Thank you for this vid, it's below freezing, snowing and the power went out in the middle of the night. Your technique allowed me to cook and make coffee for my family using dead hardwood.
If you add another brick on top, it will work even better, easier to start also.Another note; The opening should face the wind.1. The wind feeds the fire oxygen directly, you will hear the fire roar on each gust of wind.2. The smoke will be blown away from you.3. The flames will be less likely to burn your pan handles.
Hi! Great and simple design! I´d like to give a little advice for better combustion and fuel effiency. Simply add a grate made out of a tin can into the hole where you feed the wood in so that the wood rests on the grate and fresh air can pass under the grate and enter the burn chamber from below. This gives the fire a lot more oxygen, resulting in less smoke and a hotter, cleaner burn. Also there will be less ashes and residues left after the burn. For cleaning of the stove just pull out the grate and rake out the ashes
@@Vincent2wice see how he has that block standing up on the left hand side? Do that on the right hand side dot-dot-dot creative mirror effect and you'll have it! It's because the center block is cut open from both ends it allows you to have a feed-in for the wood and the opening for the flame to go up. I hope that helps
@The Ultimate Demon rat Basically a rocket stove is simply a contained conflagration furnace. Put another way a negative pressure, air induction convection furnace. The reason for the tornado shaped flame is air is being drawn from the bottom due to high pressure at the throat of the chimney and rising heat which creates negative pressure inflow to the combustion chamber, it is essentially a jet engine without a turbine, negative pressure inlet, combustion chamber, and expanding gas exhaust which you use to cook.
Here is an idea to regulate the fire, use another cinder block sideways partially in front of the air intake inlet to regulate the amount of airflow. Thanks for the excellent video. Bruce
Added benefit for some: it's a "sneaky" stove that, due to its modular-common-material design, can easily be disassembled and hidden or disguised. This makes it a much lower profile target, so bad guys won't take it. Ya can't steal what ya can't find. Really ingenius. Robust, simple, low profile, low cost.
Oh man, I once lived in a development that had an HOA that banned grilling and fire pits. I mean, it was a heavily Republican area (McCain and Romney signs everywhere in 2008 and 2012) yet they banned two very American activities. WTF?? I'm glad I got the hell out of there.
Adam you are a liar! The last thing republicans would ban is outdoor grilling. It was your libtard buddies! Most stupid HOA rules are made up by dumocraps..Kinda like Non Oloser Care
Adam Ohm Not surprised at all. Republicans are the biggest hypocrites youll ever meet ...this coming from someone who was one for most of his life btw. Plus HoAs just plain suck.
Just slide the top block back to dampen the flame. The aft portion of that top block will still be plenty cool enough to grab with your bare hands as you slide it back. Great design!
Loved this video. I watched a video that claimed you could make a rocket stove for $10. Yeah, all you needed was to know how to weld, have welding equipment & the materials to use for the welding of the stove. I have plenty of cinderblocks & l plan to try this as soon as the rain stops & the wind calms down.
Ginger Davis hi there and thanks. agreed, if welding is required for a project, it becomes "next to impossible" for many people (without that specialized skill) to do. if your looking to make the smaller portable metal rocket stoves, i've got a couple videos on how to make those with only simple tools (no welding - just a drill and pliers)
desertsun02 l put your dual concrete rocket stove to work yesterday. It worked great even in the snow that was falling. I cooked some turkey franks for the stray cats that live in my barn. We all thank you for your videos.
Agreed! I thought the fact that he flipped it neatly with just a butterknife was fairly impressive, too. I screw up flipping grilled cheese all the time in a real kitchen, using a spatula. Hahaha.
Great job and simple inexpensive design....and VERY PORTABLE.. A second burner grate would be great for the open space to simmer or keep something warm in the meantime. The stove didn't burn the sandwich.....just needed to flip it sooner LOL......but I am sure one will understand their stove as time goes on.....Keep up the great work....................LOVE THIS....Good job.!!!!
I wonder if knocking out a small section of the middle segment on the top block, then putting that down so heat can spread more readily into the second chamber would make it more efficient for warming.
+Dustin Sylvester Anything is worth a try for sure......that's how new ways get discovered. Couldn't hurt anything for sure.... It's great to come up with ideas that will WORK and be totally free or with little cost.
