kebmw
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On the subject of campfire starters, I'd like to ask a question:
We often have "fry days" on our trips where a few of the guys have deep fryers and we do chicken wings and other fried things. We usually set up around the cement pad where the picnic tables are. On our last trip I finally noticed how greasy the ground was when we finished cleaning up. I guess because we did it at our campsite last time and we don't always do it at our site. It really bothered me because I realized how this was going to attract ants and leave a not so nice spot for the next camper unless a good rain happens. So I'm determined from now on to bring cardboard to put down under the fryers to help clean this up. I was thinking that we could then burn the cardboard in the campfire if we were careful with it.
Does this sound advisable?
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~Karin
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PGR_Skye
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Home made firestarters = recycle, recycle, recycle.
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Ralphie Boy
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That's too much info for me to absorb, so to speak. I find that if I save the bacon grease from cooking at our cabin, a small bit of it on top of the kindling makes short work of making a fire in the wood stove. Makes the outside air smell great too!
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Wiscampsin
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I always throw a couple handfuls of sawdust into 'my blend'.
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Wiscampsin
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I always throw a couple handfuls of sawdust into 'my blend'.
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holstein13
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PGR_Skye wrote:Home made firestarters = recycle, recycle, recycle.
Commercial fire starters = recycled saw dust as well. ;-)
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tvman44
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These are the ones I get at Wally World Starter Logg
Pkg of 24 logs for about $7.00 and a piece of a log is all I need to start our fires, so a box last us a very long time.
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Wisconsin1
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I tried the stuff in the packet but want to make some of my own to make the fire look cool and give the kids a show! Here is the site I found that gives a pretty good list. I will have to practice at home.
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I found that one of those small battery power mattress pumps with the nozzel on makes a damn good little blower to get the kindling roaring hot in no time. You'd be suprised how quick the lunch time fire can be rebuilt for supper with one of these.
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pigroaster
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I use a propane torch to light my campfires. Fast and easy with small kindling.
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