Super Cedar Firestarters were developed in 1978 by Thomas Reynolds for a well known restaurateur, Ivar Haglan of Ivar’s Seafood. Ivar needed something for his chefs to start their green alder for smoking salmon. After many prototypes Thomas had a firestarter he knew would do the job. Ivan and his chefs were thrilled with this new and simple way of lighting a fire.

Thomas began giving the firestarters to his local firewood customers and not only did he receive great feed back, he also started getting orders! Before long, many of his relatives were helping him in his new venture.

In 1991 Thomas met and became engaged to Lara. She encouraged Thomas to build a machine and pursue his vision of making the Super Cedar Firestarters a household product.

Their efforts have proven to be successful. Today the Super Cedar Firestarters are sold around the world as the cleanest, safest, and fastest firestarter on today’s market.