Good point. From some of the article’s comments, those fuel-paks produce a lot of smoke and fumes. Kart’s stove sounds so much better. I’m going to build one of his Rocket Stoves over Christmas/New year.
What are you using?
Well right now we have several choices. We have the coleman camping 2 burner, the sterno stove(my favorite), 2 fireplaces, the charcoal grill, and the outdoor tribal council pit.
The sterno stove cost less than 10 bucks. It folds up about the size of a napkin. It can be set up and cooking in less than a minute. I use it the most for our electrical outages due to the simplicity.
We had a bunch of huge rocks unearthed when we built our house, so we placed them in a ring and poured exposed aggate around and between them. Lawn chairs can be placed solidly between them, when needed.
We have a bunch of rocks in the middle along with a really really strong free standing grill that we could set a huge canner or pot on for making apple butter etc. if we needed to.
We like to get the tribe and the neighbors together in the fall for an oldfashioned weenie roast/picnic too. So it’s a dual purpose.
I’m still liking the rocket stove though. Couldn’t hurt to have another one especially if we build it ourselves.
Here’s another interesting stove I ran across:
http://www.ecozoomstove.com/rem-products.php
I’m just such a cheap skate, I wouldn’t buy it, but with Christmas, Mothers Day, Birthday etc. there are plenty of ways I might become an unwitting owner, and of course it would be soooo rude not to accept it!LOL