Better yet, lump charcoal. My kamodo-style grill has a porous ceramic body, and using briquets does nothing but ensure that everything you cook on it afterwards will taste of lighter fluid -- but even on the weber, lump's far nicer.
Definitely want to find a similarly cheap source of actual pure charcoal, though.
You basically just wad up the paper into the egg carton cups and pour enough wax to hold it together (althernatively you can dip the wadded up paper in the wax then stick it in the cups before it solidifies). Cut a carton cup out of the carton, place it under the chimney, light it, and let it g.
...or so I'd like to say, practically speaking the minimal prep work of "grease a wadge of paper towel and spark it" is more realistic for my degree of laziness.
I do like the pre-made ones because I live on a windy hill so the fact that they are overkill helps them not go out while lighting.
i've since switched to solid wood chunks instead of charcoal. my backyard provides me plenty of kindling, and i find the wood chunks easier to start that way