How to Create a Rocket Stove

SIMPLE, COMPACT, SCALABLE, THE WOODEN ROCKET STOVE USES ITSELF AS FUEL. NAMED FOR IT’S LIKENESS TO THE BUSINESS END OF A ROCKET, THIS METHOD PRODUCES AN INCREDIBLY EFFICIENT COOK-TOP WHEN A HOT MEAL OR SOME POTABLE WATER ARE A MUST.

Below we will be providing two different “how-to’s” on the wooden rocket stove, one if you have a drill and one with a saw and axe.

V1. WOODEN ROCKET STOVE
(WITH HAND DRILL)

NEEDED:

DRY SEASONED LOG ROUND

DRILL

TINDER

illustration detailing the holes required to build a rocket stove

STEPS:

1. SOURCE A DRY LOG ROUND

2.DRILL A HOLE IN THE TOP. MEASURE AND MARK DEPTH OF FIRST DRILL

3.DRILL SECOND HOLE INTO SIDE TO MEET THE FIRST HOLE

4. CLEAR DEBRIS

 


5. PREP AND ADD THE TINDER & THE FIRE STARTER INTO THE LOG AND HAVE IT COLLECT AT THE INTERNAL JOINT. NOT TOO MUCH TO BLOCK AIRFLOW.

6. LIGHT AND STOKE. CONTINUE TO STOKE AND TEND TO IT UNTIL THE INSIDE OF THE LOG BEGINS TO CATCH AND BURN ITSELF.

flaming kindling being put into the side hole of a rocket stove
closeup image of flames burning in a rocket stove log
woman blowing in the side hole of a rocket stove, stoking the flames inside
flame escaping the hole in a rocket stove log

7. ONCE LOG IS LIT AND BURNING, ADD THREE SMALL STONES TO TOP OF LOG TO SUPPORT POT OR PAN AND STILL ALLOW FIRE AND HOT AIR TO FLOW UP THROUGH THE LOG.

9. ADD COOKWEAR AND COOK AWAY.

hands placing rocks on top of a rocket stove
steam escaping a pot while a woman holds the lid while its sitting on top of a rocket stove log
V2. ROCKET STOVE
(NO DRILL)

NEEDED:

DRY SEASONED LOG ROUND

SAW

AXE OR FULL TANG KNIFE

TINDER

illustration detailing how to build a rocket stove
hand holding a log steady while a saw cuts through the center horizontally
axe splitting a log down the center
illustrated instructions detailing how to build a docket stove out of a log

ADD TINDER AND LIGHT VIA BOTTOM AIR TUNNEL.

 

using a log to force an axe through a log to split it
hand holding a log steady while an axe removes shavings from the interior of the log
hands holding together three pieces of wood that make up a rocket stove
hands using an axe to remove some wood from a log
hands assembling a rocket stove out of a log with a triangular notch in the bottom half
fire escaping the central hole of a rocket stove
BOTH VERSIONS OF THIS ROCKET STOVE WILL BURN THEMSELVES OUT ONCE LIT. USE AS A HEAT SOURCE AND PUT OUT RESPONSIBLY ONCE FINISHED COOKING.