Rutland Safe Lite Fire Starter Squares are the odorless, sootless way to start a fireplace, wood stove, or charcoal grill — compressed sawdust-and-wax squares that light with a single match, burn for roughly 10 to 12 minutes, and don’t stink up the house like petroleum-based starters. One square under kindling reliably catches even damp firewood.
The 144-count bulk box is a full winter’s supply for a fireplace household — enough squares to cover daily fires from October through April for most homes. The squares stack in a jar or tin next to the hearth and don’t leak wax onto shelves. Food-safe to light under charcoal grills and smokers without affecting meat flavor.
Rutland Fire Clay has manufactured fireplace products in Rutland, Vermont since 1883 — stove gaskets, cement, fireplace paint, and fire starters. The company is one of the oldest continuously operating American hearth-products manufacturers and still produces the Safe Lite squares at its Vermont plant.