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Never the words a man wants to hear his wife say......

Today it appertained to an Weber Chimney starter. I have long expoused the virtues of an Weber chimney starter (search fekety fek dance) but I fear one of the SI units of BBQ can no longer be used.

"A chimneyful" has long been the standard unit for starting a big cook off, but I fear there is no longer an standard chimney. I purchased the small version today which seems splendid for my £15, but the one that caught my wifes eye was mahoosive, I reckon you could have fitted your head in it, I didn't try as Mrs T hates this sort of tomfoolery in garden centres but I reckon It was at least 50% bigger than the standard offering.

So beware a chimney full may no longer be a standard dose of coals.

On an unrelated note had a heft of an WSM 37cm, which I reckon is top good for the smaller family smoker, sadly don't think I will be getting one as my faithful guide dog was terrified of it for some reason, he is fine with all my other bbq but for some reason he has decided that the 37cm WSM is possessed of dark forces.........

Cheers
Tiny

The larger sized weber chimney is marvellous, starts up very quickly and can hold a lot of charcoal, especially useful for high heat cooks. I had a crappy b&q one, now I have this and it's 100x better.

Can't quite see the point in the smaller version though, you can just put less in, or turn it upside down in the normal one.

The smaller one is for their portable range, Smokey Joe etc. Just the right amount of fuel for a small cook up.
Derek.

I think I've got the big one, I've also got a Landmann one that I bought first. I used both side by side at the weekend and the Weber wins hands down.

I'm thinking of getting the 37" WSM for smaller BBQs or as an addition to my 57" WSM for bigger get togethers.... although those pellet smokers look pretty amazing!