Abstract: A barbecue burner of the type of an upright container. The bottom and virtually all of the side walls of the container are imperforate, except for a narrow, horizontally elongated slot near the top of one of the side walls renders the burner particularly suitable for fast burning fuel such as paper. The barbecue is particularly suitable for outdoor activities as it can be folded and utilizes fuel of the type of old newspapers or the like, thus avoiding the need of relatively bulky and unclean conventional barbecue fuel.