well guys the weather starting to get a
little bit warmer outside and that means
pretty soon you’re going to be pulling
the barbecues out of the side shed so
for this project I thought it might be
fun to try a little charcoal igniting
light back to help you with your summer
drilling now the only material are going
to need for this simple light pack is
one of these paper egg cartons as well
as some of the charcoal briquettes that
you’d normally use for barbecuing
anyways now if you’ve ever tried working
with charcoal before you’re going to
know that it’s really messy stuff you
get the stuff on your hands it leaves
marks everywhere it’s very dirty
it also takes quite a bit of work to get
it to ignite holding a simple barbecue
flame against it will not light it off
it takes a lot more than that so the
purpose today’s experiment is make a
clean and tidy little charcoal starting
bundle that will light off in an instant
get our charcoal glowing and make
summertime barbecuing that much easier
alright so here’s the basic idea we’re
going to start off with some of these
paper egg cartons they come in different
sizes you can get a pack of six for a
smaller barbeque bundle or you can just
go with the twelve pack for something a
little bit more substantial now the idea
here is almost as simple as taking your
charcoal briquettes and setting them
down in the slots designed for the eggs
once all the slots are filled up go
ahead and fold over the lid and now it’s
almost ready to ignite with the
exception of one small modification when
we go to light these things off we want
them to catch fire and burn thoroughly
so we need a channel for the air to flow
because without air fire will not burn
if you look on this end of the box where
it was chopped in half you can see there
are two air holes naturally formed so
we’re going to flip it around and
replicate that same idea on the other
end
so using a pair of scissors I just cut a
small hole in the end here so now we’ve
got a ventricle in both of the ends and
I made a few slits along the top as well
so we could peel that open and form a
hole in the top as well we want the fire
to be able to flow up and through the
container and not get smushed and push
off to the side so there we go it almost
seems too easy but just like that we
have a clean compact container it’s very
affordable and with a simple lick of a
BBQ igniter we can get our charcoal
going now without paying at any further
attention all right it’s time for the
burn test so let’s take this thing
outside light it up and see how it does
all right guys I brought you outside so
we can put this thing to the actual test
looking inside here you can see this is
charcoal straight out of the bag it has
not been pre lit it hasn’t been tampered
with in any way I just stuck it in this
container we’re going to light this off
so you can see how it actually performs
so you can decide for yourself if it’s
something you’d actually use so for
demonstrational purposes I’m going to
use this little Weber drill we’re going
to set this thing right down on the
bottom
light it off and watch it burn one side
is lit
[Music]
okay so lighting the top isn’t going to
work because all the heat is traveling
upward and it’s not burning down so
we’re actually gonna have to light this
thing from the bottom so he can travel
up to the cold let’s just light it right
here in the middle and see how that goes
[Music]
the thing I love about these egg cartons
is their natural air channels built in
to allow the air to flow and feed the
flame so even when we turn it upside
down the flame will keep going and here
you see why it’s really important that
we have this little vent hole in the top
to allow the air to flow and heat the
build now we wait
guys it’s been 15 minutes since we first
slid it off so let’s go take a look
so the charcoal has started off you can
see it’s turning white they’re starting
into ashes and that’s exactly what we
want you can see all the papers burn
down to a white ash but every single one
of these briquettes did start off
they’re burning just the way that they
should they’re all grouped together and
I think at this point it should be safe
to go ahead and throw in the grill and
cook up some hotdogs
[Music]
[Applause]
alright so quick update guys our hotdogs
have been sitting on the grill for a
little over half hour so let’s go take
our first peek the other good think
they’re done still nice and warm let’s
take a look here let’s crack them open
looks like six all the way through you
know what use me perfect six cold six
hot dogs we’ll see going in May now if
you want your little barbecue starter to
ignite even faster you can grab a small
piece of printer paper and simply wrap
it around the box a thin sheet of
printer paper like this will go up in
flames a lot faster than an egg carton
and I like to wrap mine around the box
and tape it at the bottom just it looks
a little bit nicer the paper just acts
as a tinder to make the cardboard go off
a little bit faster but it also gives it
a little bit cleaner look as well and if
you just want to have a little bit more
fun and take it to the next level you
could use some string or some twine to
bundle it up into a package or in my
case firework fuse
[Music]
yeah it works that’s actually really
cool
[Music]
so there you have it guys a quick and
simple hack using some briquettes and
some egg cartons to make a really cool
self-starting bundle of charcoal
hey thanks for joining me for this
experiment I’ll be looking for you the
next one talk to you then
[Music]
[Applause]
