How to successfully light a jiko (charcoal/carbon stove) with the first attempt.

  

Date Posted: 9/6/2012 5:19:16 AM

Posted By: Razen  Membership Level: Gold  Total Points: 3454

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I have noticed that 60% of fire making attempts using carbon (charcoal) fail everyday. This is because the process followed doesn't facilitate enough exposure of charcoal either to:
*plenty oxygen supply.
*growing temporary flame.

There can be causes that will prevent successful charcoal glow apart from the above. Include:
*wet carbon(charcoal)
*wet firewood (if using any)
*congested ash on the underside of the jiko
*wet jiko/cooking stove
*new stove painted with a non-flammable paint
*moist sulphur heads used in lighting

There are three methods used in making charcoal fire.
*using paraffin/kerosene or any other product of crude oil excluding gas and tar
*using thin firewood sticks
* using other flammable items like polythene, plastics, wood shaving or papers.

Method one:
-using paraffin/kerosene or any other product of crude oil excluding gas and tar
*the above product is poured on ash placed on a piece of paper, lit and placed on the bottom inside part of the jiko. A flat surface is used to blow air into the basement. Charcoal is placed on the upper side closely packed. Once oxygen is blow, the flame caused by burning fuel ignites the charcoal. This method is easy but tiresome because you need to continuously blow oxygen into the stove.

Method two.
*using thin firewood sticks and a lighter. Get a small piece of wood and slice it into thin pieces the size of Chinese eating sticks. Arrange them on the top hollow part of the jiko in a criss crossing format such that they form a dense network. Put a flammable item example rubber band, paper, plastic or pour a few drops of crude oil product at the meeting point of the sticks. Put carbon on top of the sticks leaving a small hole large enough to fit three fingers drilled through carbon to the point where you had put the flammable item.


Light a paper and use it to pass

the flame to the flammable item to light the sticks. Once lit allow free flow of air and leave for 5 minutes. When the sticks burn, they ignite carbon (charcoal). Once the carbon if fully lit, remove the remaining pieces of sticks.

Method three:
*this method gives about 60% success rate. You can use:
* wood shavings
* old exercise books
*saw dust
*plastics
*Dry thin branches

Note: Whatever method you use, ensure:
*theres enough supply of oxygen.

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