I use all the methods. Chimney with news paper, with cubes, with performer gas assist, baskets with cubes, with gas assist, basically you name it I do it. I keep going back to my performer gas assist with either a chimney or baskets or my all time fav the chimney and newspaper. I just make sure not use paper that has colored ads or print or the slick paper adds that come in the mail as junk ads or in some of the sunday papers. Slick paper and colored ink paper tends to stay together and create more paper ash to deal with. Also I have found believe it not using more paper is good to as the fire gets hot enough to burn the ash of the paper into a fine ash