soak entirely through the igniting head 114 when lit the flammable liquid burns off the igniting head 114 the shaft 116 is formed of a material that may be heated to a high temperature without substantially losing shape an example of a suitable material is cold rolled steel or the like the shaft 116 includes a bend that forms the handle 118 which includes a loop 126 that allows the wand torch 104 to be grasped with a human hand a pair of tongs a hooked poker or otherwise the handle 118 may include a thermally insulating material the handle 118 is twisted in such a manner that when the torch wand 104 is placed under a fuel grate e g flat on the ground the loop 126 will remain in or re position to a first position this allows the torch wand 104 to be u201c self righting u201d so that it may be grasped by hand tongs or poker in one non limiting instance the bend in the shaft 116 is in a range from 50 to 75 degrees such as for example 60 or 65 degrees the lid 106 can be formed so as to be removable from the open top end 105 of the containment pot 102 in one instance the lid 106 sits on the ledge 112 when placed on the containment pot 102 the illustrated lid 106 includes a handle 128 that protrudes outwardly from a top surface which is opposite a surface facing the containment pot 102 when the lid 106 is installed on the containment pot 102 the handle 128 may be located at about a center of the lid 106 for example.