How do you light natural charcoal?

You can light natural charcoal using a chimney starter, newspaper, and a lighter or match.

Here's a breakdown of how to light natural charcoal using a chimney starter, based on the provided information:

1. Gather your materials: You will need lump charcoal, a chimney starter, a lighter or match, and newspaper.
2. Fill the chimney starter: Pour the desired amount of lump charcoal into the chimney starter.
3. Prepare the newspaper: Crumple a piece of newspaper.
4. Place newspaper under the chimney: Stuff the crumpled newspaper under the cone section of the chimney starter.
5. Light the newspaper: Use a lighter or match to ignite the newspaper. The burning newspaper will heat the charcoal above, eventually lighting it.
6. Wait: Allow the charcoal to burn until the coals at the top are covered in a light gray ash. This usually takes 15-20 minutes.
7. Pour the charcoal: Carefully pour the lit charcoal into your grill.