top lit updraft (TLUD) wood cook stove

http://www.permies.com

Ken Miller, tin-can-ologist, shows off his top lit updraft stove. Made from a one gallon paint can and a couple of tin cans, he used a tiny amount of wood to boil some water.

You light the fire on top of the fuel and then put your heat riser on top. Smokeless.

Better than a rocket stove in that it is easier to save your fuel. And you don't have to keep feeding in the wood.

I'd like to see somebody use this to deep fry a turkey.

music by Jimmy Pardo

Category:

Science & Technology

Tags:

• eco
• permaculture
• organic
• green
• sustainability
• wood
• cook
• stove
• updraft
• fire
• burn
• burning

[paulaontologist]

Curious if there are any toxic off gas with the paint cans? Besides

[paulwheaton12]

@paulaontologist A part that I edited out was where he said the paint can was new.

[paulwheaton12]

I live in Missoula. Ken, the guy who did all the work, lives on vashon island, near seattle.

[ahnamay]

You're funny at the end! :-)

[paulwheaton12]

@ahnamay Did I go stupid or what? The name of this thing was a bit like a round peg in a square hole!

[Rem700at1000]

I wonder if you could regulate the temperature and increase the burn time if you had a way to close off some of the holes on the bottom ... like a damper.

[cdimmm]

Trust me, a rocket stove is way better for cooking. And if you want to save your little sticks you just pull them out. Kind of a silly video guys.

[denisereghetti]

Aloha Ken Mahalo for sharing this interesting and 'sweet' cooking device. Keep up the good work and continue to share all the permie information with us. Fun! I love it!

[MrRob5001]

Great video. I plan on trying to make a small one this weekend.

[arthurcnoll]

Another thing- Plain carbon steel cans will burn out rather quickly in continuous use. Stainless is rather expensive and much harder to get. I've lined ordinary cans with mixes of clay- sawdust, it works but is quite fragile without being fired. Easy to fix, though. Plain steel stoves would be ok for emergency or other intermittent use and complete steel stoves are obviously more portable.

[arthurcnoll]

Hey Paul, not true about being unable to save wood with a rocket. I do it all the time. Just take out the burning sticks one at a time and shove them into a bucket of ash. They stop smoking very quickly. I've been playing with rockets and woodgas stoves and using them frequently for cooking, for about 10 years. Woodgas stoves are nice if you have fuel that is already small. Cutting up twigs and branches to use in them gets old really fast- rockets are better for that.

[simonk512]

wait how can this be pollution free fire is turning solid in to gases right? so gas is being given off right just pure co2 without soot...

[Kntryhart]

@paulwheaton12 Your tongue was in front of your eye tooth and you could not see what you were saying...LOL I still like the rocket stove...Regards