Wood-burning Stoves

​SOLID FUEL/WOOD BURNING BACKPACKING STOVES

The Bushbuddy wood burning stove is a double-walled heat-shielded backpacking stove.  There are several other stoves that look very similar and perform in the same way as this stove.  There is even a do-it-yourself version that you can make at home.  The concept is simple in that there are holes at the bottom of the cylinder to let in needed air for combustion and the heat and gasses excape out the top heating the container on top.  A wind shield is needed to contain the burning action and to keep an even flow of warm air up the can.  I have found that the average time to boil a liter of water is about ten minutes. The stove weighs around five ounces or 141.7 grams.  With the addition of a solid fuel container, when wood is wet, you may burn an esbit tablet to heat your water.

You may use wood or solid fuel blocks for fuel.

Internal grate allows ashes to fall to the bottom of the stove.

Esbit solid fuel container.

Four Dog Wood burning Stove

The Four Dog wood burning stove is a very small one pieced self contained stove.  It has four metal wedges welded onto the top of the rim to hold a small pot of less than one liter.  The air supply enters from the side holes and crosses over a twisted pie shaped disk to the pot.  The stove is made stainless steel but is also available in titanium metal.  The time to boil a pot of water is approximately eight to ten minutes.  The stove weighs 62 grams or 2.2 ounces.

Fresh air intake holes are drilled in the sides of the stove for clean burning.

A built-in turbine helps direct the heat up to your pot.

Kelly kettle with pot support.

Kelly kettle wood burning stove with outside water jacket.

Components of a typical esbit stove.

Esbit solid fuel blocks.

Esbit solid fuel burning stove video.

I use dryer lint and a composite stick to start my wood.

Pictured below are a few of the ways I start my kindling.