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The phrase "a chimney starter" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used when referring to a device designed to help ignite charcoal in a grill or fireplace.
Example: "To get the charcoal burning quickly, I always use a chimney starter."
Alternatives: "charcoal chimney" or "grill starter".
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Ms. Weskamp and Mr. Raichlen recommended a chimney starter ($22, from Charcoal Companion) for a charcoal grill.
(The extra coals should be alight and up to temperature - a chimney starter is the easy and safe way to light and distribute them).
I lighted them in a chimney starter, exactly as I would charcoal, and in 20 minutes had a bed of embers.
Hardware stores sell bags of oak or hickory chunks, which can be lighted in a chimney starter and used as you would charcoal.
When I grill with wood, I light it in a chimney starter (a tube with a wire partition in the center, top left), starting the fire with a crumpled sheet of newspaper or a paraffin starter.
Start your charcoals in a chimney starter.
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When grilling a couple of steaks or chicken breasts, a large chimney starter full of wood chunks will be sufficient.
A small, simple addition to any campfire-themed gift is a simple pair of welder's gloves ($11-2511-25 manhandlogs logs, and/or a charcoal chimney starter to get those coals going for cooking.
When grilling for one or two people, a single chimney starter full of chunks will be enough.
New products like instant-light bags of wood chunks are intended to make it easy, but a regular chimney starter does the trick, too.
Get a charcoal chimney starter.
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