JJGeorge Grill Torch Charcoal Starter

Starts the charcoal grill quickly and easily. A time saver.

Use on green egg works great

Writing a review after 1,5 years of use, it's one of my best purchases on Amazon, really recommend, it helps you to spend less time to light up your grill, super easy to use.

I have a Big Green Egg that I had been using the paraffin fire starters which took forever to get the charcoal lit and up to temperature. I just used this torch for the first time last week. It started up on the first click of the igniter and got my coals going in a few minutes. Highly recommend!

This torch is very strong and easy to use.

This is an awesome torch, never a misfire, sets on the bottom of my kettle, and holds the flame where I need to start the charcoal smoker. Could not be happier.

This torch is a great accessory if you like to grill out on a regular basis. I use mine to light the charcoal in my Big Green Egg. I had read other reviews where people commented that the torch head was not long enough to use in a Egg. I have the larger egg and have not had any issues lighting the charcoal. I use the torch holding it about 2 inches from the charcoal and in about two minutes I have charcoal that is glowing red around the edges. From there air flow takes over and my grill is ready to go in a short amount of time. I have given these as gifts and the recipients have had good results as well I highly recommend the product.

I was using a BGE branded old school style electric lighter for my large big green egg. It kept tripping the gcfi outlet if i left it on for more than 5min, so i was looking for something else. I had my eye on the looflighter but it was pricey and seemed like you had to hold the trigger down for a couple min to really get the fire going. I came across the JJGeorge torch and thought that this may work. I was really looking for something that i could set on the coutertop of my outdoor kitchen and leave it for a min while i walked away. this one didn't look like it would be long enough to reach down to the charcoal.I looked at JJGeorges website and saw that they had an extended version of this for a couple bucks more. I emailed them my question about how the extended one would work for my needs, i got a response from John very quickly and he explained that the shorter one would work better and that i would need to hold onto the torch while its being lit. I also asked him if i could just hang it off the side and leave it for a moment, he said i would need to hang onto it while its going and it only takes 1 min to get the fire going. This sounded great, so i bit and order it.I tried it for the first time yesterday, and man it works great! I did have a little bit of a hard time getting the fire going with the igniter, but as soon as i found the "sweet spot" on the valve, she fires right up.During my first run, i was worried that the small hot spot the torch was creating wouldn't really turn into a large glowing coal mass. I sent blue flames to one side of the middle of my charcoal bed for 30 seconds and switched to the other side of the middle for the next 30 seconds. Once i had a good hot spot going (after 1min with the torch going), i turned it off and walked away for 5 ish minutes. I came back to a nice glowing coal bed. It works fantastically.I highly recomend this to anyone looking to make the light up BGE process a little faster/easier.