I have gone through a myriad multitude of cheap charcoal chimneys. You know, the ones from Wal-mart. The shiny, narrow-profiled tubes of directional heating. The inexpensive ones that you think are a good deal.
I was wrong!
When my last set (yes, I would use two of these slender chimneys at at time) rusted away into razor-sharp shards, I decided to try the Weber Chimney Starter. I'd looked at it before, lusted after its large charcoal capacity, its dual handle system, its conical briquet grill, its heavy-duty construction. But I'd always cheap-out and get another couple of rustbuckets....