Natural Fire Starters

A butane fire starter for camping and BBQing is a refillable, pressurized ignition tool that burns liquefied butane gas through a nozzle to produce a controlled flame for lighting charcoal, propane grills, campfires, or camp stoves. Unlike a box of soggy matches or a single-use disposable lighter that dies the moment the wind picks up, … Read more

Standing over a cold fire pit with a lighter that just won’t catch is one of those small, universal frustrations of Canadian outdoor life. The debate over natural fire starters vs fire starter cubes shows up every time someone’s trying to decide what to toss in the truck before a camping trip or what to … Read more

There’s a particular kind of despair that comes from standing over a cold charcoal chimney, lighter fluid can in hand, watching your burgers turn into a science experiment. Natural fire starters for charcoal BBQ solve that problem outright: they’re compact, non-petroleum ignition sources — usually wax, wood fibre, or resin-rich pine — that catch a … Read more