Make: Volume 75

Here’s how to make a highly efficient, cheap,

and easy-to-build rocket stove, optimized for

cooking in off-grid environments. It can be made

in less than an hour from a couple dollars’ worth

of easily sourced, mostly scrap materials.

This is a good option for homesteaders,

preppers, survivalists, and anyone camping

or living off grid, but it’s also useful and fast to

deploy in disaster areas and refugee camps.

BUILD YOUR ROCKET STOVE

Before you begin, please watch my assembly

video at youtube.com/watch?v=ywljr9RKExQ, and

put on your work gloves.

1. SHAPE THE COMBUSTION CHAMBER

Take one of your medium sized cans (Figure

A

)

and use a can opener t ...