re: Lump Charcoal and Kamado Style Grills

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I'm doing this currently but at $8-10 a box I'm blowing through a box every few weeks. If the Looftlighter works I'll save money and time running back and forth to buy additional boxes of parrafin cubes.

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I don't use the parrafin cubes...I use a flattish square thing, made by Rutland (and many others). One single square (or two) will get your large going...a big box of 144 squares costs around $12. Sounds like you're buying an overpriced version. You can get the big, cheap box at Tractor Supply: LINK

ETA I don't like using bottled gas--it's resource-intensive overkill (to me). The small MAPP bottles aren't refillable. A weed burner attached to a refillable propane tank is another option, but again, it's an overkill solution. The compressed squares use sawdust and a minimal amount of parrafin....

If you're really, really thrifty or enviro, try soaking a cheap paper towel with used cooking oil. I did this for a while, but I kept spilling cooking oil and didn't like the rancid burning oil smell. Still, it's a low-fossil-fuel option.