Learned Foot of KAR fame is a poser. He does a good job of steering people away from the evils of the gas grill, only to lead them astray by telling them to, "Now go forth and buy some lighter fluid."
Wrong! WRONG! WRONG!
Never use lighter fluid.
Bad Chemicals. Bad Taste. Pretty amature. What you need is one of these:

A little news paper or paper bag in the bottom, light a match, and let the coals get nice and toasty. None of the lighter fluid taste.
By the way, when you use newpaper, don't use the opinion section of the Star Tribune: The isn't enough substance to get a fire going and it leaves a bad taste in your mouth.
Cooking,
Food

A) Some people like the smell (and taste) of a lighter fluid soaked charcoal. It smells like
victorysummer.B) If I said "Go forth and buy a chimney starter..." nobody would have known what the hell I was talking about.
(I bet you were condesendingly assuming I didn't know what a chimney starter was, weren't you? How Nick Coleman.)
BTW - It's spelled "amateur".
Amateur.
People would have known what a chimney starter was if you took the time to explain. You just might have had to type a little slower for some.