Making a Chippewa Kitchen

[IggyZadr]

This is pretty awesome.

I am not sure of the soil types around my home (as I haven't looked yet since we moved) but I hope it is clay based. Would love to make this.

[cpinedo]

Nice video,very instructive.. Regards

[mogges1]

man I like that .i'm learning something every day. from David

[cigarcaptain]

That was a cool video,thanks

[TheGrayman1234]

How did I miss this video? Cool.

[BornRandy62]

by covering one side of it or building a stacked backdrop with heavier timber,you could direct heat into a sleeping shelter. Also covering the majority of the upper lean-to with some canvas/cloth or animal hide you can use it as a smoker for jerking and preserving meats

[digmatology]

In Honduras they make a stove similar to this by using a piece of plate metal to on top of the area where the coals are placed. Kinda hard to explain in words, but basically the coals heat the metal sheet and they cook on the metal.

Good video, too bad the 5 in 1 shovel really came up short, and you needed several other tools to actually complete the job. Multi-tools rarely live up to their hype.

[Survivemich]

Can green wood be used for the poles?

[BushcraftOnFire]

@Survivemich

Abosolutely :)

[jediinsearchforjedi]

@BushcraftOnFire could we see the kitchen in use

[robomanism]

@Survivemich it would probably be better to

[SpiritedHearts]

excellent video...I'm going to try to build one of these myself when I meet with some bushcraft friends on Sunday! Thank you for sharing, you and Tam rock !

[MrBeatfreax]

BCOF is excellent. Thanks again. Ron Paul 2012!

[MrAlabamaOutdoorsman]

I really am amazed in your videos here on youtube. I like how each one of your videos teaches multiple skills within just a few miniutes. I am going to have to try this one out for sure this winter here in the northeast alabama backcountry. thanks for posting and keep em coming!

[drgccf]

AS an old Girl Scout, I really enjoyed this. I wrote up this morning and decided I NEEDED a chippewa kitchen in my backyard which is large and in some areas very woody and natural... Thanks for the reminders and the new ideas.

[SurvivalOberschwaben]

Hey Bro! Great! I like it very much! But it is only a good tool when you stay a long time on one place!

ATB Gabriel

[jmg1957]

david great job..

[Texasoutback]

Dave I really love this video. One of these days I am going to build a semi permanent camp site and I am sure to add a Chippewa Kitchen.

[WesternBushcraft]

This was a very very very good video!!!!

[Logster191]

You, sir, are the greatest outdoorsman I've ever seen.

[MTNMANTIM]

pretty neat set up.....thank you for sharing.

Tim

[gonein2thewild]

thanks for putting these vids up David they are great...How would you suggest practising survival skills in england? :)

[BushcraftOnFire]

@gonein2thewild

Just get out in some wilderness and find a sit spot as we have been speaking about in our latest video series. You might talk with some of the Brits such as wall2rockclimber or seanmulhall who go out quite a bit and see what they do and where they go. One of the hardest things over there is the knife situation.. but you can always adapt!

[gonein2thewild]

@BushcraftOnFire ok thankyou very much :)

[jeriwade123]

AWESOME!!!

[CaptSmiley29906]

Well Dave, now ya done it, Coleman just lost $40.00. I'm gonna build me one of these back in the primitive area and show the wife. I'm pretty sure she's gonna love it.

[gladtidings4all]

I love that clay stove for coals what a great idea! Those indians were smart! I'm sure they put a roof over that clay stove which I plan to make out bamboo from my part of the country. Thanks a lot for these great videos! Blessings.

[bioboy1000]

i clicked on 13 and im like dude really oh wait thats dirt my bad

[pennachescrive]

Hi, would you please be so kind to write the name of tool you have used (axe+shovel+...) and, if possible, the web shop it can be purchased?

Tks for your help & for your videos.

[BushcraftOnFire]

@pennachescrive

It's a 5-in-1 shovel from Frost CPR.. the address is in the comments under the video

[tcsadt]

sorry but i think you have weakened the horizontal branches considerably by cutting 1/2 way into them. i cut mine about 25% and then affix them to the outer side of the tripod, versus the inner side as you have. with the weight, the horizontal members pull in, not out as your design.

[swampassoutfitters]

Where can u get a saw like that.

[BushcraftOnFire]

@swampassoutfitters

You can find them online

[TexasPreppersNetwork]

Great video Dave . Thanks for the info .

[ken18328]

And we think we are smart with modern technology, look what they were doing 200 years ago, awesome.

[winnipegdiver]

Great video as always David thanks for sharing

[tonytentone]

dude you are kind of a lame in your white shoes with your 12 different tools.

[hammertime848]

anybody know what saw that is??

