re: Having trouble lighting my BGE (Solved)

Some simple things can go awry after a good cleaning. Make sure the fire grate (metal plate w holes in it) is placed correctly....the holes have a slight bevel that should widen toward the floor of the cooker. Next, make sure the cutout opening in the ceramic fire ring is aligned with the lower draft door. It is easy to set it back into place slightly off, so make sure it's correctly oriented. Also check the small round holes in the sides of the fire ring/bowl, it's easy for them to be plugged with small chunks of charcoal or other schmutz.

Finally, I like to use a longer burning type of fire starter, such as a sawdust/paraffin cube. Have tried many methods, and two or three of these cubes do the trick for me.