Adirondack Firestone Co.

All Fired Up

Nothing says cozy like curling up in front of a crackling fire, but you can’t get comfy until the fire gets going. Sometimes that’s a challenge, especially when you’ve just sent all your old newspapers to be recycled and there’s not a scrap of dry kindling nearby.

For foolproof fire-starting, we’re reaching for the FireLighter from Adirondack Firestone Company. It’s easy to use, you don’t need newspaper or kindling, and it works every time. Brothers Todd and Chad Keehfus teamed with their friend Rob Englert to create the system, which uses an oil-soaked stone to get the flames going.

The FireLighter starter kit includes a ceramic vessel, two bottles of the company’s Candle & Lamp Oil, and a FireStone attached to a steel rod. To get started, soak the FireStone in the oil-filled vessel. Next, roll the FireStone lightly in fireplace ashes, ignite it with a match or lighter, and place the lit stone under the firewood in the fireplace. The FireLighter stone will burn for about 15 to 20 minutes, igniting the rest of the firewood.

Todd, Chad and Rob founded Adirondack Firestone Company to celebrate the charm and spirit of the mountainous Adirondack region in New York. They’ve also made it a priority to work with U.S. suppliers. The ceramic vessel is handcrafted in the pottery corridor between Columbus, Ohio, and Wheeling, West Virginia, the lamp oil comes from Texas, and the steel rods are made in Greene, N.Y., using machinery that dates back to the early 20th century. The FireLighter kits are assembled in Syracuse, N.Y., at a facility that employs and trains people with developmental disabilities. From start to finish, FireLighter is hard to resist.

— Ann

This cannot be delivered to post office boxes.  This can only be delivered to steet addresses.

• The FireLighter Kit includes everything you need to get your fire started:

• • Durable stoneware pot
  • Reusable FireStone, a cold rolled steel handle
  • Two bottles of our Candle & Lamp Oil. 

• Each ceramic pot is crafted in small batches, hand-glazed, and hand-numbered, so that each product is beautifully unique.
• The 2 bottles of oil should last for 10 - 15 fires.

• FireLighter Oil: Two of our premium 20oz. refill bottles of Candle and Lamp Oil, designed for use with an existing ADK Firestone Kit.
• The liquid parrafin oil is 99% pure for clean burning, smokeless, odorless fires each time you use it.