Torture testing ? The folks watching the video since they are cringing and squirming in there seats. But you have to remember , they say charcoal is good for the digestion , not sure about how much.
The firebox works fantastically well for grilling. You build a bed of coals, and away she goes. You can bake whole chicken over the firebox. It's all a matter of skill.
@@petrosspetrosgali thats weird, in another video he sticks the grill plate inside while the fire is burning to burn off all the grease and food to clean it easier.
This is hilarious! I just started laughing when you put all 6 hot dogs on there. "Cooks hot dogs just fine too." ha ha ha ha. Great video Ben. I need to get one of these stoves.
Wow! Great grilling video! Awesome demonstration. That looked like quite a feast. One quick tip, the grill can't handle a full camp fire under it so we engineered it so the Fire Sticks can be used to attach the Grill Plate after the fire has died down a bit.
Agree. Especially the hot dogs. Cook on coals. Flames burn your food so you dont want flames shooting up touching your food. Flames good for boiling water and cooking in pots and pans. You actually did a perfect job with the smores. Brown crispy skin on marshmallow with no black marks and melted inside.
Can’t believe you cooked all that different types of food on it. Great demonstration of the stoves capabilities! I like my food well done charred anyway. Great video!
+Living Survival ohhh, ok. Well id say it held up pretty well then. Whats the advantage of owning this, as opposed to building a fire and having a grate with fold out legs?
***** many places like state parks you can't build an open fire. this is a way around it. plus it is more efficient having an actual stove. whatever works though :)
Dude, I'm not a camper, I'm not a survivalist, and I'm not a prepper, I'm just a guy that restores and paints old cars, but i love your videos. Your concise and factual and favor none of the products you test, and most importantly your entertaining. Awesome job. I've subscribed and am looking forward to more videos.
The stove is superb but the grilling is a disaster . Looks like the dude is doing this for the first time in his life . I can imagine Steve the Firebox guy was crying watching this vid . Wrong guy for promoting this product .
im pretty sure he knows how to cook but hes doing a torture test. burning food on a grill is a good test of it capabilities. ie how easy it is to clean off and how bad it gets stuck to it
There’s a really good reason Steve (creator of Firebox) uses lump charcoal when he grills on his stoves. You don’t get the charring and soot all over your food that you get from wood. If you’re cooking in a pan, wood is fine, but for grilling, you’ve gotta cook with coals or you might as well eat that pan of ash when you’re done.
that was in depth, fair play, you really hammered the firebox and it stood up to whatever you threw at it, the firebox is one of the best bits of kit that I own, it is so versatile, thanks again for another great review
Using bacon as a food demonstration was a horrible idea. And you completely BURNED it up. A steak, pork chop, hamburgers or even hotdog sausages would have been a lot better to demonstrate the cooking abilities of the firebox.
for those burgers you might be better off with a pan or something that doesn't let the flames blacken the meat ... also messes up the stove with greasy dirt sort of ... you'll need a caustic soak to get that baby clean
I use the firebox, but I have found it's really hard to regulate the flames to keep meat from burning. There is a way to use the ash tray to choke oxygen from the bottom but I haven't experimented with that yet. I have a little 6 inch cast iron I use to make hamburgers with and my 15 inch cast iron balances fine on it as well for more complicated recipes. Also there is a way to put an elevated platform in the stove to rest charcoal briquettes on. This stove is great for making coffee in the morning as well. With a little finesse you can get a good coal base going and just toss a stick or two on once in a while to lick the meat. but really it's just easier to use a pan, preferably cast iron. Hope my experiences help.
Great job on the torture test and tasty too. Love my Firebox as well as Nano. Steve Despain at Firebox Stoves is a remakable man with a creative mind tempered by a good does of engineering savy and an ability to "think outisde the box" ;) Trapezoidal, what a concept!
By golly you're right. I'm so used to torture tests consisting of throwing them off of roofs, dragon them behind trucks, throwing them in the mud, submersing them in water, and all kinds of other things. I don't have much experience with a lot of other stoves but the firebox but I do have has more than met my expectations.two hours of sustaining the fire is pretty rough on metals. You should've pointed that out as your goal. Good video. Thanks
I don't mean to be rude. The meat looked very black and burnt. Is that because of the soot coming off the stove or is that because you prefer your meat very well done? How long does it take to get a bed of hot coals before grilling on top?
***** YEah, the stove was hot since I was cooking all day on it, just mainly was going for testing the stove over an extended cooking period and not so much worried about the food. I like 'em bloody like the rest of them ;) Not long to get coals.
Actually the second model is better - G2, and comes in at 60.00. Add some accessories, and the price comes up a bit, but the base is 60.00 for the new and improved model. Looks like an impressive little bush stove.
The extended grill plate (an optional item) and key to the demo here, is the best money you will ever spend. Look for the kit when you buy your Firebox stove.
You certainly put the stove through a heck of a test. But every thing looked a little over done for my taste; would it be possible to put one layer of tin foil over the grill to stop flare up and blackening the food, it would make cleaning far easier?
I cant tell if the stove sucks, or if you suck at using it. A little of both maybe? I also can't understand why you keep saying how well it works when it's clearly not producing good results.
Looks like the answer is a grill mat, which would stop the bacon flair ups, and give a solid cooking surface that is clean. Also great for a steak. I am not affiliated with them.
Great review. You put that little bugger through the paces. I have a Lixada and I now suspect this stove is more verstatile. What the heck, a guy could pack both of them they are so small.
This video and the firebox are great , but when cooking anything as greasy as bacon or burger meat it should be cooked in a pan to prevent fire flare-ups from the grease, you will have to be very careful in this department when cooking outside.
The case is an OPTIONAL ACCESSORY. The stove is NOT really that light weight. The emberlit, and especially the emberlit titanium are WAY lighter. There is also an accessory to raise the fire closer to the top as well. The lack of a fuel feed at the bottom is one of the things I did not like about this device. Adding from the top might be better? This is especially bad when the grill is snapped into place. I did not get the extended grill. It just did not look like the heat would reach those edges. Based on your video it looks like the windward side is cooler than the lee side.
Yes accessories and you are correct, heavier than the emberlit although IMHO it is more sturdy. I like the Emberlit as well and each stove seems to have it's place. Thanks for watching and the comment.
The best time in the best way to clean that flat top for grilling is when you're eating you put the top you loaded up with piece of wood and burn all the materials off of it on both sides and then all she got to do is just when it cools down just brush everything away !
2 pounds WITHOUT the option items. Add in the Billy pot, thermometer, extra firesticks, etc and the weight does increase a lot. TWO firesticks is not enough. You need at least SIX or more of them to utilize some options and to attach the warmers, plus jab a couple through it into the ground to keep it from being accidentally tipped over or falling over on soft/non level ground.. Firebox is stable in a hard level surface. If you are out in the woods, how often will you find hard level surface to set it on? Usually you will find either level or soft surfaces. You might need four people - 1) carry the firebox and all the accessories 2) one to carry the food and water 3) one to carry the tent and related 4) one to carry the Tylenol for the back pains people will get from carrying all that weight! LOL Suggestion: Bring some Matchlight charcoal briquets. Use a few of those. Reason? Hot enough to cook with but not necessarily burn your $30 steak and long lasting enough to cook more than for one or two people. Save the sticks for COFFEE!
the stove seemed to generate enough heat 🔥, you burnt just about everything aside from the smore. would love to see you demo a silverfire gasification rocket stove. and compare efficiency and cost.
