OK, I remember as a kid my dad used GASOLINE. Crazy bastard! He would pile the Kingsford, the reason I use it to this day, and he had this little squeeze bottle that he would keep a little gas in. He would squirt some on the pile and I was the one who, when I was older, got to light it! I would stand about 2 feet back and flick the match into the grill. WHOOOSH, that sombitch was LIT and HOT! Probably wasnt good for us but like I just read, IT WAS MADE BY DAD and thats how he done it!! Thankfully the gasoline thing didn't stay with me as a practice...good times though!