Weber Rapidfire Starter - Small (20cm Height), compact grill lighter with two handles, ideal for all charcoal grills from Ø 47cm, ignition aid for charcoal, briquettes - (7447)

This is the smaller version. It is ideal for use with the Weber Go-anywhere portable barbecue, not for the full-size ones. It is very effective at getting the charcoal well lit, ready to decant onto the barbecue. I have only used it with irregular lump-wood charcoal. It's fine. I guess it would be even better with barbecue briquettes.You need a pair of suitable gloves (rough gardening gloves will do), and you need something heatproof to put the chimney on once you have decanted the hot charcoal, for it to cool down.Not to be used with young children around - they won't appreciate the danger. It is EXTREMELY HOT.Snag: it is bulky. There's no way of reducing its size. So adds a lot of volume to your portable barbecue kit.Recommended though, for reliable starting.

Great item to help get the BBQ and Fire pit going

The other reviews are all true 😀. I've been messing about for years furiously fanning the charcoal with an old plastic plate, and more recently blasting it with air from an Air Hammer paddling pool pump. A chimney starter is the modern way and achieves the end far more effectively, in less time, and with zero effort. I'd never go back.As for this particular model, I've used it only once so far. It lights just enough charcoal for a 40x20 cm cooking area. A marginally bigger chimney wouldn't have hurt but this one is small enough to pack away inside the grill so it suits my use in the caravan.

Works as intended and makes starting of the fire super easy! Highly recommended. One star off for small bit of rust (doesn’t matter as you are literally using it to start fire…)

This is amazing. It lights the charcoal with so little smoke I thought it had gone out!The compact lights just enough charcoal to grill 2 smallish steaks side by side (but for a family barbie you will need the standard size).I think it should be made illegal to barbecue in a residential area using charcoal without one of these! Your neighbours will thank you for getting one, or at least they would if they didn’t think you’d given up barbecuing…

Paired with some wooden fire lighters and this thing is an absolute god send for getting the grill fired up. Just make sure you get some heat proof gloves to go with it, as the coals get so hot in there!

if you do not struggle lighting the coals, not worth buying.if like me you DO struggle. 100% worth every penny.just put firelighter underneath. come back about 10mis. ready to go.

Excellent item, this is the small, as I have the go-anywhere BBQ and this will do enough charcoal for half this bbq. So if you want a full bbq or have a bigger bbq then buy the large.Highly recommended