This invention relates to solid firelighters of the type which may be used to initiate combustion of i) barbecues (BBQs), irrespective of whether the barbecue fuel is in the form of charcoal lump wood or briquettes, ii) natural wood in outdoor wood fires or iii) any domestic or commercial fires. Firelighters of the present invention comprise: 25 to 75% by weight fiberboard having a density of from 0.1 to 0.5 g/cm.sup.3; and 25 to 75% by weight palm fatty acid distillate; wherein the fiberboard is impregnated with the palm fatty acid distillate.

The present technology provides compositions that include at least about 98 weight percent (wt. %) n-paraffins which, among other surprising features, may be suitable for use as a diesel fuel, an aviation fuel, a jet fuel blendstock, a blendstock to reduce the cloud point of a diesel fuel, a fuel for portable heaters, and/or as a charcoal lighter fluid. The composition includes at least 98 wt. % C.sub.7-C.sub.12 n-paraffins, where at least 10 wt. % of composition includes n-decane, at least 20 wt. % of the composition includes n-dodecane, and at least 75 wt. % of the composition includes even carbon number paraffins. The composition also includes less than 0.1 wt. % oxygenates and less than 0.1 wt. % aromatics. The composition may be produced by a process that includes hydrotreating a biorenewable feedstock comprising at least one of palm kernel oil, coconut oil, babassu oil, microbial oil, or algal oil.

A fuel element adapted for use in a smoking article is provided, the fuel element including a combustible carbonaceous material in an amount of at least 25% by dry weight, based on the weight of the fuel element, and a particulate ignition aid dispersed throughout the fuel element and selected from ceramic particles, cellulose particles, fullerenes, impregnated activated carbon particles, inorganic salts, and combinations thereof, wherein the average particle size of the ignition aid is less than about 1,000 microns. Also provided are elongate smoking articles having a lighting end and an opposed mouth end, and including the above-noted fuel element configured for ignition of the lighting end.

A combustible heat source (4) for an aerosol-generating article (2) comprises carbon and calcium peroxide. The calcium peroxide has a purity of greater than or equal to about 90 percent. A method of producing a combustible heat source for an aerosol-generating article, the method comprising the steps of: mixing a carbon material and calcium peroxide having a purity of greater than or equal to about 90 percent; forming the mixture of the carbon material and the calcium peroxide into an elongate rod; and drying the elongate rod.

The present invention provides apparatus for starting a fire, comprising a stack of combustible fuel elements (340, 350, 460, 462, 464) and a flammable ignition element (450) located in a combustible container (200) configured to provide at least one aperture (202) for igniting the flammable ignition element located therein. A kit of parts and a method of assembling the kit are also provided.

A multi-purpose putty product usable as a lamp fuel, first aid medication, water proofing agent, water sealant, and UV responsive marker is shown and described. The putty component may include waxes, oils, pine gum rosin, powdered metallic thermite fuel, and cotton fibers. Optionally, the putty may include a colorant and plant essential oil as an odorant. The putty may be provided in kit form, with a receptacle and closure, and a tool enabling putty product in the receptacle to be exposed and held erect for service as a wick while burning.

A fire start fuel container device including a container defined by side walls forming walls which contains a plurality of holes marked with suction, the holes arranged on at least one of the side faces with alternating arrangement in the central part and below the middle on an equatorial axis for each lateral face; and also has a face that forms the base and another face that makes the cover, which have a hole cut in the middle, which is larger diameter than the side holes, where all the faces define a space that it stores combustible material inside, including a fire initiating mechanism inside it, which is composed of a medium based on cellulose located in the central part of the container whose height reaches the entire height of the container, additionally the walls of the container. Fire initiating mechanism has a plurality of holes spaced equidistantly and arranged alternately one below or above the other on its entire surface, additionally has at its base two wax-coated wicks that cross each other and are fixed to the mechanism fire starter through four holes through which the ends of the wicks pass and by a stop preventing them from coming off, said stop made Referentially by a knot of the same wick.

A fire-starter device for survival, emergency, or convenience that incorporates a paper cup portion filled with wax with one (1) or more wicks embedded in the hardened wax with tinder material comprising the top layer. The paper cup is designed and built to allow it to hold hot liquid wax without leaking. The wax is paraffin and/or beeswax and/or other blend. The wicks are of jute or similar material. The tinder is made of fatwood shavings or similar combustible.

The current invention is a kit including a structure and fuel. The structure has a circular base, a hollow central tube, handle, and a wick that runs from down the central cube to a fire starter composite at the center of the base. The fuel consists of a fire starter tinder composite, small, medium, and large fuels. All fuels are responsibly harvested and safe for transport.

A fuel element adapted for use in a smoking article is provided, the fuel element including a combustible carbonaceous material in an amount of at least 25% by dry weight, based on the weight of the fuel element, and a particulate ignition aid dispersed throughout the fuel element and selected from ceramic particles, cellulose particles, fullerenes, impregnated activated carbon particles, inorganic salts, and combinations thereof, wherein the average particle size of the ignition aid is less than about 1,000 microns. Also provided are elongate smoking articles having a lighting end and an opposed mouth end, and including the above-noted fuel element configured for ignition of the lighting end.