That's super clever ! you can probably add easily some parts that will improve the efficiency even further - like something underneath the wood/twigs for better air circulation.. and something on the top of the stove to keep the heat around the cooking pot
If you can't find one of the 'H' blocks, you could always knock the end between the long sides of a standard block out and use that one for the middle block in the stack.
love it! you can always remove the hot pan and let the residual heat cook your sandwich and then it won't burn :) i am impressed and am going to build one this weekend. thank you desertsun!
Seems to work good, but add one more block to increase the height of your chimney and give it a better blast furnace effect. From what I've seen, you want the chimney to be three to four times the height of the diameter of the intake.
Thank you so much for sharing. I come from the small Pacific Island nation of Vanuatu (recently hit by Category 5 Tropical Cyclone Pam but recovering well) where such an idea would be perfect! Thank you again. Wishing you well in all your ventures.
@@desertsun02 Hi! This just showed up on my RUclips. Very clever! How long would this stove last as far as the heat damaging the blocks? I noticed my local Home Depot is just about out of blocks and other items due to not getting shipments ugh.
That's a very cool design! I would add another cinder block on top (five-block rocket stove?), to bring the grill further away from the flames - you want the heat, but not necessarily the flames.
you be able to use 4 regular blocks insted of that crazy one ive never seen before...just take the 4th reg block and scar down the end peice and knock it out leving the ful intack sides
AandORotts chip away leaving a line on both sides of the block. then you hit. harder knocking the unwanted section off....a mason hammer has a chipper on it....
Great idea! When a flame gets too hot for me, like on a campfire, I place a flat rock , or whatever's in reach that's pretty fire-proof between the pan and the fire. Those black trivets hanging on Grandma's kitchen work well too. Happy cooking.P.S.Just scrape the black off your grilled cheese.Still pretty tasty.
You didnt burn the sandwich! Call it blackened and everyone will call you a culinary genius! I make a lot of blackened dishes. ive even made blackened cookies.
Hi people. No matter how many uploads I see, WTF do they always make toasted ( usually cheese ) sandwiches. That gonna get really boring when it comes to survival. RESPECTS
That beats the heck out of the $100 and $200 models you see in the sporting goods stores and that one can handle the weight of a full blown pressure cooker. Awesome!
Pretty cool idea, and the idea is pretty simple, the fact you need so little fuel also to cook with makes a great deal of economical use of available resources. Lets keep 4 blocks in our trunks or tailgates and a grate or stove cover and we can save a great deal on cooking out when we camp as well.
Hi Sir, I was wondering if you can please try to make another video with this same stove and just add a grate to the opening so that the wood is elevated 1 or 1.5 inches and only going towards the front wall of the chimney. I watched a video where they explain the ideal design and I am wondering if it will work much better.
Hey this is like one of those "fire pits".. Wonderful execution. Easy to keep under control. Who needs a $79 barbeque, eh? Going to remember this one! THX!
This is one of the greatest guys on youtube! i seriously wish i had friends like this. Actually, we could all use someone like this in our lives - especially when that excrement collides with that ventilator or those undead predators start ushering in armageddon. i saw this video and his related water heater without electricity video, and i subscribed. Glad this dude is sharing his knowledge with the good guys!!!! XD
People who burn grill cheese sandwiches in my house get to sleep on the back porch:) I love this idea and will be trying it out when we go off grid. Thanks:)
This little lady will build one. Just let me get to the hardware store. Yea! I can't wait. Really some of my cooking would taste so much better on this outdoor stove. Thanks a million.
I can see some potential - five blocks and you have two burners. Four blocks as they are - the cell next to the burner is a "warming oven"... The challenge is to make an actual oven out of this concept.
You use a concrete street utilities box [water shutoff...] ....removable door,but nice space. Make sure to use a concrete one,not an epoxy resin one !!! Not quite big enough for a full size pizza,but 2 loaves of bread cook nicely that way.
It's not quite a rocket stove without a horizontal shelf to elevate your wood fuel. This will let the intake air pass under and then through the sticks as opposed to over the top of them. This makes the stove burn much more efficiently.
I looked through the comments and didn't see it, so hopefully, this won't be redundant - but wouldn't you get a double-burner if you just put one more brick on the back side, upright the same way you did the front? This thing's just GREAT! Thanks so much for the share! I feel very smart subscribing to your channel :o)
I'm not surprised you'd already thought of it :o) I've got to go pick up an "H" block and am really looking forward to giving this puppy a try! I've been working with the Boy/Girl Scouts and think this would be a super-cool thing to show them. Also - an update: I spent over an hour yesterday going through your other videos. Can I tell you how impressed I've been with your training?!! May the Bird of Happiness really lay it on you for taking the time to teach the rest of us!!
sportster16301 - I think it would certainly improve updraft, but it would loose cooking efficiency/heat. Meaning you would have to use more fuel/wood to achieve the same cooking results; But, that said, I think you would have better control over your cooking/heat regulation with another block.
