Best ways to utilise rocket stove?
Posted by Consequence_Green@reddit | preppers | View on Reddit | 10 comments
Recently I just made a decent size rocket stove using formula milk can and another smaller food can, I tested it and it worked fine, the flame was blazing hot even with few firewood being put in it, but I'm still wondering what are the best ways I can utilise the rocket stove? I only think the uses will be boiling water, eggs, maybe making soup, bbq. Any other ways to use the stove?
DiezDedos@reddit
Rocket mass heater. You build a rocket stove, then pack a bunch of “mass” around it. Popular choices include sand, cob, firebrick, or pebbles. While in use, the rocket stove heats up the mass. After the fire is out, the heat in the mass radiates out and heats up whatever is in line-of-sight. Useful when you cook in the evening on the stove, and it gets cold overnight
reduhl@reddit
Look at Asian cooking that focuses on thin cuts and high heat to quickly cook the food with a minimum of fuel. So wok cooking.
IGnuGnat@reddit
I started making one out of ammo cans. The smaller ammo can sits inside the larger one, and it has an exhaust that fits inside. I welded small catches on top so that the exhaust chimney latches in place hard.
It's set up so it can burn vegetable oil or wood. I'm working on a copper candle set up and I'll make an chimney out of steel mesh, so it doubles as a kind of lantern stove
Yeodler@reddit
Just put a pan on it and away you go, everything from steaks to pancakes. I would even dare that if you put a metal box above 4 of em you could make an oven. I haven't tried it yet, but I have my eye on a metal cooler I was gonna experiment with.
Usernamenotdetermin@reddit
A cast iron skillet and you can cook most things. Congrats!
dittybopper_05H@reddit
I mean, it’s a stove. You can do stove things with it. It’s basically a cooking device. Are you expecting it to build you a shelter or give you a pedicure?
Federal_Refrigerator@reddit
They asked for the “best ways to use it”, not “make a rude and sarcastic comment please”. People these days I swear. Mike Tyson was right.
HarpyCelaeno@reddit
I’m hoping it will be a good method for canning. With God willing and enough reusable lids, I might get through at least 1 post apocalypse winter. That’s if the garden grows. Ha.
Maybe try out a jar to see how it goes and post for us. Good luck. Nice work on your stove.
silasmoeckel@reddit
It's not something your would put into a bob, it's to heavy.
So it's pretty much something to leave in a box at home or bug out location if your fuel constrained.
shikkonin@reddit
You put wood in and cook on top.