How to turn a can of coke into a camping stove

How to turn a can of coke into a camping stove

Small, easy, lightweighted and cheap. In my search to a camping stove I came across the advice of making it yourself with a soda or beer can. I did try it and made some pictures. This is what you need:

  • a (soda or beer) can
  • a knife
  • some (medical) pure (at least 90%) alcohol

Ok, here we go.

1. Cut the top out of the can

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2. Cut the can in two pieces (same size)

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3. Make dents in the top piece

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4. Make one little hole in the top piece

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5. Put the pieces together

Now you can fill it a with a little pure (medical) alcohol and cook someting on it wherever you like. I found this very usefull because you can buy the alcohol all over the world at a very low price. Do not use petrol, diesel, gasoline, or any benzene-based fuels, because they’re carcinogenic.

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I found it still difficult to make it really work. I think also in bad wheater circumstances it can be hard to make it work. Make sure that there is a sufficient air inflow. I tried it with iron nettings. Let me know if you have any advice on this.

Here’s a how-to video about it from Tom Allen.

Now we have our do-it-yourself camping stove we only need some good recips to cook something on the road. Noodles should be fine but for the more advanced recips download a free can stove cookbook here. In here some really travel-friendly and healthy ideas for making dinner on the road.

Enjoy!