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:
midwesthearth.com/collections...
JUST DO IT YOURSELF!
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[@audiophileman7047]

Thank you, Jay, I always find your videos to be useful. 👍👍👍

[@DirtFarmerJay]

Glad to hear it, audiophile man!

[@williamwelch7]

Thanks Jay

[@DirtFarmerJay]

You're welcome, William!

[@mjk2374]

If you can still find them, trioxane bars are absolutely amazing. The military used them as ration heaters until switching to gel style heaters. Those look really good too.

[@DirtFarmerJay]

Thanks! I did a search on them and it appears you can still get them. I'll check them out. Thanks for the note! Best, DFJ

[@dbergum1]

Good job Jay...This is really helpfull...

[@DirtFarmerJay]

Thanks for letting me know!

[@frigginpos]

Love your videos. Thank you!

[@ah4furnishings348]

Nice product! Thanks for the information

[@rosaparra506]

Thank you sir!

[@DirtFarmerJay]

You're welcome. I just used these the other day!

[@joanangustia4970]

Perfect firestarter jay and its water resistant too gee that would help alot

[@DirtFarmerJay]

Indeed.

[@MrOldclunker]

I know .28 cents per fire starter doesn't sound bad until you figure you can operate a 1500 watt heater for 2-3 hours for the same amount depending on your kw charge from the electric company. I guess it depends if you want to heat with wood, or you have to heat with wood.

[@DirtFarmerJay]

Well said, MrOldClunker. I appreciate your insight! Best, DFJ

[@hemanttripathi3175]

Very nice

[@DirtFarmerJay]

Thanks!

[@josephhuston7590]

Wood ash in cotton balls as a coal extender.

[@DirtFarmerJay]

That's a cool trick! Thanks for writing. Best, DFJ

[@ekramethio1302]

Please tell me how to prepare it and its raw materials

[@DirtFarmerJay]

The starters come in a compressed puck. We use our band saw to cut each puck into 6 pieces. The pointed end of each piece is easy to light. The pucks are made of cedar sawdust and wax and ignite readily, even when damp. I hope that helps! Best, DFJ

[@pattyoconnell1953]

Be careful with that saw…

[@DirtFarmerJay]

We are! Thanks for writing.

[@rickeydesormeaux1552]

roll up 1/2 sheet paper towel dip in wax 2 seconds cut with scissors 1 inch long dont need anything ells

[@DirtFarmerJay]

Great tip! Thanks for sharing. Best, DFJ

[@dubrd5926]

Nope your fire starters ain't the best. The best fire starters are free and make use of items that would, under other circumstances, be sent to the dump. I make rags out of my warn out socks underwear, t-shirts, etc. I use these rags to clean up motor oil and diesel. To make additional oil soaked rags I soak them in used motor oil. Those are the wood stove fire starters (the oil soaked rags). I put them on top of the load of wood for a top burn down which gives much less initial smoke. They work every time. If the wood is dry enough very little kindling is needed. One flick of a lighter is all that is needed to get the fire going.

[@DirtFarmerJay]

Sounds like you've found a great solution. Thanks for writing. Best, DFJ