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This charcoal starter is advertised as stainless steel. Upon arrival last night I noticed it appeared suspiciously bright and reflective for stainless. It looked more like a nickel plating. It was definitely a plating as it scraped right off, and already showed some rust on the unplated edges. It must have rusted on the boat ride over from China. A magnet is strongly attracted to this starter, which confirms that the material is ferritic. At the very high price point of $26, and with cheap Chinese labor, it is simply amazing that Grillfinity could not find it in their budget to use the advertised material stainless steel.
In addition to this, the construction is extremely shoddy. There are no welds, only unflattened rivets ready to pop out. The holes in the bottom plate are far too large and will allow coals to drop through. The handle on top is not long enough to keep your fingers far enough away from the hot coals should they be loaded to the top of the starter or even higher. I am not sure such a handle would ever be a good idea because when you dump out the coals a shower of sparks will rise and hit that unshielded hand.
This is the worst and most expensive charcoal starter I have ever seen. Not recommended.
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I've always used chimneys like this to start my grill as I don't want the chemicals of liquid starters tainting my food. Others lasted one season and then fell apart. This starter, which I've had over a year now, shows NO signs of corrosion or deterioration. It works as well as any I've had and should last many many years. Definitely worth the cost over the cheap ones.
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