Abstract: A method for the safe combustion of a solid fuel used in outdoor cooking or recreational heating, the method comprises a structure of the solid fuel, a wick for the ignition of a starter fuel, a shape and design of the structure that promotes the combustion process of the solid fuel by the formation of a space within the structure, wherein the combustion process is provisionally contained and controlled with a design that allows ambient air to enter into structure to increase the combustion process and a design that allows the provisionally controlled escape of combusted fuel gases. The combustion process is provisionally contained by a bonding layer that forms the internal combustion containment space within the structure and bonds the solid fuel sections attached to the bonding layer in place until bonding layer is consumed by the combustion process, collapsing the structure thereby igniting attached solid fuel sections.