The Best Fire Starters Ever!

We use our wood stove to heat our shop during the winter, and these are the best fire starters we’ve found yet! The economics are very good, and they light up easily and burn well. You’ll like them!

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When it’s cold and the shop and it’s time to get the woodstove fired up, it’s no fun trying to get a fire started with wadded paper, alcohol gels, or a lighter. The same is true for getting a campfire started or the fire pit lit up. And while we’re sure our outdoorsy friends could best us with their fire-starting skills, we’ve found a much better way for us.

We use cedar fire starters from Midwesthearth.com. These cedar sawdust and wax pucks ignite easily and burn long enough to get kindling ablaze. You can buy them in boxes of 8, 16 or 36. We like the box of 36, so we have plenty on hand. The price at the time of filming was right at $40. At first glance, that may seem like a lot, until you realize that these are pre-scored to break into quarters.

I actually cut up the batch into quarters on my band saw (being sure to clean the wax off the blade from time to time). These smaller chunks actually ignite easier and provide plenty of flames to get the rest of the fire going. And, there is no residue left over. They burn cleanly and completely, with no offending smoke. Nice!

That means that each chunk costs about 28¢! That’s hard to beat for such an effective product! I simply keep the batch in large zip lock bags, making it easy to keep them in the shop, camper, or bug-out box in the back of the truck.

We ordered them from:

https://midwesthearth.com/collections/fire-starters/products/cedar-fire-starters

JUST DO IT YOURSELF!

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