Cooking with an East German Folding Stove

I had recently purchased an East German Folding Stove from a surplus store for only $2.99 and I have been quite impressed with it so far. It is extremely compact. It's the size of a deck of cards. In this video I used an MSR Titan Titanium Kettle to demonstrate cooking with the little East German stove. By the way, the East German stove fits PERFECTLY into the MSR Titan Kettle for storage! I placed four Esbit fuel cubes inside the folding stove, then placed the stove inside the kettle, then placed a small plastic cup and telescoping foon making this a complete cooking/mess kit.

Sorry for the dark video. I made this video late in the day. Thank you for watching!

Category:

Education

Tags:

• East
• German
• Galvanized
• Steel
• Folding
• Stove
• Esbit
• Fuel
• Pocket
• Wilderness
• Survival
• Camping
• Camp
• Cooking
• Cook
• Backpacking
• Woman
• ultralight
• lightweight
• bushcraft
• hiking
• EDC

[thebibleisfiction]

why did they galvanize it :X wouldn't it produce harsh fumes?

[MsSpy]

@thebibleisfiction

Excellent question. I've wondered that myself. The metal is cheap and it corrodes. I think the folding stove was mean to use and throw away after a while. Yes, galvanized metal is toxic, but I think it's okay to cook on as long as you don't cook directly on the galvanized surface. Always use cooking pots. I have another video where the folding stove is made out of brass.

[JimmyGunXD556]

Dude I could kiss you! I just got a Esbit pocket stove in (Im new to this camp/survival stuff) and I was so pissed that the fuel cubes did not fit in the the pocket stove. I went all over the internet looking for a smaller pack to fit. I came across your vid saw how you put them in (DUH! ha). I ran downstairs and BAM they fit! Whoo Hooo!!! Thanks man!

[MsSpy]

@JimmyGunXD556 Hah ha .... you're very welcome. I'm glad I could help.

[cber8860]

@MsSpy did u use the orginial tabs that came with if so how did they work

[MsSpy]

@cber8860 No, I did not use the original tabs, but I can say this. The original tabs smell bloody aweful. When I bought these stoves at the military surplus, the bulk of them smelled awful. Unexplainable odor. Performance wise, I would imagine the original tabs worked just fine. I choose not to use the original tabs.

[MrKalashnikov96]

holy moly, when im out in the woods i could cook me some ramen noodles

[RJBURG]

make the alum foil smaller turn up edge the holes in the bottom stove are for a up draft to burn better

[q1qeu]

The (West)German Esbit Stove and it's British counterpart, the Hexamine Stove, both give more stability and no toxicity from galvanization. If you can decide, go for one of them. They are not made to be used only for a short time and then be discarded.

And now it's time to get out my old Esbit stove and enjoy a cup of tea from my Vargo TiLite Mug. modern gear meets ancient surplus stuff :-) Haven't used it in a while, thx for reminding me that i had one laying around.

[2kargarage1]

Nice