KUDOS to you, a quick and easy, and cheap emergency source of cooking stove, as the ready made rocket stoves are a bit expensive... looks to be safer in winds, etc. Thank you for sharing
@@ThunderStruck15 Maybe I'm mistaken, but I don't think it does. Grilling meat with burning charcoal, perhaps. But consuming charcoal, no. It's the carbon left over from organic matter. The microscopic structure it has makes it excellent at absorbing many chemicals.
Nice simple design, Its good the feed is off the ground. If's it's any consolation black toast is good for you, the charcoal sets the stomach right if you have the flu. I used to feed it to my boys when they were little, they are close to 30 now and still hate burnt toast.Go figure we use it to filter water. Have a great day
After staring at it for a minute, I wonder if you could add a couple more blocks on top, and then "metal cap" the top brick with a 2" or 3" air gap between the top of the brick and the "metal cap" with the idea the exhaust would travel back down the rear hole to the "H" brick, where it would exit out the rear "H" brick hole... turning the whole thing into a brick mass heater... i see a trip to home depot in my near future...
bill65761 Many of the Rocket Stove mass heater videos seems to force the heat up against the top of a steel barrel and down the sides of the main heat riser, then down through a series of tubes and then up and out another exhaust riser. I would imagine this is not insurmountable, however I have not been able to experiment since I cannot locate any H-blocks locally, so I may have to break down and cut a few standard blocks and make my own.
Love it, , Thank for sharing this so simple idea, , , and guaranteed to be overlooked by many, myself counted, I find this common sense trick to very important to know, , , thank you very much desertsun02, , sir
Cada vez me sorprendo mas con tus inventos, muy buena barbacoa casera,jjjjjjjjjjjj Yo que trabajo en la construcción, me va venir muy bien esa gran idea tuya. Me ha encantado ver el video, gracias por compartir tu tiempo y tus vídeos con todos nosotros. Un abrazo
I would build this, but then I would mortar them together permanently, fill the unused spaces with gravel or crushed glass, finished the outside with thin Roman brick (like a Prairie Style fireplace) and do the front in small cobalt blue tiles…and maybe a little repurposed Art Deco vent grate as the oven door…and mount the whole thing on a fireproof wheeled platform...
Thank you for this vid, it's below freezing, snowing and the power went out in the middle of the night. Your technique allowed me to cook and make coffee for my family using dead hardwood.
you're welcome 👍. i'm very glad it helped.
If you add another brick on top, it will work even better, easier to start also.Another note; The opening should face the wind.1. The wind feeds the fire oxygen directly, you will hear the fire roar on each gust of wind.2. The smoke will be blown away from you.3. The flames will be less likely to burn your pan handles.
If you can't get it in the wind, a fan helps tremendously
Hi! Great and simple design!
I´d like to give a little advice for better combustion and fuel effiency. Simply add a grate made out of a tin can into the hole where you feed the wood in so that the wood rests on the grate and fresh air can pass under the grate and enter the burn chamber from below. This gives the fire a lot more oxygen, resulting in less smoke and a hotter, cleaner burn. Also there will be less ashes and residues left after the burn. For cleaning of the stove just pull out the grate and rake out the ashes
That is genius! It's people like you that make this country great! Thanks again for greatest video of 2020!
Wow, thank you!
you could even add another cinder block to the back and have a 2 burner stove! great video! thanks for sharing
How? please tell me.
@@Vincent2wice see how he has that block standing up on the left hand side? Do that on the right hand side dot-dot-dot creative mirror effect and you'll have it! It's because the center block is cut open from both ends it allows you to have a feed-in for the wood and the opening for the flame to go up. I hope that helps
Great idea
How ya gonna do that when there’s a railroad tie in the way? Huh? Huh? (just kidding)
Would the center wall get too hot from having fires on both sides of it?
My family would do this whenever we ran out of gas for cooking. Wow.. it was almost 20 years ago. Still remembering the old times.. 😊
Try it with one more block on top for a longer chimney. More time for secondary combustion, more turbulence and a more efficient burn (potentially)
@The Ultimate Demon rat
Basically a rocket stove is simply a contained conflagration furnace. Put another way a negative pressure, air induction convection furnace.
