Post by cajunlady87 on Sept 18, 2013 16:21:29 GMT -7
My favorite method of cooking in my camping area in my woods is using the Dakota Fire Pit. Since my dirt is mostly clay in that area, it's a permanent fixture. 
Energy is spent digging one more than building a fire on the ground but it does have many advantages.
It burns fuel more efficiently and hotter as oxygen flows through the vent hole to the fire hole. For those reasons it requires less and smaller pieces of firewood to boil water to sanitize it for drinking, cooking meals or keeping warm.
Depending on the width of your fire hole, you can lay your pot or skillet right on the ground atop the hole to cook. If you're using smaller cooking pots, simply make a grill using green branches about 1/2" thick across the fire hole and place your pots on it.
Some people like to do stealth camping for various reasons. Bikers touring through other states camp out on state owned property and even private citizen owned property. And since they're in unfamiliar territories they do it for their own safety as well. That is why the Dakota Fire Pit is their preference for stealth in keeping a low profile.
If it is built under a tree with thick canopy, the little to no smoke the fire will produce will dissipate through the leaves of the tree so no one can see it. The flames of the fire are below ground level so it can't be easily spotted even when aromas are wafting through the air. Once you're ready to move on just refill the holes with the dirt you dug out, camouflage it with surrounding leaves and twigs and you will leave no trace behind that you were even there.
Energy is spent digging one more than building a fire on the ground but it does have many advantages. It burns fuel more efficiently and hotter as oxygen flows through the vent hole to the fire hole. For those reasons it requires less and smaller pieces of firewood to boil water to sanitize it for drinking, cooking meals or keeping warm.
Depending on the width of your fire hole, you can lay your pot or skillet right on the ground atop the hole to cook. If you're using smaller cooking pots, simply make a grill using green branches about 1/2" thick across the fire hole and place your pots on it.
Some people like to do stealth camping for various reasons. Bikers touring through other states camp out on state owned property and even private citizen owned property. And since they're in unfamiliar territories they do it for their own safety as well. That is why the Dakota Fire Pit is their preference for stealth in keeping a low profile.
If it is built under a tree with thick canopy, the little to no smoke the fire will produce will dissipate through the leaves of the tree so no one can see it. The flames of the fire are below ground level so it can't be easily spotted even when aromas are wafting through the air. Once you're ready to move on just refill the holes with the dirt you dug out, camouflage it with surrounding leaves and twigs and you will leave no trace behind that you were even there.
