The Best of Instructables Volume I

Hobo Stove from Tin Can

Make the tin can stove that hoboes have used since time immemorial By Tim Anderson

Figure A: Salmon head and giblets soup on an olive oil can stove

Figure B: How NOT to leave a campsite. A hobo stove prevents this.

The tin can stove is quick to make, easy to light, and does a lot of cooking with mere handfuls of twigs for fuel. It doesn’t make much smoke or shine much light, in case you don’t want to be found. It also doesn’t leave fire scars or start forest fires very easily, and that’s good for both fugitives and environmentalists! ...