Rocket stove and thermos cooking

[Texas Gypsy]

I've been a bit surprised that I don't see much discussion about rocket stoves and thermos cooking. The 2 go together really well.
In the morning I use my rocket stove to heat water for coffee, cook breakfast and then bring to a boil anything I'm going to cook in a thermos for the day.
Rocket stoves take so little fuel that there are few places that you can't just pick up enough sticks to do your coffee and breakfast with.
DO have a fire proof pad of some kind under it! I put mine in a rectangular foil pan with a bit of repurposed greywater in it to instantly extinguish any embers.
Mine comes apart and stores in a small area. I do have to make sure it is cool enough to store before traveling. Considering getting a metal ash bucket to put it in when I need to cook and go on a schedule.
Between these 2 cooking methods and a solar oven I rarely need to use propane.

 

[maki2]

I thought seriously about getting or building a rocket stove but I have limited storage space so I choose what worked best the majority of the time including during burn bans.

 

[shadowmoss]

In the Southwest, it is usually illegal or at least frowned upon to pick up any of the very sparse ground litter. Most of it wouldn't work in a rocket stove anyway. That may be why you don't see them mentioned by the nomads living out here. Also, in the summers most places here will have fire bans, so anything using an open fire couldn't be used.

 

[maki2]

It is illegal in the BLM desert areas. It is not illegal in the National Forest areas. New Mexico, Arizona, Nevada, Utah and California all have both types of terrains. They are very large states that include both forested mountains and dry desert terrains. They are all Southwestern States.

 

[Overland One]

I've been a bit surprised that I don't see much discussion about rocket stoves and thermos cooking. The 2 go together really well.
In the morning I use my rocket stove to heat water for coffee, cook breakfast and then bring to a boil anything I'm going to cook in a thermos for the day.
Rocket stoves take so little fuel that there are few places that you can't just pick up enough sticks to do your coffee and breakfast with.
DO have a fire proof pad of some kind under it! I put mine in a rectangular foil pan with a bit of repurposed greywater in it to instantly extinguish any embers.
Mine comes apart and stores in a small area. I do have to make sure it is cool enough to store before traveling. Considering getting a metal ash bucket to put it in when I need to cook and go on a schedule.
Between these 2 cooking methods and a solar oven I rarely need to use propane.

Those are awesome and work really well. One of those is on my list for later on once I pay off some of the stuff I bought for the van to get it ready. I was not familiar with that particular brand but it has excellent reviews and I like the size too. Thanks for posting about it.