[BushcraftOnFire]

@hammertime848

The saw is by Corona

[SaltySeaPipe]

Great video! Would you be able to hang items from the top such as a bag of food so the animals don't get it at night? Or do you suggest keeping your food inside your shelter with you?

[BushcraftOnFire]

@SaltySeaPipe

Hey Bro..

I would NEVER hang my food bag in camp if it was a bear area (Or skunks for that matter. And this is probably too low to hang from anyway.. I would hang from a tree limb.. at least 50 yrds from camp.. and at least 20 feet up. I would NEVER EVER EVER take food into my shelter (The bear will eat the food as an appetizer.. and you for the main course.. LOL)

[iwantosavemoney]

this is really cool i like it 5 stars

[theresyourtrouble]

that saw is awesome, makes short work of those sticks

[comicfan21]

you can make an above ground shelter the same way, just make it longer and add roofing and bedding

[BushcraftOnFire]

@comicfan21

Good suggestion Bro! That would become what we call an A-Frame shelter.. .Very fine shelter indeed

[jmmurdy]

Great video I liked it.

[KnifeCrazzzzy]

Loved the video! Great woodcrafting skills!

[cdanielh128]

wow that is a great addition to any long term camp area. i love to cook and enjoy taking that love into the bush with me. mainly because i hate MREs and typical camp food. when i get my personal camp area in the future this will be added. all of your videos are great. this one really shines. i have watched your videos for the past year or so and just thought i would take the time now to say thanks for all you guys do. its appreciated so much by us common person bushcrafters.

[BushcraftOnFire]

@cdanielh128

Thanks my friend.. You support is greatly appreciated

[BushcraftOnFire]

@mamaj1013

It absolutely can Mama.. but under heavy rains it will wash out if not protected. You want your roof line to run well over the walls.. and regularly look for places to repair.. Thanks for your support! HTH

[dmacosta1]

NICE!!

[drumgodtim]

What a neat set up!!! Dave, that is so cool!!! Thank You!!! I liked that Japanese square knot as well!!!

[briargoatkilla]

awesome! gonna put one of these at my remote deer camp in pisgah national forest.

[triciareed78]

Superb! I can't wait to see a video of Tam cooking with this kitchen! I sub'ed because of her cooking videos, but I like yours too...thanks to both of you for the amazing tips!

[Ebiczebulanious]

I have one of the 6-in-1 Tools. I do not like it at all. The shovel works OK but I had to grind down the hammer end of the axe to a flat surface as it was curved and you could not pound down tent stake or nails with it. Had to sharpen the axe blade as it was dull. The saw was wobbly and the Axe kept flying off the handle when I swung it and the knife would fly out of the handle.

[Erated78]

I enjoyed this video and didn't know that clay could withstand heat from coals. Where I camp in Ontario, we have grey colored clay - I guess it will be okay to use as well?

Thanks for posting!!!

[percykirby]

great vid dave, gotta try this. I live in phila., so finding an area 2-4 acre to practice bushskills is hard..............I hate the city

[tiff198325]

that is amazing...i think if i watch all your videos i wouldn't need a house! nature is a good provider..i wonder if i could be a minimalist?

[kobudo4]

Very nice set up guys. Will definitely give it a go on the next extended stay in the woods.

Cheers for sharing

[romeois21]

WOW! Amazing invention! Thank you for showing me how to do that!

[enok45]

As usaull another Fantastic video buy you and Tam. Thank you again for all that you all do.

[raysteer]

Another great video, keep them coming!

[samuraipastormike]

I am headed out this weekend camping at my vacation spot, gonna make one of these. It certainly will make things more convenient.

[samuraipastormike]

I am headed out for the weekend camping, and I am gonna try this. I'll let ya know how it turns out, good stuff with the campcraft videos :)

[slasha99]

good stuff! ingenious!

[MountainManWiggie]

VERY NICE!! Hay guys. Its been a while since I've commented, and I have to say that all of your vids are great!! Ill be making one of these this weekend while camping for sure...

[BushcraftOnFire]

@MountainManWiggie

Hey Bro! I have missed you.. Hope all is well in your camp. I'll be looking forward to seeing your setup... get some pictures.

[MountainManWiggie]

I will see what I can do!

[snakeii0]

Very cool! I'm looking forward to seeing the kitchen put to use. I bet that could be converted into a smoker with very minimal effort.

Is that lunch swimming around in the pond or just a decoy?

[midnightsurvival]

Man that rocks. I can see how easy it would have been for them to move around and set up a new camp every season or every other season. About how long do u think it took u start to finish? Great vid.

[BushcraftOnFire]

@midnightsurvival

I suppose it took about 1.5-2 hours to make.. including getting the wood and clay. But it wasn't "hard work" time.. it was very enjoyable.

