Patent ID: 7597727

Claim:
A method of starting a fire comprising the steps of: providing a container including a plurality of compartments, each of said compartments including a bottom wall and a peripheral wall extending upwardly from said bottom walls, each of said peripheral walls having an upper edge defining an opening into a respective one of said compartments, each of said compartments being joined together only along their upper edges and defining attached edges, said upper edges being coplanar with respect to each other, said compartments being aligned in a plurality of rows and columns, said container being comprised of a flammable material; providing a fire ignition material being positioned in each of said containers; forming a woodpile and placing kindling in a central location of said woodpile; removing one of said compartments from said container; removing said fire ignition material from the compartment removed from the container and lighting the compartment on fire; placing the compartment lit on fire in the kindling; and placing the fire ignition material on the compartment so that the fire ignition material is ignited by the compartment.