buddy burner stove

[WestPointMAG]

Originally Posted by gunbunny

Cons: it made the pot very dirty on the bottom with the powdery carbon buildup. This soot is very fine and got into everything. It was hard to get off without resorting to using precious water and clean towels to wipe it all off.

Coat the bottom of the pot with dish soap and the black will wash right off.

[ghrit]

Finally got around to making one. Took step by step pix, will resize and post if anyone is interested.
-The board is a breeze blocker.
-I cut the lid from a can I used as a double boiler for wax melting, shows here since I used it for snuffing a previous test burn.
-Each can will use about 5 feet of cardboard (1 inch wide) and just under a quarter pound of wax.
-Smoky. Your coffee pot or soup can is going to be black as WPM says.
-Like the old Indian said, white man build big fire, sit far away, sweat in front, freeze in back. Indian build small fire, sit close and stay warm all over. One of these might heat a small teepee, then again, it might not.
-In total, about half or a bit less of the wax was consumed in about an hour of burn.

[vegasrandall]

try a jetboil first,that's my primary cooking tool for traveling and camping.