How do YOU start your campfire?

Escargot wrote:
Tinder, kindling, logs, and one match.
Learned how to build a variety of configurations of campfires, depending on intended purpose, when I was a kid.

Ditto except when I was in Scouts, I never used the match.

Tinder, kindling, logs, and one match.
Learned how to build a variety of configurations of campfires, depending on intended purpose, when I was a kid.

Easy, and can be used over and over again.

Marshmallows don't cook so well on it, though.

RRBob wrote:
I have a pet fire breathing dragon. She is great for starting camp (and other) fires.

Neat! Can I have an egg?

I have a pet fire breathing dragon. She is great for starting camp (and other) fires.

I give the wood a good soaking with charcoal lighter fluid.
If I remember to let it soak in for a couple minutes, it works every time.
If I light it too soon, maybe not so well.

Lighter fluid.

Our campfire strats after we eat usally so we start it with the hot coals from the charcoal grill. But I do like that tip of 2 gallons of gas, a road flare and logs! Sometimes on a damp day seems like you need that or a flame thrower. (I do keep a plumbers torch in the tool box that I screw on the 1lb propane bombs. That has come in handy!)

2 gallons of gas some logs and a road flare :R