Go Back
Homemade Fire Starter Cubes
Print Recipe
5 from 1 vote

Homemade Fire Starter Cubes

Author: Mike

Equipment

Ingredients

  • Wood chips I found a big bag of alder wood chips on the clearance rack for $1. You can also substitute hamster cage liner from what I've heard
  • 1 pound household paraffin wax
  • 4 cardboard egg cartons do NOT use Styrofoam cartons

Instructions

  • Place the wax in the crock pot or double boiler over slowly boiling water until melted.
  • Separate the bottom of the egg cartons and discard the tops.
  • Fill each egg cavity with the wood chips. I started by only filling them 1/4th of the way through but later found that you can fill them completely.
  • Add the wax until the cavity is full.
  • Let cool overnight before cutting into individual cubes.
  • To light, place under a chimney full of charcoal, open-side up (so that the melting wax doesn't drip down) and light with a match or lighter.