I prefer the boy scout fire. Just get a small fire going with a large pile of wood and then throw about a pint of gasoline on it.
POOF!
On a scout outing we had been trying to get a good fire going working against the problems inherent in wet wood and wet kindling. We finally had a very small fire burning under a lay of wet wood and I just in time stopped a young kid with a gallon of white gas ready to pour/dump it on the open flame. Holy cow was that a lucky grab.