In this video I make a 9 cup pot of coffee using the sterno stove single burner and a wood fire. It took ten minutes less than the ALOCS alcohol stove.
+Don Jackson I love mine as well. Did you do the bottom mod? I have found it really cuts down on the amount of wood required and concentrates the heat better.
+SouthPaw Bushcraft Dawn, they work great,, see my other review and make sure to do the mod for the bottom of the stove, makes it a great little wood burner. I have heard, but not yet seen, that people have burned these up. So far mine is working great. I do not use mine as a heat source and I do not make more fire than I need. It is light weight and one could probably melt it down, but like all things, moderation is key!!
Good video I use the wood like that with my ezbit stove I've never seen the put the cotton ball on top trick will have to try it thanks for sharing always learning
It helps, with an alcohol stove inside the larger stove, to raise the alcohol stove by placing underneath it an empty, upside down tuna or cat food can. That then raises the alcohol stove to about 2 inches from the underneath of the top of the larger stove and the flame then really makes contact with the bottom of your pot and it really hears up much, much faster.
I found one of thoz Sterno stoves at a yard sale for a buck! I gotta pull it out and use it with wood... maybe even grill a small steak on top with the coals...
Amigo, I have two of these Sterno stoves and like you, I use wood. This stove used this way is one of the most underrated pieces of kit on the market. It costs well under ten bucks and in my opinion, beats any liquid fuel stove. and for me, all of those high priced wood stoves that everyone loves to review. I have tried to get some of the megga stars on YT to take a look at this stove....but I guess it's not sexy enough for them. You know, it's not made of titanium and it's not expensive, so they give it a pass. But then that's their loss. You get it, so do I.
+Charles Larson I have to agree with you in that this is one one of thee most underrated kits pieces out there!! I love mine and have turned on at least 10 other people to this stove and they love them as well. Let the big name bozs pass, we know better!!
SkipperT LOL, Indeed we do Skipper. We know better. It used to be in fashion for budget item reviews, but that seems to be slowly fading. Hell, I remember when Dave Canterbury would cook food in a stainless steel dog bowl and use a pair of vice grips as a handle. HAW! Ah well.....>;)
you have to be careful the wood you use. mesquite wood WILL MELT ALUMINUM !!! here in the west we use it to forge steel with because it burns so hot! I've seen it take the bottom out of aluminum bar b que grills...
Mesquite works very well in stoves like this. You can use a number of different woods for forging steel, but it's how you use it that matters. Now, I've never owned an aluminum barbecue grill. Charcoal burns hot enough to burn through aluminum, too. It's what blacksmiths frequently use in making all sorts of things from steel. It's about how much wood you use, and how much oxygen you give it. Mesquite is a hot burning wood, but not remarkably hot. It doesn't burn nearly as hot as something like an Esbit fuel tablet. Just about any hardwood can burn out a stove, or a barbecue grill, if you use it incorrectly. I've seen hickory burn out the bottom of a high quality potbelly stove designed for high temperature wood. When using any hardwood, you just have to use less wood, and then you won't have a problem. Heat is really about heat molecule per square centimeter, not about temperature. If you grab a steel bar that's five hundred degrees, it will burn right through your skin in an instant. But reach into a five hundred degree over to take of a casserole, and while the air feel hot, it doesn't burn you. This is because steel has more molecules per square centimeter than air. There are spot in outer space where the temperature is several million degrees, but if you step into one of those spots, you would instantly freeze to death. Anyway, I've just saying that mesquite is one of the best woods for cooking out there, and if you know what you're doing, you aren't going to melt aluminum or anything else. Just use the right amount of wood, and remember that you cook with coals, not with flames.
Hey Skipper,enjoyed your video, I was wondering what material you used to make the bottom of the stove out , I made mine out of some flashing I had, it works ok but the heat warped it. Love to know what you used. God Bless Tim
