Summer is the time for barbecues. Here are two quick tips to make this warm season ritual even easier:

* Use cardboard egg cartons and charcoal briquettes to start up the grill. Place the briquettes in the sections of the carton. Close it and place in the bottom of the grill. Light it up. The cardboard will burn up first, allowing the charcoal to catch. Spread out the briquettes once the cardboard falls apart. This utilizes the egg cartons instead of them ending up in the trash.

* If you use foil to wrap food for grilling, save the foil for clean-up later. Crumple the foil up and use it to scrape off the residues after grilling.

via Times and Transcript; Creative Commons image by mccun934 on Flickr

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