charcoal lighter fluid

[migrant]

I bought a small BBQ and charcoal briquettes from Makro, but can't find any lighter fluid. Have been making due with papers to start it, but a pain. Anyone know where to by the lighter fluid?

As mrs m said, wood would have been better, but, of course, she said that after the bag of charcoal was brought home, not while in the shopping cart

Thanks!

[NOKYAI]

The Thai 'wife' uses bits of an old inner tube she gets from the local bike shop and a bit of kindling made from garden trimmings, then charcoal. I let her light it and then I do the cooking!

[sand_dancer]

Migrant

Go to most Thai hardware stores that sell charcoal....... They will also sell BBQ fuel..... No idea what the Thai name is..... But they are circular aluminium discs with a solidified fuel inside...... A box of 50 will cost about 140 Baht........

[barry720]

villa market has proper charcoal lighter fluid.

[expatsally]

charcoalchimney1.jpg

Save money and stop choking out the neighborhood with your own homemade

[migrant]

charcoalchimney1.jpg

Save money and stop choking out the neighborhood with your own homemade

My (2) charcoal chimneys are sitting in California, greatest way to start a charcoal!

The homemade version looks possible

Thanks all for the suggestions! will try to search it out, at least villa will have

[Simijim]

I made my own chimney using tin foil. Its a one time use on works ok.

[Kent]

I too have been looking for lighter fluid like we have in the US. So it is good to know that Villa Market has it. I use newspapers & small twigs to start the grill but just a few squirts of real charcoal lighter fluid would be a dream. I have to drive up from Prachuap Khiri Khan but it will be worth it because I can also buy beef which we do not have in Prachuap or Klong Wan where I live.

[NOKYAI]

Mrs N who is from isaan uses a small piece from an old car inner tube. Free from tyre shops, m cycle repair shops etc. Seems to work well.

[barrys]

Mrs N who is from isaan uses a small piece from an old car inner tube. Free from tyre shops, m cycle repair shops etc. Seems to work well.

A discarded plastic bag works just fine ...

[Big Boy]

A bit late, but I thought I would relate what I saw 2 days ago. It was my son's birthday party, and one of the delights he had requested to be served up was a Korean BBQ.

His sister lit the charcoal, and to do it, she got a discarded 4 pint milk bottle and cut it in half. The top half went back into the recycle bin, but she filled the bottom half with charcoal. She stood it in the middle of the BBQ fire pit, and put more charcoal around the half bottle. She then just lit the 4 corners of the decapitated bottle, and left it. It lit the coals perfectly.