little bit warmer outside and that means
pretty soon you’re going to be pulling
the barbecues out of the side shed so
for this project I thought it might be
fun to try a little charcoal igniting
light back to help you with your summer
drilling now the only material are going
to need for this simple light pack is
one of these paper egg cartons as well
as some of the charcoal briquettes that
you’d normally use for barbecuing
anyways now if you’ve ever tried working
with charcoal before you’re going to
know that it’s really messy stuff you
get the stuff on your hands it leaves
marks everywhere it’s very dirty
it also takes quite a bit of work to get
it to ignite holding a simple barbecue
flame against it will not light it off
it takes a lot more than that so the
purpose today’s experiment is make a
clean and tidy little charcoal starting
bundle that will light off in an instant
get our charcoal glowing and make
summertime barbecuing that much easier
alright so here’s the basic idea we’re
going to start off with some of these
paper egg cartons they come in different
sizes you can get a pack of six for a
smaller barbeque bundle or you can just
go with the twelve pack for something a
little bit more substantial now the idea
here is almost as simple as taking your
charcoal briquettes and setting them
down in the slots designed for the eggs
once all the slots are filled up go
ahead and fold over the lid and now it’s
almost ready to ignite with the
exception of one small modification when
we go to light these things off we want
them to catch fire and burn thoroughly
so we need a channel for the air to flow
because without air fire will not burn
if you look on this end of the box where
it was chopped in half you can see there
are two air holes naturally formed so
we’re going to flip it around and
replicate that same idea on the other
end
so using a pair of scissors I just cut a
small hole in the end here so now we’ve
got a ventricle in both of the ends and
I made a few slits along the top as well
so we could peel that open and form a
hole in the top as well we want the fire
to be able to flow up and through the
container and not get smushed and push
off to the side so there we go it almost
seems too easy but just like that we
have a clean compact container it’s very
affordable and with a simple lick of a
BBQ igniter we can get our charcoal
going now without paying at any further
attention all right it’s time for the
burn test so let’s take this thing
outside light it up and see how it does
all right guys I brought you outside so
we can put this thing to the actual test
looking inside here you can see this is
charcoal straight out of the bag it has
not been pre lit it hasn’t been tampered
with in any way I just stuck it in this
container we’re going to light this off
so you can see how it actually performs
so you can decide for yourself if it’s
something you’d actually use so for
demonstrational purposes I’m going to
use this little Weber drill we’re going
to set this thing right down on the
bottom
light it off and watch it burn one side
is lit
[Music]
okay so lighting the top isn’t going to
work because all the heat is traveling
upward and it’s not burning down so
we’re actually gonna have to light this
thing from the bottom so he can travel
up to the cold let’s just light it right
here in the middle and see how that goes
[Music]
the thing I love about these egg cartons
is their natural air channels built in
to allow the air to flow and feed the
flame so even when we turn it upside
down the flame will keep going and here
you see why it’s really important that
we have this little vent hole in the top
to allow the air to flow and heat the
build now we wait
guys it’s been 15 minutes since we first
slid it off so let’s go take a look
so the charcoal has started off you can
see it’s turning white they’re starting
into ashes and that’s exactly what we
want you can see all the papers burn
down to a white ash but every single one
of these briquettes did start off
they’re burning just the way that they
should they’re all grouped together and
I think at this point it should be safe
to go ahead and throw in the grill and
cook up some hotdogs
[Music]
[Applause]
alright so quick update guys our hotdogs
have been sitting on the grill for a
little over half hour so let’s go take
our first peek the other good think
they’re done still nice and warm let’s
take a look here let’s crack them open
looks like six all the way through you
know what use me perfect six cold six
hot dogs we’ll see going in May now if
you want your little barbecue starter to
ignite even faster you can grab a small
piece of printer paper and simply wrap
it around the box a thin sheet of
printer paper like this will go up in
flames a lot faster than an egg carton
and I like to wrap mine around the box
and tape it at the bottom just it looks
a little bit nicer the paper just acts
as a tinder to make the cardboard go off
a little bit faster but it also gives it
a little bit cleaner look as well and if
you just want to have a little bit more
fun and take it to the next level you
could use some string or some twine to
bundle it up into a package or in my
case firework fuse
[Music]
yeah it works that’s actually really
cool
[Music]
so there you have it guys a quick and
simple hack using some briquettes and
some egg cartons to make a really cool
self-starting bundle of charcoal
hey thanks for joining me for this
experiment I’ll be looking for you the
next one talk to you then
[Music]
[Applause]
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