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We had a fine old time cooking out yesterday. I also got to use my little charcoal lighting device that gets the coals burning without lighter fluid. I also learned a lesson about its use, as I left the lid open on the side of the grill as I fired up the coals, and it turns out this thing generates so much heat it was able to roast the paint off the inside of the lid, even though this is designed to withstand being closed over the grill while cooking. BTW, the smell of flame-proof paint cooking is especially noxious.

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May 30, 2007, 11:48

Blue

Why was the lid on? Or was it just nearby?

It was on the grill in that stand-by up position... it didn't strike me that the proximity of the lid to the chimney was a problem, at least until people started passing out from the poison gas burning the coating inside the lid produced.




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Comment [quote="Blue"May 30, 2007, 11:48]q[Why was the lid on? Or was it just nearby?]q It was on the grill in that stand-by up position... it didn't strike me that the proximity of the lid to the chimney was a problem, at least until people started passing out from the poison gas burning the coating inside the lid produced. [/quote]

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