que: I am planning a Bar-be-que party and most of the time it takes us quite a lot of time before the coal's on fire and the party rolls.Hence I would like to know a proper and quick way to light a bar-be-que.|||according to my husband make a pyramid of brickettes then saturate it with lighter fluid toss a match in and stand back|||put in the charcole put on the lighter fluid and light the charcole. make sure that if you do this you dont use charcol that doesnt need fluid|||I use a charcoal chimney but if you don't have one then start about a half hour before you want to start cooking. Put the charcoal in a pile and pour on the lighter fluid. light it and let it sit until it all ashes over then spread out the red hot coals.|||So what do you do if you don't want to spend a lot on charcoal, but you're not quite up to the task of making your own? First, don't buy self lighting charcoal. Second, light your charcoal in a charcoal chimney or similar device. This uses newspaper instead of lighter fluid and also allows you to light and add charcoal to your fire without adding fluid to the grill. This follows the rule of never, and I mean never, add lighter fluid to already lit coals. Not only can it be dangerous, but it'll give you food that tastes like lighter fluid. Third, always allow your coals to burn to a complete ashy surface before you start cooking. This ensures that any glues and additives are burned off before you start cooking. The draw back on this is that one of the better tips to doing a long smoke with charcoal is to only light about half the charcoal before you start the smoke. Over time the hot coals will start the unlit coals burning and stretch out your smoking time. To get around this, invest in a coal bucket or some other heavy metal container. Once you start losing heat you can dump out the burning coals and start a fresh batch while you keep the food warm in the oven. Or you can just get the solid wood stuff. http://www.opentutorial.com/Make_a_charc鈥?/a>|||throw some kindling on it and some coals and keep adding both after it burns some get it lit with either crumpled up Newspaper pr spray some charcol fluid on it and light.|||make a pyramid shape with the charcoal about 2 1/2 cups of lighter fluid light with a macth let it burn in till most of the charcoal has turned gray witch usually takes about 30 to 40 min