The reason for the tornado shaped flame is air is being drawn from the bottom due to high pressure at the throat of the chimney and rising heat which creates negative pressure inflow to the combustion chamber, it is essentially a jet engine without a turbine, negative pressure inlet, combustion chamber, and expanding gas exhaust which you use to cook.
Simple. Doable. Excellent video. There are too many 'easy' videos that aren't that easy.
So true!!
Here is an idea to regulate the fire, use another cinder block sideways partially in front of the air intake inlet to regulate the amount of airflow. Thanks for the excellent video.
Bruce
yes !
Added benefit for some: it's a "sneaky" stove that, due to its modular-common-material design, can easily be disassembled and hidden or disguised. This makes it a much lower profile target, so bad guys won't take it. Ya can't steal what ya can't find. Really ingenius. Robust, simple, low profile, low cost.
Also handy for those areas where the 'anti-BBQ' nazis have banned outdoor grilling.
Oh man, I once lived in a development that had an HOA that banned grilling and fire pits. I mean, it was a heavily Republican area (McCain and Romney signs everywhere in 2008 and 2012) yet they banned two very American activities. WTF??
I'm glad I got the hell out of there.
Adam you are a liar! The last thing republicans would ban is outdoor grilling. It was your libtard buddies! Most stupid HOA rules are made up by dumocraps..Kinda like Non Oloser Care
Adam Ohm
Not surprised at all. Republicans are the biggest hypocrites youll ever meet ...this coming from someone who was one for most of his life btw. Plus HoAs just plain suck.
I feel bad for you if ya worried someone is gonna steal your cinder blocks lol. And yeah never live in a HOA unless you 100% agree with their bullshit
Just slide the top block back to dampen the flame. The aft portion of that top block will still be plenty cool enough to grab with your bare hands as you slide it back. Great design!
Really like how no tools or construction are required.
I beg to differ how do you get a cut block without tools. I'm assuming you dont work masonry much.
The beauty is in the simplicity
I like
Do you use tools and construction to grill regularly? Idiot
😂😂😂 blocks don't come cut
wow...this is the most simplistic yet doable and best rocket stove I've come across....thanks for this video...
Perfect stove design not complicated and simple cheap parts to have on hand In case of emergency,
I'm watching your video in Brazil. You Are Genius !!! It's easy after you see how it works. Congratulations.
I cooked a big pot of beans with onions, sausage and canned ham in a pressure cooker in about 20 minutes from start to finish using this method.
Well done Chef.
Most of the time, they only cook toasted ( usually cheese ) sandwiches.
RESPECTS
I like your videos. Straight to the point without a lot of yickity yacking and jaw jacking.
All that yickity yack on other videos is ego.
Jaw jacking is the WORST.
Amen to that
Loved this video. I watched a video that claimed you could make a rocket stove for $10. Yeah, all you needed was to know how to weld, have welding equipment & the materials to use for the welding of the stove. I have plenty of cinderblocks & l plan to try this as soon as the rain stops & the wind calms down.
Ginger Davis hi there and thanks. agreed, if welding is required for a project, it becomes "next to impossible" for many people (without that specialized skill) to do. if your looking to make the smaller portable metal rocket stoves, i've got a couple videos on how to make those with only simple tools (no welding - just a drill and pliers)
desertsun02 l put your dual concrete rocket stove to work yesterday. It worked great even in the snow that was falling. I cooked some turkey franks for the stray cats that live in my barn. We all thank you for your videos.
That is exactly how I got here. lol
Ginger Davis ire
@Billthewelder55 idont see it
You might have burned it, we have all been there at one time. At least you showed it will cook.
Agreed! I thought the fact that he flipped it neatly with just a butterknife was fairly impressive, too. I screw up flipping grilled cheese all the time in a real kitchen, using a spatula. Hahaha.
You and me both, I flipped one and had to scrape off the ceiling. HaHa
Great job and simple inexpensive design....and VERY PORTABLE.. A second burner grate would be great for the open space to simmer or keep something warm in the meantime.
The stove didn't burn the sandwich.....just needed to flip it sooner LOL......but I am sure one will understand their stove as time goes on.....Keep up the great work....................LOVE THIS....Good job.!!!!