[jtober82]

Very interesting

*****

[casuallytactical]

Nicely done!

[johnu78]

Great video!

[MrDarman1355]

great thing to know

[TheSurviver72]

Great piece of work there, Dave. 5*****

[Milkman12114]

Nice job Dave....

[ewiprayer]

Excellent, Dave! Very impressive! I only wish I could have seen you go all the way to putting the coals in the holders!

So -- just for curiosity -- how long did it last in your back yard? :-)

[BushcraftOnFire]

@ewiprayer

You will see a video with cooking on the Chippewa.. How long? I dunno.. stay tuned to find out.. I would imagine it will be quite awhile!

[SurvivalWithBushcraf]

I remember the days when he dug with a rock. Now wvwryone wants dave to use there products. Glad to see you have upgraded!

[karlsefni01]

huh, cool, my wife keeps griping she wants a new kitchen, I wonder if she would be satisfied with this, lol!  Another great vid Dave.

[Amak503]

I'm going to try this out but I will make it a bit different.

Thanks for all of these videos, I am really enjoying them

[epetrie]

For a long term camp, this is an awesome idea. Thanks for showing us how.

[jplerwill]

Green grasses add calcium to the mix which will make the mix dry much harder, very nice video. Will have to try this out with the kids this next week.

[Tendrax]

That is awesome.

[medicjimr]

figure you can lay strips of meat along the first rail to work a smoking tripod as well while cooking with coals on the table top nice work Dave

[RDPproject]

Really great work there Dave.

People are always putting out videos of stuff that I already know.

But every so often I get to see videos of things that are new to me.

This is one of them.

5*

[CaptainFur]

Fantastic video! Very useful and interesting.

[6coonhunter]

may i recommend geting a knife with a hald shraded blade and half regular because i got one and i can saw through a tree with the shraded blade and i can hack through the tree in about 40 seconds also dont buy the cheap knifes

[thenrylee]

Sorry about the double silliness. My computer at home is acting up and I did think either of them made it. I checked at work and they both made it. Sorry and apologize to the elves for me too (or the squirrel).

[LearningAllWeCan]

Great video Dave, absolute great idea! Thanks so much. When your not hanging a pot over the fire, should be easy enough to make a rack for drying meat for jerky, fish too for that matter. Thanks again for all the hard work that You, Tam and the rest of the family put into this channel. God Bless.

[dragondoubt]

Hey, now all you need is an oven to go along with the stove top.

[evankoeve]

Great video!

[buckshot752]

Hey Dave, Clay is a poor mans cement. Moonshiners used it to pack around their still Fire boilers. When done they would use hammers to bust it up and remove the evidence Lol. Of course Im talking about western NC where I came from. Im sure they use it in the Ozarks as well. I've been in quit a few homes where they had clay packed into the rocks around and under the houses. Great

Video and will be looking forward to others.

[avair12]

Very cool thanks for the video. I would love to see a "cooking on the chippewa kitchen" Video.

[mallardhead]

Another awesome one! Question: Do the notches have to go half way across?

[BushcraftOnFire]

@mallardhead

Hey Bro.. Thanks for the comments. The notches don't have to go 1/2 way.. but I find that it makes it stronger and gives a better lashing. You want the wood to be firmly lashed. Of course.. you can always use cross poles for even more strength.

[thenrylee]

t might be elves clicking. They like to get in the hollows of trees and make cookies. They use the secret elf clicking code so the gnomes won't get their recipes which would flood the market and bring cookie prices down and diminish their income. Or... it could just be a squirrel clicking.

[thenrylee]

It might be elves clicking. They like to get in the hollows of trees and make cookies. They use the secret elf clicking code so the gnomes won't get their recipes which would flood the market and bring cookie prices down and diminish their income. Or... it could just be a squirrel clicking.

[thenrylee]

It might be elves clicking. They like get in the hollow of trees and make cookies. They have an elf clicking code they use to keep the gnomes from getting their secret cookie recipes. They sell them to make money and don't want the market flooded which would bring prices down. Maybe... or it could be a squirrel.

[BushcraftOnFire]

@thenrylee

LOL... Me thinks you watch too many TV commercials Bro!

[Rprecision]

4:33 is a great wat to break the tip of your knife off

Knife is great for cutting but the tips are not for prying

[BushcraftOnFire]

@Rprecision

You are probably right Bro.. I use my equipment hard sometimes. However.. The piece of wood was rather loose.. and I wasn't putting much pressure on the knife at all. Still.. It's possible I could have broken the tip. However, I have been using knives for a long time.. in MANY situations.. and I have only broken one tip ever.. and that was a gut hook tip that I broke while batoning with the knife. It was very young in my learning.. and I learned... NEVER get a guthook tip!!

