Cast Iron kerosene pot thingie

minnikin1 · #1 09/15/06, 01:34 PM

Does anyone use the little kerosene pot with the ceramic ball on a stick for fire starting?
Does it do the job all by itself? Can you use larger diameter kindling and still have it catch?

http://www.lehmans.com/shopping/prod...=2586&itemType
=PRODUCT&iMainCat=671&iSubCat=886&iProductID=2586

Bearfootfarm · #2 09/15/06, 11:53 PM

The link doesnt work for me .

wilderness1989 · #3 09/16/06, 01:08 AM

http://www.lehmans.com/shopping/prod...osene+fire+pot
Try this link if it does not work Lehman's call it a Kerosene Fire Pot if you go ti www.lehmans.com.

suitcase_sally · #4 09/16/06, 08:43 AM

I have one, although it is different than the Leman's model. I misplaced the little ceramic do-hicky but still have the pot. It worked very well. The ceramic thingy soaks up a great deal of kerosene and will burn for a good period of time, about 10 min. if I remember correctly. I didn't pay anywhere near $30 for it. Leman's is VERY expensive. Take a look at what they want for canning jars.

Edited to add: My pot is made of pottery. That's probably why I paid less.

Farmer Willy · #5 09/16/06, 06:05 PM

We used to use lamp oil to start the fire. After going through the second bottle realized just how expensive that can be so switched to newspaper and small kindling. I get a fire started quicker and hotter now and use the old papers up in the process. Heres my tip. I collect old buildings, barns specifically. I reuse the lumber to build on our place, but always have a lot of scrap wood that is left over. It's old, seasoned, and hardwood (oak, poplar, locust). I cut to length on my miter saw, split with a hatchet, and stack it like pixie sticks in an old dynamite box. That old lumber splits WAY easier than firewood. 3-4 sheet of rolled newspaper, a dozen barnwood sticks, and the blaze is on.

ET1 SS · #6 09/16/06, 08:32 PM

We just got a Lehman's catalog in the mail a couple days ago, and I showed that ceramic thing to my DW. I had never seen one before.

Think that a metal oil squirt can filled with kerosene would just as well. Wad up some newspaper, a little kindling and a few squirts of kerosene and everything should light fine.