I wonder if knocking out a small section of the middle segment on the top block, then putting that down so heat can spread more readily into the second chamber would make it more efficient for warming.
+Dustin Sylvester Anything is worth a try for sure......that's how new ways get discovered. Couldn't hurt anything for sure.... It's great to come up with ideas that will WORK and be totally free or with little cost.
That's super clever ! you can probably add easily some parts that will improve the efficiency even further - like something underneath the wood/twigs for better air circulation.. and something on the top of the stove to keep the heat around the cooking pot
Finally, a rocket stove I can make using items on hand. No money, no hassles and you've proven it works!
If you can't find one of the 'H' blocks, you could always knock the end between the long sides of a standard block out and use that one for the middle block in the stack.
Ok
That's what I thought it was. I didn't know that was its own block.
Seriously, though, cool project. Thanks a lot for the video.
I think anybody who's browsed rocket stoves should be very glad to find this.
love it! you can always remove the hot pan and let the residual heat cook your sandwich and then it won't burn :) i am impressed and am going to build one this weekend. thank you desertsun!
Definitely going to make this. Awesome 👍 thank you.
sounds good 🙂👍✔
Seems to work good, but add one more block to increase the height of your chimney and give it a better blast furnace effect. From what I've seen, you want the chimney to be three to four times the height of the diameter of the intake.
noted. :) thx alan
Thank you so much for sharing. I come from the small Pacific Island nation of Vanuatu (recently hit by Category 5 Tropical Cyclone Pam but recovering well) where such an idea would be perfect! Thank you again. Wishing you well in all your ventures.
This Video Is Awesome! Though Its Almost 6.5 Years Old, Your Stove Is A Great Idea If Things Ever Go South In This Country! Thanks For The Great Idea!
hi and thanks! i've still got this stove too.
@@desertsun02 Hi! This just showed up on my RUclips. Very clever! How long would this stove last as far as the heat damaging the blocks? I noticed my local Home Depot is just about out of blocks and other items due to not getting shipments ugh.
@JULI TAIT i've had the stove 7 or 8 years now and it still works great.
@@desertsun02 Awesome!
Very cool! Defnitely going to build this when we go camping
Awesome design. I love things that work well and don't have too many steps.
Well done!
Not as complicated as others l saw. Luv it. Thank you
Most excellent,young grasshopper! You'll be a survivalist/engineer!
Nice and simple. Parts anyone can get at their local home improvement store. Thank You.
Dude that's so simple and effective. Defiantly making one for grilling!
Great video. You can get a screaming hot flame from twigs! Thank you for the video. God Bless, stay safe.
You deserve the 3 MILLION views on this. Great idea!
Damn thats cool. You make me Brooklyn proud. 😎
A simple and brilliant idea. Thanks for sharing it.
Great little invention.... now all we need is how to adapt it for home heating.... thanks for sharing!
Where did you get that H shaped cinder block? Not finding those at my local Lowe's and Home Depot.
City Prepping Just score the end of a regular one in line with the opening with hacksaw and knock it out with chisel and hammer.
punknhead23 ok will try that out...thanks!
Ace Hardware
City Prepping u need to be looking for them @ sand & gravel & hardware store NOT the big box chains.
"Alright...I burned it." One of my classic cooking quotes. Great video. Take care. Thank you.
That's a very cool design! I would add another cinder block on top (five-block rocket stove?), to bring the grill further away from the flames - you want the heat, but not necessarily the flames.
Great idea!
you be able to use 4 regular blocks insted of that crazy one ive never seen before...just take the 4th reg block and scar down the end peice and knock it out leving the ful intack sides
Female here... how do you score a concrete block.
AandORotts chip away leaving a line on both sides of the block. then you hit. harder knocking the unwanted section off....a mason hammer has a chipper on it....
Great idea! When a flame gets too hot for me, like on a campfire, I place a flat rock , or whatever's in reach that's pretty fire-proof between the pan and the fire. Those black trivets hanging on Grandma's kitchen work well too. Happy cooking.P.S.Just scrape the black off your grilled cheese.Still pretty tasty.
You didnt burn the sandwich! Call it blackened and everyone will call you a culinary genius! I make a lot of blackened dishes. ive even made blackened cookies.
Hi people.
No matter how many uploads I see, WTF do they always make toasted ( usually cheese ) sandwiches.
That gonna get really boring when it comes to survival.
RESPECTS
And restaurants charge extra for "blackended" dishes to make it sound like a culinary creation.
