Best Fire Starters

Perfect Fire Starters: Wax-covered wood shavings in paper cups, perfect for easy fire starting
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Best Fire Starters on the Market

Our 14 year old Bud makes the BEST fire starters you can buy! The souffle cups are filled with wood shavings and upcycled wax, so they light the first time, every time. Fire starters store very well. Keep in a cool, dry place. Bud’s Fire Starters are easy to stack in your camper for outings, basement or living room for a wood stove or in your shed for summers by the fire pit.

Easy to use. Great for fire pits. Start fires in your wood stove fast – the first time! Always use with caution (we are not responsible for injury)

Fast shipping. These are made one at a time by hand and ship from Mifflin County, PA. We ship Priority Mail for this product, so you should have it in 1-3 shipping days (Monday through Saturday) in most cases. Production time is 5-7 business days.

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What are fire starters made of?

Bud’s Outfitters fire starters are made of wax and wood shavings. He has built a great reputation within our community, and he is often gifted old candles, old wax melts that were already used, and wood shavings.
Of course, you can make fire starters from many materials, such as toilet paper rolls with lint, newspaper stuffed into paper towel rolls, or by simply balling up sheets of newspaper with junk mail.
But – you won’t get as awesome a start to your fire without Bud’s fire starters. They are perfect for wood stoves, coal stoves, campfires, or bonfires. If you are looking for instructions on how to make the best firestarters yourself, we will detail those instructions below. We will talk about if fire starters are safe, how to make fire starters with wax, talk about how fire starters work, and how to use fire starters for your fireplace or campfire ring safely.

Are fire starters bad for chimneys?

If you are going to use your fire starter indoors with your coal stove, wood stove, or fireplace, again, we recommend getting your indoor fire vessel inspected yearly.

We personally use our fire starters in our home’s coal and wood stove all the time. We have our stove and chimney inspected every year by DS Stove out of Gordonville, PA. They thoroughly clean our chimney, inspect our bricks, clean the interior of the stove, and they give us any feedback necessary for care or future use.

We highly recommend you find a trusted resource in your area to inspect your stove before using our firestarters or burning fires at all. 

Are fire starters toxic?

This is a question we get often, and we feel like this is somewhat subjective. We are pretty crunchy in our home. We feel like since the fire starters burn up, go up the chimney, and no one is inhaling it, we don’t worry about it. Even if you’re using it in an open style fireplace, it still burns up in a couple minutes, and the toxicity level is likely nothing. Again, this would be up to your comfort level.

How Do You Make Fire Starters?

Bud has a great setup. He’s got a small single burner stove, a big pot, a pour pitcher, an old wooden spatula, souffle cups, wood shavings, and wax. This supply list will get you making fire starters in no time. We are often asked how to make fire starters with wood shavings and wax. We don’t use dust because it’s so fine, but it could probably work. We prefer shavings because it’s coarser, holds wax very well, and frankly, it looks prettier. We don’t like to waste around here at all, so we fill the souffle cups with wood shavings, pour the wax on top, and then we will dump the excess. You really only need enough wax to keep the shavings in place and have enough to light.
So how do you use wax for fire starters? You simply want to put the wax in your pot, melt it, and pour it over your saw dust filled souffle cups. You can really use any wax that you have. You could use already melted/used wax melts from a wax melter. You could use the bottom of old candles that are just left in the jar.
You can even make fire starters with crayons! Get creative! Finding wood shavings will be a great way to build a relationship with neighbors. Maybe you have a sawmill in your town or a friend who does woodworking. Folks who do lathe work have the BEST shavings! The type of wood really doesn’t matter for your shavings.
We have a wood and coal burning fireplace. We do not burn pine or soft woods. We burn hardwoods or nut coal.
Our wood fires are usually reserved for spring and fall when we only need a fire in the evenings and overnight. We have coal fires through the winter. We start our fire in November or so, and the same fire burns all through the winter in Pennsylvania – till usually March-ish.
Keep in mind that you can probably burn all seasoned wood in your campfire ring outdoors.

Fire starters for Camping

Fire starters are super portable, and they are great for camping in RVs, fifth wheels, or tag alongs OR when you’re hiking and backpacking. You can stick a few in your belly boxes of your camper, in your tote with all your tent camping supplies, or in your backpack to hit the trails. They are small, easy to transport, and they are great when you need to get your fire started quickly and safely. Use our fire starters to start a fire in your campfire ring while you enjoy time with your friends and the outdoors!

Don’t forget your fire poker!

You can’t have a great fire without the best fire poker on the market. Our fire pokers are made to last, made one at a time by hand, and they are perfect for your home, camper, or cabin. Once you learn how to make the best fire starters, you’ll definitely want the best poker to go with them.

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