Lighting the BBQ when its windy

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Bic lighters burn my fingers and dont work in the wind... I need something like a bic bbq lighter... but one that works in the wind.
Any ideas out there?
 
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A butane gas blowlamp I would think

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Or a chef's blowtorch

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Hmm,
The thermal lance idea from Ian13 looks very good as I would then be able to light the BBQ's for other boats at anchor as well.

But in order to keep things simple and keep the weight down, I've decided that so-far the chefs blowtorch is the best idea.

Unless anything better comes along, I will get one of these.
 
The bags of "self lighting" charcoal are pretty good.
So long as you can light a corner of the bag they are soon away.

DiY version is charcoal in stout brown paper bag all soaked in paraffin, (but not too much paraffin :eek:)
 
You could use a Zippo lighter, they don't go out in the wind and you can hold the base to stop them burning your fingers.
 
After a dive off the south coast, we returned to a member's camp site and prepared a BBQ. That too was difficult to start until someone had the bright idea of encouraging its growth with a dive cylinder.

3000 psi works rather too well and some of the white hot coals took off dramatically. As it was a naturist camp site, we were not too popular!

:o
 
All the butane torch, chef torches ideas are great, use a chef's blowtorch on my BBQ at home, works great...plus a big wide base so it wont pitch over.

But if you want to go "Bear Grylls" on that BBQ - Cotton Wool Balls soaked in Petroleum Jelly and a Ferrocerium rod will do it...:D
 
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barbies and wind don't mix very well...?

My main concern is once it's lit - you'll have your own personal Bessemer Converter inside 10 minutes !
 
Graham_Wright said:
After a dive off the south coast, we returned to a member's camp site and prepared a BBQ. That too was difficult to start until someone had the bright idea of encouraging its growth with a dive cylinder.

3000 psi works rather too well and some of the white hot coals took off dramatically. As it was a naturist camp site, we were not too popular!

:o
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Similar, but perhaps not quite as spectacular.

I once saw a someone having trouble starting a charcoal BBQ in the paddock at the IOM TT - then he spotted a compressor used for air tools and tyre inflation.

The blast-furnace BBQ was quite a good idea, but all the charcoal had gone before the chicken was cooked....
 
I have some "Easy lighting" charcoal which is impregnated with something like parafin. I simply put a few of these chunks among the normal charcoal & light with a match.

But I can put my aft cabin sprayhood up as a windbreak if I need to. :cool:
 
OK-Its clear now - Chefs Blowtorch is far superior to a BBQ lighter

Lighters with an extended tip commonly call bbq lighters do not work in the wind.

These posts have made it clear that no BBQ lighters work in the wind. I have bought a Chefs Blowtorch and tried it.

It is so superior to a BBQ lighter that there is no contest.

Throw the BBQ lighters away and get the real thing.

Actually, a chefs blowtorch should be renamed to BBQ lighter.
 
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