How do you heat up coal fastest?
1. Use a charcoal starter
The answer to the question how you heat up your coals the quickest is very simple. Use a briquette starter. Fill the starter with charcoal or briquettes and your barbecue is ready for use within 30 minutes.
2. Consider using charcoal
Charcoal reaches higher temperatures faster than briquettes. Consider using charcoal as fuel for lightning your BBQ. Charcoal does cool down faster than briquettes. Do you prefer to continue grilling for a little longer? Combine charcoal with briquettes. That way, you have the best of both worlds. The charcoal ensures that the barbecue is hot quickly and the briquettes ensure a more long-lasting nature of your barbecue.
3. Does your barbecue with lid have ventilation holes?
I don't want to blame your barbecue, but maybe I'll do it anyway. If your charcoal barbecue with lid has no ventilation holes, the coals become hot less quickly. The more air gets to your burning coal or briquettes, the faster and higher the temperature rises. If you have ventilation grids on your BBQ, always make sure that all ventilation holes are completely open while lighting your charcoal barbecue.
Conclusion
Your charcoal barbecue is hot the fastest when you use a briquette starter. Do you really want to go for a quick barbecue session? Charcoal is the fuel to get your barbecue hot the fastest. It's a matter of fully opening the ventilation holes on your BBQ and the coles heat up quickly. Keep in mind that you need 30 minutes warm-up time. This is the shortest time to light your charcoal barbecue in a safe way.
