Find a Campfire Cook Stove
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Value: how long it takes for the food to heat over any period of time
Efficiency: tells you how much fuel you're using during that period of time
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Weight and Compactness, as a unit
A camp stove like what's pictured above is better for car-camping. It's bulky, not compact although it does fold back on itself, but the weight and the fuel requirements are not great for hiking and backpacking. Well, unless you have a mule!
The next picture is smaller. It's a single-burner that uses propane, and is actually pretty stable. You can set a big pot on it (if the weight is properly distributed), and it carries well.![](https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhG8Ad8yH2aNMtGh0hW8NANjBZ-JKDoJdG61AvZaCjYmv3k3B27HG4hv2bZ5oXSdvg4OcjB4i6mKPJ8nGdS1EFFyxaaXgMawf2brRnFsqu8eLZe9NBkft916aLhKait5Bz126CSvGQyU7Up/s320/camp-stove-alcohol.jpg)
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The third picture is an alcohol stove. Fill it with rubbing alcohol, light it, and pop the bowl on. Looks pretty sturdy, doesn't it?
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There are other kinds of stoves that I haven't mentioned here. We recently got a "fold-flat" orange stove thingy (last picture, below) from http://www.beprepared.com/ but haven't have a chance to use it yet.
Original: http://colorado-preppers.blogspot.com/2009/06/find-campfire-cook-stove.html
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