Improvised rocket stoves that are common around the world come in lots of designs and various configurations. Not at all efficient and not something you would want to do in a survival situation. It was delicious but he burned a mind-boggling amount of firewood in the process. It takes 13 gallons of tree sap to make one gallon of syrup and he made several gallons. Lacking any guidance, he constructed a boiling-down arrangement consisting of a simple campfire under a kettle. Ron told me that many years ago he made some maple syrup. He has convinced me that the process is easy and cheap, even for someone like me! A Bit of Background So I asked Backdoor Survival sponsor Ron Brown who is a retired engineer and really good at this stuff to help me out with some detailed instructions for building a DIY Rocket Stove. Now as good as I am around the kitchen, in the garden and with the home and domestic arts, building stuff comes not so easy. Seems simple enough, especially when you consider that rocket stoves are found more commonly in third world countries where wood fuel sources are scarce so an efficient system for converting twigs, branches, pinecones, leaves and other bits of biomass to fuel is essential to cooking. While there are many commercial rocket stoves (and I own two including the Solo Stove and the EcoZoom Versa) an efficient rocket stove can be had for as little as a couple of bucks as you are willing to do a bit of work.īut first, just what exactly is a rocket stove?Īccording to Wikipedia, a rocket stove is an efficient cooking stove using small diameter wood fuel which is burned in a simple high-temperature combustion chamber containing an insulated vertical chimney that ensures complete combustion prior to the flames reaching the cooking surface. Not to make light of the situation, five years ago I had no idea what a rocket stove was nor did I know how they worked. But wait – here come the preppers who seek fuel efficient ways to cook outdoors when the grid goes down.
Common among campers and backpacking enthusiasts, rocket stoves are relatively new to urban dwellers or those that do not spend a lot of time outdoors. As an Amazon Associate, I earn a commission from qualifying purchases at no extra cost to you.
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