On: Air quality double whammy from domestic firelighters

[loeg]

> other people who won't want stinky smoke blowing across their gardens on a nice sunny day.

Bystanders aren't thrilled about the burning kerosene smell -- frankly, it's a lot worse than charcoal.

[_moof → loeg]

At airports we call the smell of burning kerosene "the sweet smell of success."

[londons_explore → loeg]

I find the smell of kerosene seems to only happen between opening the kerosene container and lighting it. As soon as it's lit, kerosene smoke at fire-pit scale seems to be odorless.

[crazygringo → londons_explore]

Then maybe you're not standing downwind.

It absolutely stinks and sometimes for as long as twenty minutes depending on how much was used.

I'm not a chemist and I have no idea what's responsible for the odor. If it's some kind of intermediate byproduct.