The dad who owns a charcoal kettle and reaches for the gas one anyway
What it is
Weber’s chimney starter, the steel cylinder that lights a full load of charcoal from a sheet of newspaper in about fifteen minutes. No lighter fluid. Amazon sets the price at checkout.
Why we picked it
It is the single object that converts a charcoal sceptic, because every bad memory of charcoal is really a memory of lighter fluid and forty minutes of waiting. Under most people’s idea of a gift budget, and it changes how often the kettle actually gets used rather than sitting under a cover.
