Patent ID: 9187705
Filing Date: 2015-11-17
Classification: A47J,C10L

Abstract:
1. A fire starter for use with a grill used to cook food placed thereon, the fire starter comprising: a first combustible material which, when lit, has a first burn time and a second combustible material which, when lit, has a second burn time which is shorter than the burn time of the first combustible material; and, the first combustible material comprising a plurality of charcoal briquettes and the second combustible material comprising a plurality of wood shavings interspersed with the charcoal briquettes, each wood shaving having a middle portion which is thicker than outer ends thereof for each wood shaving to taper in size from its middle portion to its sides whereby each wood shaving has thin ends which readily ignite so to ignite the wood shaving on fire with the middle, thicker portion of the wood shaving producing a burn time which is long enough so as to ignite the charcoal briquettes surrounding the wood shaving before the wood shaving is consumed by fire.