty taste. Wood is the fuel that adds the most flavor to grilled meats, and sustainably-grown hickory or mesquite is preferred. In accordance with the old conventional method of lighting charcoal by means of spirit, spirit is offered in bottles or canisters.

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