Has anyone ever owned a Qwik-Cook grill that uses newspaper as fuel?

I asked this question over on a bushcraft forum and everyone that had one said they worked as advertised. And the next question was what I really wanted to know is why they stopped using it.

I still have one somewhere in my garage and I also stopped using mine0. I bought it back in the late 1970's to early 1980's

I my case I very close to never barbecue stuff on charcoal. I seldom make hamburgers which is the Quick grills forte. And I never got delivered our bought a daily newspaper to use as fuel.

Collord grocery ads smell more when they are burned. And in fact, I don't like the smell of burning newspaper. And magazines and cardboard smoke and smell even more. The smell does not alter the taste of the food.

But as far as cooking the burgers it worked as advertised. It was indeed much faster than the process needed to get a charcoal grill going and hot enough to cook burger. You could be done cooking on the Qwik-cooker before the charcoal grill was well hot.

Any way I am curious about the experiences of others had with the Qwik-cook grill.

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I only had the classic grills . This is the first time I've heard of it.

It is more of a baby boomer thing form the very late 1970's the early 1980's

Sold on TV.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jBCrMDgeRY4

Here is my thread from another forum I am on.

https://bushcraftusa.com/forum/threads/who-owned-a-qwik-cook-grill-quick-cook-grill.353147/#post-6549862

I bought one during that time period and it worked as advertised and I still have it in my garages somewhere. I listed some of the reasons I stopped using mine.
While I was trying to find the video, I saw that Walmart was still selling them online but out of stock and at $80 each. I did not pay anything equivalent to $80 back when during the time I bought mine.

The bushcraftusa site is campers, hunters, preparedness and people that like the outdoors.

I never knew there was such a thing as a twig stove that hikers used.

I bought 2 different sizes and they come apart and fold up flat. Mine are titanium so they are light weight. I have not been camping with them yet but have used them at home a few times. You use small sticks of wood inside of it and it works well, and the designs burn the wood extremely well.

One of the pics did not come out so well.

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