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Instantly light your barbecue.

Advantages: Easy to use, simple, work well unless it's windy or raining.
Disadvantages: None.

The product An 8kg bag of individually wrapped 1kg parcels of charcoal. Each parcel of charcoal is covered in wrapping which is coated to allow it to be lit at one edge and then light the whole wrapping and burn the charcoal making it simple to s ...

katykicker 15.08.2011 · Read full review
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No More Getting Dirty In The Garden!!

Advantages: No mess, no more lighter fluid, easy to use
Disadvantages: a bit dearer than normal charcoal but well worth it.

I tried a gas bbq for a couple of years on the advice of a few people I know saying that they didn't taste any different than a proper bbq, and I suppose they don't really taste that different and they are certainly much easier and cleaner to set up ...

johnny040676 03.06.2008 · Read full review
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Less mess, less time, more money

Advantages: So much easier to use, simply light. Mess free
Disadvantages: Slightly more money than normal charcoal

Somehow in the ‘heat wave’ which lasted all of 3 days last week, we managed to use our BBQ, and pretend like it was summer for a day! I’m actually not the biggest fan of BBQ’s, I’ll happily go round to somebody else’s house but I can’t stand how time cons ...

carlz2001 19.04.2013 · Read full review
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does what it says on the bag

Advantages: Quick and reliable to light
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One of the most aggravating things about barbecuing is waiting for the charcoal to get hot. You can accelerate this by using fluid, lighters etc, but I think they do taint food, however slightly. This product is different, in that it comes sealed in th ...

jennysue 27.08.2000 · Read full review
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Homebase Instant Charcoal

Advantages: many
Disadvantages: none

Homebase have manufactured an instant lighting charcoal which works excellently and is considerable faster and quicker at lighting and therefore cooking barbequed foods than the traditional charcoals are. One kilogram bag retails at approximately £5. ...

daveboxer 18.05.2011 · Read full review
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