Reduce fuel
@@jeffreyking2064 Eat pant.
@@jeffreyking2064 I was thinking that to. Needs an air damper.
Thank you for sharing this is the coolest thing since fire! Lol thank you
You bet!
I lost it when he flipped the sandwich over, i fukn lost it.. im sorry but damn that was funny..
Shows you how well it works
Damn! What happened to my sammich!
That beats the heck out of the $100 and $200 models you see in the sporting goods stores and that one can handle the weight of a full blown pressure cooker. Awesome!
This is pretty bad ass :) I love the possibilities.
Pretty cool idea, and the idea is pretty simple, the fact you need so little fuel also to cook with makes a great deal of economical use of available resources. Lets keep 4 blocks in our trunks or tailgates and a grate or stove cover and we can save a great deal on cooking out when we camp as well.
Hi Sir, I was wondering if you can please try to make another video with this same stove and just add a grate to the opening so that the wood is elevated 1 or 1.5 inches and only going towards the front wall of the chimney. I watched a video where they explain the ideal design and I am wondering if it will work much better.
Super simple and awesome
Thank you! Cheers!
This is great! I'm building one. Thanks.
Hey this is like one of those "fire pits".. Wonderful execution. Easy to keep under control. Who needs a $79 barbeque, eh? Going to remember this one! THX!
This is one of the greatest guys on youtube! i seriously wish i had friends like this. Actually, we could all use someone like this in our lives - especially when that excrement collides with that ventilator or those undead predators start ushering in armageddon.
i saw this video and his related water heater without electricity video, and i subscribed. Glad this dude is sharing his knowledge with the good guys!!!! XD
I had only seen rocket stoves requiring much more work and bricks. Good and easy idea.
People who burn grill cheese sandwiches in my house get to sleep on the back porch:)
I love this idea and will be trying it out when we go off grid. Thanks:)
You could modify the adjacent hole using clay to store and heat liquids... Treat it with whey.... Lovely design
Watching in 2020. This is great info for times like these!
This little lady will build one. Just let me get to the hardware store. Yea! I can't wait. Really some of my cooking would taste so much better on this outdoor stove. Thanks a million.
So simple and powerful, very well done again!
quickest best design yet!!! 10 Gold Stars!!!!
Great stove. Do they make fire-safe cinder blocks like they do with bricks? I was wondering about that. I like the construction!
That is absolutely brilliant!
@Billthewelder55 🙂
Amazingly easy. Love it!
Mad little blog's like this are awesome respect.
This is a great little project for my son and I to make smores!
This is very informative. I am going to build one just for fun.
tough fire for a frying pan, but perfect for a wok !
Cast
Excellent job and simplicity on the cutting edge!
I can see some potential - five blocks and you have two burners. Four blocks as they are - the cell next to the burner is a "warming oven"... The challenge is to make an actual oven out of this concept.
You use a concrete street utilities box [water shutoff...] ....removable door,but nice space. Make sure to use a concrete one,not an epoxy resin one !!! Not quite big enough for a full size pizza,but 2 loaves of bread cook nicely that way.
very cool DIY stove. May have to get materials for this for emergencies.
$1.42 per block at my local Home Depot. No H blocks. Take a hammer and knock one end off. Simply, easy to do.
NC Prepper you took the most ghetto and cheap stove ever and made it ever more ghetto lmao
I broke 2 cinderblocks that way, will try the hacksaw & chisel method next
Awesome works really well
The second block you placed (@:19 seconds), I've never seen one like that before. I'll look for one like it at the home center next time I'm there.
+SuperSaltydog77 you can hammer out the sides on a normal cinder block
This could be doubled or tripled and used for a hot air vent system to heat a whole house. Pretty awesome! And so simple.
Nice simple design, highly effective, but remind me to decline an invitation for lunch! lol
NATSCHKE FAMILY ADVENTURES ... especially if grilled cheese is on the menu!!
Brilliant. So simple and a nicer height for cooking with. Well done!
elegant simplicity!
doesnt matter if you burned it, you proved your point..perfect, with only a few cinder blocks..it works..
It's not quite a rocket stove without a horizontal shelf to elevate your wood fuel. This will let the intake air pass under and then through the sticks as opposed to over the top of them. This makes the stove burn much more efficiently.
So inventive. Congratulations you have discovered america. Yes longer chimney part helps....
Have you ever made the chimney taller by adding additional blocks? I'd like to see you cook this as hard as you can...
