Abstract: A portable Hibachi-type charcoal burning food grill has incorporated therewith a structure for kindling the charcoal and consists of two separate parts: the first part is a shallow upstanding Hibachi-type container for the charcoal, open at the top like a conventional Hibachi and also open at the bottom, the bottom opening being covered by a grate on which the charcoal is piled; and the second part is a tapered upstanding kindling enclosure below the Hibachi that may be integral with or separate from the Hibachi. When provided separately, the kindling enclosure is open at the top, tapers outward from the top to the bottom thereof and has a multitude of uniformly spaced air passage holes therein. The top of the separate kindling structure fits the bottom of the Hibachi so that flames from burning kindling material such as paper, in the kindling enclosure, fed by air flow through the spaced air passages therein flows upward through the opening in the bottom of the Hibachi and ignites the coals on the grate.