best cooking stove for ltp?

[bixa525]

I am looking at the Volcano II and the Stovetec Rocket stove. Any opinions on which one of these is the better for off the grid cooking?

[bixa525]

Doesn't anyone have one of these stoves or any other stove to use for off the grid cooking? I need to know if either of these are good for an emergency situation and if one is better then the other and why? Please respond

[EX121]

Sorry I have never used either. But the rocket stove looks good on the internet. I have a backpacking stove that works on the same principal as the rocket, and it works very well.

[bixa525]

EX121, Can you bake on your stove? I know with the Volcano II you can purchase a tent like cover for baking and so forth but not sure if this would work with the rocket stove. I guess I am wondering with all the grains one stores it would be nice to be able to bake bread if in a crisis situation.

[goatlady]

I use my solar cooker in the summer and they will bake even potatos. The rest of the year food does/will get cooked on the cast iron cooking stove with oven in the house which also provides a nice heat addition in the winters. No way will I be standing outside in nasty weather trying to fix a hot meal using one pot or pan. If it comes down to that "primitive" I'll use 2 different fire pits; one with good coals for baking in the dutch oven, one with a nice grill setup for a fry pan and pot or 2 and a tarp rigged to keep the rain and snow away from the setup.

[EX121]

I also use a dutch oven. That is one of my goals for this year is to learn how to make more 1 'oven' meals.

[boltgun308]

I have a Deadwood stove but I have not tried it out yet. It is very well made (all steel), and has very good reviews.

[bixa525]

I decided to buy the Ecozoom Rocket stove. It will burn both charcoal and wood and it looks to be very efficient and the fuel needs are low. I will give it a try once I receive it.

[goatlady]

Just went to a link for that stove - looks real good for the product. I was really impressed with that G3 model with that extension piece that would allow a nice cooking surface for more than 1 pot at a time. Still, my main objection to those types of stoves is the fact they must be used outside.

[bixa525]

Yeah I think if the shtf it will serve me well. I don't have any other options to cook inside if the grid goes down so I figure this is the next best thing with it's low fuel needs. Do you have a means to cook inside? Sure wish I had a wood stove.

[andyn1976]

Got a woodstove but just learning how to use it to its potential, so far im very impressed! Would recommend for all.

[SCinPNW]

Wow, he Ecozoom and the Stovetec look almost identical. I have the Stovetec multi-fuel stove. I think it would be interesting to do a side-by-side trial of the stoves to see if they are the same or if one is better than the other. I do like the reinforcement that Ecozoom has done around metal doorframe, that is nice. If I were purchasing today, I would probably go with the Ecozoom as well. I hope you like it, it looks like a great stove.

SC

[bixa525]

Thanks SC, I originally was looking at the Stovetec but the Ecozoom seemed to offer a few better features. I haven't received it yet but I am looking forward to trying it out when I do. Have you cooked with your Stovetec yet? What have you made? I bought a nice cast iron Dutch oven to go with the stove and I am going to attempt to make bread on the stove. Sure hope it works out with all this wheat I have stockpiled.

[goatlady]

Yes, I have a wood stove, but I also have a Coleman 2-burner camp stove I can set on the kitchen counter under the window for ventilation and cook that way plus my normal kitchen stove is a propane stove and works quite will without any power at all. The older model propane kitchen stoves do not have those electronic ignitors, they have pilot light or you can manually light all burners and the oven with matches. I haVe a spare kitchen stove set up in the workshop with it's own propane tank. I also have a solar oven for use outside in the spring/summer which does not need constant attendance and will hold several pots at a time, Have a propane 3 burner grill for frying/grilling in nice weather. But I have been "prepping" for over 30 years and all that time it has been my chosen lifestyle, not something I do "just in case." I live very basic now so I won't have a shock when living basic is absolutely necessary.

[bixa525]

Wow Goatlady, it sounds like you are one smart lady. Living like you do I am sure you will be well prepared if anything should happen. We as a society are mostly clueless when it comes to survival skills and the means to put them into action. I am slowly learning and doing my best to prepare my family for any future hard times but I also want to learn new skills to be able to be more self sufficient like canning, gardening, saving rain water and so forth. I think these are all good skills to learn even if nothing happens in the future.