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These methods take a few more minutes to get your grill going, but avoiding lighter fluid's toxic chems (and toxic taste) is well worth the time.
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The Bite
Explore lighter fluid alternatives. As BBQ season heats up, many people are using the nasty stuff to light their coals, but if you haven't already switched to gas, put eco-friendlier (and tastier) ways to light your charcoal on the map.The Benefits
- Discovering greener grilling. Lighter fluid's made from not-so-eco, nonrenewable petroleum distillates that let off volatile organic compounds (VOCs) and contribute to unhealthy, ground-level ozone pollution.
- A key to healthier 'cuing. Those VOCs can cause everything from headaches to cancer.
- No gnarly lighter-fluid taste.
Personally Speaking
Toshio misses the tri-weekly BBQs he had when he lived in Portland and had a big backyard. The concrete slab behind his SF flat (just big enough for the recycle bin and trash can) doesn't quite measure up.Wanna Try?
- Char-Broil Charcoal Starter Wand - just plug in this fire-starter and stick it under your coals for about 10 minutes ($18).
- Weber Chimney Starter - put your briquettes inside, and light some newspaper below to get grilling ($15).
- Cowboy Charcoal - charcoal made in the United States from maple and oak scraps ($20/20 pounds).
- Virtual Weber Bullet - easy-does-it guide to using a chimney starter.
May 21,2008
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Two weeks ago I carted a gas mini-grill 40 minutes across San Francisco by bike, all for a softball game. Our team's (we're listed on the roster as "Some Other Team" and Biters Elisa and Mike are teammates) idea was to keep the grill cooking during the whole one-hour match so that we'd look way more well-fed than our opponents, triggering in them hunger and a total loss of confidence.
Even after attempting to bribe the ref with a kielbasa, Some Other Team lost the game, 21-1, so I guess you could say we got roasted on the field - but at least our stomachs were full.
-Toshio...off to play ball...
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Posted by: Mr. Sustainable | May 21, 2008 at 04:42 AM