[RDPproject]

@Rprecision

A Mora versus a small piece of old wood...I know which is gonna win....lol

But you are right. That is a good way to damage a knife.

When you are in the situation, you should know yourself what your knife is capable of handling and Moras are pretty strong against wood like that.

[Bpetehome]

Looks like a very handy setup. It should serve you well for a long time. Thanks for sharing it. We may make one at the boyscout camp this summer. Brian

[Bpetehome]

Looks like a very handy setup. It should serve you well for a long time. Thanks for sharing it. We may make one at the boyscout camp this summer. Brian

[jameasun]

that is neat, not much to it but it has alot of potential uses.

[gurt123]

is that a squirrel clicking in the background

[BushcraftOnFire]

@gurt123

I'm not sure what you're hearing.. We do have squirrels around here.. very well could have been one

[Livingnthewoods41]

As usual anotehr great video!!! i will definitly build me one of these!

[Alleghenybushman]

VERY COOL !!!

[Trailtraveller]

Interesting kitchen, very nice idea. Keep up the good video's.

[dragonflyhiker]

another great project

[chrisekelman]

Great video Dave.thanks.

[buckshot752]

Great video Dave! Love these ideas you come up with.

[wolfbrother2501]

that was awesome amazing idea thanks for sharing it

[henrycems]

Great Video and very good idea how long will that setup last in the weather?

[BushcraftOnFire]

@henrycems

We will let you know once it has weatheres.. I would thikn if you put some type of covering over it in severe weather.. It would last quite awhile.. The most concern that I have is the clay in severe rain. We shall see :)

[DesertWind2207]

wonderfull! i liked. i'm going to try this soon, Greetings From Brazil. South America.

[wizardangel]

wonderful demo !! the clay table for coals ,,perfect for a cast iron dutch pot and bread bakeing !! I might adapt to a solar fensnel lens myself ,,when smoke could be a problem or a open fire ban is up ..Many Thanks for shareing

[FranceBushcraft]

Good job, thanks.

[jacksoncole79]

this was my favorite vid youve made yet :)

[survival101ne]

i have a friend whos a chippe

[ArtisanTony]

Cool!

[EnergyBreeze]

what a great poject David! you are a master of craftsmanship^^ Hope we see the Chippewa Kitchen in action?....have great day and god bless you and your family....

[InTheSticks1881]

Thank you. Very useful.

[skbsick]

really great video, and as others have said i too would love to see it in use,??

thanks for taking the time to share that with us bro,,,

[highstakeshero]

Very resourceful and practical for a long term camp set-up! I will definitely try this one, Dave. Thank you so much : )

[freemutant]

Great video Dave. I always enjoy your videos.

[Greatbloke]

That was great. I love new ideas.. and that was new to me.

[MahaloMoFo]

Great job. Very interesting vid!

[slowtaknow]

awesome video

[survivalmike]

Nice one Dave!

Really like that mate!

all the best to you and yours from Austria

Mike

[kyadak]

Excellent video as always. I really liked that Idea and I am going to try to make it here at home.

[nedeljkomostar]

I was really enjoying watching you making that chippewa kitchen. Also i hope you will make a vid of how you are actually using that kitchen with coals in action. Thank you for sharing.

[ninjuggalo420]

1 of the best vid's so far thanks Dave and Fam

[touchnova]

Great vid, thanks for posting!

[TellEvery1]

!!!

[pedalpusher101]

OK Tam. Dave made it now you have to use it. Good video, great Idea. A two burner.

[JimboJitsu]

awesome video my friend! Thanks for sharing!

[johnnyb68]

Very cool. Great job to you all. Thanks for sharing.

[Gunnslinger50]

Chippewa's are from my home range in MI

[Gabbos]

I hope we can get Tam to cook something nice on that Chippewa kitchen when the clay has dried up. I would really love to see it in action. Ive never seen or heard of this befor so I definitely learned something new today Dave. Thanks !

[bigjim379]

Dave you and Tam come up with the coolest idea's. I really like this kitchen I will be building one at my campsite. Thanks a lot

[MrBudwv]

that is cool! Thanks for sharing.

[badphobar]

SOO COOL, GREAT, WONDERFUL.

[OldDogsCanLearn]

nice job Dave, you guys always come up with some cool projects that get us all thinking. Thanks!

[hinckleypoland]

pretty cool guys. I would love to see the stove in use. Be safe out there.

[biguy525]

Very nice.

[tcbink]

Good vid but I think it was a bipod or maybe even a quadpod.:)

[ISeeDumbPeople00]

Great video!

[fatbob1950]

Good video...has me thinking about my camp I am planning.

[demonokron]

great vid