Yep; it would draw something awesome. You could also add a small grate and cook over hardwood.
I looked through the comments and didn't see it, so hopefully, this won't be redundant - but wouldn't you get a double-burner if you just put one more brick on the back side, upright the same way you did the front? This thing's just GREAT! Thanks so much for the share! I feel very smart subscribing to your channel :o)
hi there, i had the same thought (just bought the fifth block yesterday). the flame won't be centered but it should work out okay. thanks for subbing!
I'm not surprised you'd already thought of it :o) I've got to go pick up an "H" block and am really looking forward to giving this puppy a try! I've been working with the Boy/Girl Scouts and think this would be a super-cool thing to show them.
Also - an update: I spent over an hour yesterday going through your other videos. Can I tell you how impressed I've been with your training?!! May the Bird of Happiness really lay it on you for taking the time to teach the rest of us!!
WOW!!! Like this Rocket Stove, so simple & easy, thank you for sharing.
Learning a lot from your channel.
Add another block on top and A. You won't burn your sammitch and B. Won't have to bend over as far.
I believe that it would also improve his efficiency and updraft.
sportster16301 - I think it would certainly improve updraft, but it would loose cooking efficiency/heat. Meaning you would have to use more fuel/wood to achieve the same cooking results; But, that said, I think you would have better control over your cooking/heat regulation with another block.
clever configuration. I wonder if you could adjust the heat level by shifting the top block back/forth slightly.
How about pulling the pan off, when there's too much heat? Just saying! :)
KUDOS to you, a quick and easy, and cheap emergency source of cooking stove, as the ready made rocket stoves are a bit expensive... looks to be safer in winds, etc. Thank you for sharing
You may have burned it but, as my late Granny used to say, "Burnt toast is good for you, it makes your hair wavy."
Mine said that about the bread crust...
Granny also said the charcoal from the toast was good for helping settle one's stomach.
Actually, charcoal can cause cancer, but whatever lol
@@ThunderStruck15 Maybe I'm mistaken, but I don't think it does. Grilling meat with burning charcoal, perhaps. But consuming charcoal, no. It's the carbon left over from organic matter. The microscopic structure it has makes it excellent at absorbing many chemicals.
Nice simple design, Its good the feed is off the ground. If's it's any consolation black toast is good for you, the charcoal sets the stomach right if you have the flu. I used to feed it to my boys when they were little, they are close to 30 now and still hate burnt toast.Go figure we use it to filter water. Have a great day
After staring at it for a minute, I wonder if you could add a couple more blocks on top, and then "metal cap" the top brick with a 2" or 3" air gap between the top of the brick and the "metal cap" with the idea the exhaust would travel back down the rear hole to the "H" brick, where it would exit out the rear "H" brick hole... turning the whole thing into a brick mass heater... i see a trip to home depot in my near future...
Whoa. Cool idea. Please post a video if that works out for you!
I'd like to see that, too ... although I'm uncertain about how you intend to force the hot gasses to travel downward.
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Many of the Rocket Stove mass heater videos seems to force the heat up against the top of a steel barrel and down the sides of the main heat riser, then down through a series of tubes and then up and out another exhaust riser. I would imagine this is not insurmountable, however I have not been able to experiment since I cannot locate any H-blocks locally, so I may have to break down and cut a few standard blocks and make my own.
Think how fast you could bring water to a boil! Excellent project!
Love it, , Thank for sharing this so simple idea, , , and guaranteed to be overlooked by many, myself counted, I find this common sense trick to very important to know, , , thank you very much desertsun02, , sir
Cada vez me sorprendo mas con tus inventos, muy buena barbacoa casera,jjjjjjjjjjjj
Yo que trabajo en la construcción, me va venir muy bien esa gran idea tuya.
Me ha encantado ver el video, gracias por compartir tu tiempo y tus vídeos con todos nosotros.
Un abrazo
LOL! A lot of dudes, would have probably edited out the torching of the grilled cheese sandwich. Kudos!
Good stuff! Straight to the point!
I would build this, but then I would mortar them together permanently, fill the unused spaces with gravel or crushed glass, finished the outside with thin Roman brick (like a Prairie Style fireplace) and do the front in small cobalt blue tiles…and maybe a little repurposed Art Deco vent grate as the oven door…and mount the whole thing on a fireproof wheeled platform...
Simply excellent idea. Thanks for sharing your creativity!