[Jeff Chandler]

I use lighter fluid for the charcoal grill or sometimes paint thinner to start a fire quickly.

Entirely unnecessary. A charcoal fire can be ready to cook on in fifteen minutes using only paper and a wood fire can be blazing in ten minutes using only wood.

[virgil]

You probably right about that. For charcoal, I use an electric starter. Still, I would never use gasoline for a wood fire. It seems to be more volatile than the other fuels. More vapors.

[ladyjane]

The easiest way to start a charcoal fire is with an old coffee can. You put air holes in the bottom, all the way around the bottom of the can, some old newspaper in the can with charcoal on top. It acts like a chimney without all the carcinogens you get in petroleum. Youtube has videos of how to do it.

BTW if you have a problem starting the fire, take an old hair dryer and use it to blow on the coals. You’ll have coals in 3 minutes.

[metmom]

Entirely unnecessary. A charcoal fire can be ready to cook on in fifteen minutes using only paper and a wood fire can be blazing in ten minutes using only wood.

Charcoal Chimney

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chimney_starter

Quick and easy and we have never gone back to lighter fluid.