Picture of the best firestarter

Some will insist that cardboard starts chimney fires.

The best firestarters I have used were the old shingles from my cedar shake roof. It's going to be a said day when I finally run out of those.

 

Right there with you on the cedar shake!
When I had the roof re-done, I kept all the cedar shake shingles. 33 squares worth. I have a shed 3/4 full of them, prob. 20 square total left. Great fire starter, and yet.....
I'll tee-pee a stack in the stove, and the slab wood I cover it with takes off quicker. Go figure.

 

You know this is kind of a joke but, Really, Cardboard or newspaper or whatever Isn't going to start A chimney fire If properly placed.
Cardboard is actually a good Firestarter, Compared to newspaper, It burns much longer.
Pizza boxes don't have any weird ink in them, When I have one I use it, Rip it into straps, Roll it into a tube about an inch and a half diameter, Place it between Splits, Under other splits not on the top of the load, It is not going to float up into the chimney and cause a fire.
Besides that if a little glowing piece of paper floats up into you Chimney and causes a fire there is something wrong.
In my smoke dragon I have had pieces of news paper Shoot Up into the pipe, but With an EPA stove It is much more difficult for that piece of paper To go around 2 90 degree anglesAnd still have a flame on it, Anyway I could go on and on about this paranoia But I won't

 

Hell yeah cedar shakes You could probably light with a cigarette

 

I will never, ever use paper products to start a fire in a fireplace or stove. I only use a small fire starter and kindling. It's just not worth the risk.

 

I use lint from the screen in the dryer and a handful of finely split kiln dried lumber scraps built tee pee style.

 

I love Jet's pan pizza.

 

Well, if the chimney isn't loaded with creosote, a fire isn't going to start.. if it is, then be careful.

I can't get pizza delivered where I live, and it's a good thing, or I'd be 300lbs.

 

Same here. I have to go get it, so it doesn't happen too much.
Pizza boxes, or any cardboard, has glue in it. Don't know what kind or if it's bad to burn, but....there ya' go.
The best is the cardboard the pizza sits on that has residual olive oil on it.
I still have a bunch of cedar T&G paneling from the stove room that makes very good kindling, but I don't use much.
Dry wood burns very easily w/o much help from kindling, especially on a reload over coals.

 

Haven't found any firestarter that beats Super Cedars. I ran out out of them recently and had to buy a bag of Fatwood @ Menards. Half of them need a torch to stay lit. Terrible. Waiting on Fed Ex to deliver my case of 100 Super Cedars to be delivered today.

 

Did you get them ordered in time to get the glove deal?

 

I don't remember the last time I started a fire. Sometime in October, I think. The cardboard egg carton-sawdust-candle wax thing works well.

I used a SC once. While it is a very good firestarter, I tend to be cheap sometimes. I can make my own for nothing, and they work just as well . Actually, my girls help me make them. They sold them for $1/doz when we were camping.

 

Eh, I just don't think it's a big deal if you clean your chimney and are burning dry wood.

 

I believe what most people fear is that the cardboard pieces float up through the chimney while they are still hot/burning. Some feel that can start a chimney fire or land on your roof and cause a problem.

 

An old Florida native showed me the best fire starter I've ever used. He called it lighter knot. They cut the bottom 6 or 8 feet of a pine tree that was hit by lightening and split it all into kindling. Seems as though a lot of sap gets pushed there by the strike and kinda cooks it. Just touch a flame to a few small pieces and away it goes with less black smoke than what comes off of fatwood.

 

1/4 of a SuperCedar seems to work almost all the time. I do like kindlin to get a hot bed of coals going first if it isn't too cold outside. Creates a better draft for me.

 

No. I placed the order a day before they sent me the email. I did use facebook as a 10% discount code though.

 

Kinda glad this came up here (FHC). I just spoke to someone yesterday about cardboard and bleached paper in their stove, they had so much buildup in their flue immediately leaving the stove. The single wall was coated with creosote.
no cardboard and no paper

 

How much cardboard and paper were they using? And how dry was their wood?