Lighting a Charcoal Grill

In the old days you doused the charcoal with lighter fluid and tossed on a match. Maybe it lit and maybe it didn’t. To solve this problem, manufacturers created self-lighting charcoal, which has the lighter fluid built into it. As you’d imagine, self-lighting charcoal burns easily and evenly, and it’s available in most supermarkets. But many people still don’t like the idea of grilling food over charcoal that’s been laced with petroleum products. Today, there are two cleaner, safer, more ecologically sound ways to light charcoal.