Did you know that rocket stoves can be used for other things besides cooking? Scott Hunt will show you in this next video how to heat water using a rocket stove. All you need to do is have some chopped wooden pieces and you’re ready to heat water without using electricity. Just imagine how much money you could save by applying this technique in your own home.

The way this works is actually very easy and the video below contains a thorough explanation and a demonstration, so you don’t need to be an engineer to put this great idea into practice. Just watch the video below and listen to Scott Hunt. Scott Hunt is the owner of Practical Preppers.

Rocket stoves are great in a survival situation, or for camping. They can also be a little pricey. You can find them on Amazon for anywhere from $20-$120. So why not make your own for about $5. Watch the video below and learn (EASY instructions!) how to make a TIN CAN Rocket Stove. This stove is great! What do you think?

Spending time outdoors has been proven to benefit both physically and psychologically. The amount of activities suited for outside are plenty. But some are connected to expensive objects, like toys or appliances. Instead of spending money, be more creative and make your own! The DIY will happily show you the way to building your own outdoor appliances. And you will be spending little over $6 for making your own rocket stove! This is so simple that the entire family can chip in. See the video tutorial provided, gather the materials and start making your own brick rocket stove today! The materials are cheap, and readily available. Most important, it is a very simple survival skill to learn.

You might have not heard about earth friendly cooking, but this particular type of cooking uses less heat, removes smoking you up entirely, as well as provides more heat than your usual barbeque grill or regular outdoor stove. The following tutorial will show exactly how to build a rocket stove from scratch, advising to involve recycled materials. In the DIY project you can get teen or even kids, especially if you make your own mud mixture like the design featured in the pictures. The whole thing can start as a play, for instance placing the mud brick foundations in a circle, and go on from that. Do as instructed and you will soon have a built a functioning rocket stove to use in get-togethers and outdoor parties.

MATERIALS YOU NEED:

Soil, sand, straw, cow manure and clay to make your mud mortar, and if you’re ambitious your bricks too,
Adobe bricks (if you’re not feeling that ambitious),
Metal Barrel for cooking surface (its too late for us now, but I strongly suggest sanding off the paint before using it),
3 metal pipes- 2 for the L tube and 1 for the exhaust pipe (some welding will need to be done here),
Metal tray and metal grid (we welded scrap metal sheets to make the ashtray and small metal rods to make the grid).

If you have a garden, but are still missing a barbecuing space making a rocket stove would be a nice option. Rocket stoves are very easy to build and they will last a long period of time. Besides, they run n twigs, so you will be saving a lot of trees this way as you won’t have to chop all that wood that you would be using otherwise for a barbecue. A rocket stove can be made in different ways, the most popular being the ones build out of bricks. But let’s take a look at this other approach which is more DIY as you will be using a five gallon metal bucket to build the stove. This next link also provides a pdf file with instructions and you will see how easy it really is to make a rocket stove as it will be ready in less than an hour. The best part about this metal bucket stove is its portability, so you can easily move it from one place to the other. Such a great idea and a must try for everyone who would like to make barbecuing an easier activity.

Find here a PDF with full instructions

source: rootsimple.com

There are certain tricks in life that you can use in order to turn normal things, like building materials, into amazing devices. If you too have some concrete or cinder blocks at your disposal, we will show just how easy and fast it is to make a 4-Block Rocket Stove. The secret behind such a simple build lies in the design of the block itself. Actually, there is no build required whatsoever, only a clever positioning of the 4 blocks of concrete. With a total cost of little more than $5, this way of making a DIY rocket stove will prove extremely efficient. Very little fuel, meaning twigs, leaves and small sticks is necessary and has shown to be resistant to harsh wind and rain. Watch the video below to learn how to put it all together and how to cook with such a DIY device. The resulting food will taste great!

Cooking outdoors shouldn’t be rocket science, but it can definitely work with a tiny rocket stove. We will show you how and why. The advantages of using such a device instead of a full-size grill, is that you will be able to make one when reaching the desired place for camping, even if you’ve forgotten the one you made at home. With a weight of half a kilogram or one pound, the much cheaper DIY stove could be a real alternative to a modern stove. And when you think about teaching young ones of the ways to cook away from a computer, this could be the easiest way of doing so. Here is what materials you need to have:

• a marker;
• a pair of Tinner’s snips;
• a couple of large (800 ml) cans;
• an 18 by 15 cm diameter can with a lid;
• thick gloves (to protect you from all the cutting);
• some fiberglass insulation;

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