From mouldy: "I have got a cylindrical gizmo into which you put paper and charcoal, and which acts to draw and light the small amount therein. You then release it all onto your barbeque and stoke it up."

Absolutely essential grill/BBQ tool if you ~ like me ~ dislike the smell of burnt petroleum with your outdoor meals. It's called a "chimney" and is widely available in the US (and on the internet) if not in the UK "3D" marketplace.

Now, if the "stink" to which you object is the aroma of meat cooking, that's another problem entirely. But if it's the stink of lighter-fluid that sets you off, you could buy charcoal-lighter chimneys for all your outdoor-cooking neighbors without going broke.

Of course, you'd have to teach them how to use the things (not too difficult), and well as convince them that their current practice is affecting the taste of their food even more grieviously than it is offending your olfactory sensibilities.

Off to search for links for pricex and info.