I found this while looking for a small camp stove that would boil water and could be packed on the bike when traveling. I usually can get going in the morning if I can get some hot tea of coffee. Making a quick fire at the campsite has always been a problem unless I brought a gas burner, but I don't like hauling gas in my saddlebags. This design gasifies the wood scraps and burns with a downdraft while it makes charcoal as an end product which finally burns to an ash. It makes very efficient use of the energy stored in the wood. There are commercial units that have a battery operated blower in the bottom for about 50 dollars, but this is the cheap, make-it-yourself unit.
