Pocket Cooker, foldable wood burning stove

[Pennsylvania Mike]

Wood burning pocket folding stove evaluation.
Price: $12.95
Weight: a little less than 2 pounds, small size when folded, comes with a storage bag.
What I like:
Compact design, easy to carry
Produces a flame with little or no smoke.
No fuel or fuel containers to carry.
It burns small sticks of wood. Free for the take natural fuel, no cutting, dragging, splitting, or chopping.
It has a front hinged door to feed fire wood and control the air intake, flap holder
Boils water in 6 minutes at 51F outside temperature and no breeze.
Cooks hot and fast
Cheap, can't beat the price
It comes with a vinyl pouch so you don't mess up your pack or pocket ( the stove fits in a cargo pocket when it is folded.
Last one I bought was made in USA.

Trade-offs
Will not hold a large pot (with a support you can use a large Dutch one, see pictures).
The factory paint is not heatproof and bubbles and burns the first time is used. You can always spray heat proof paint if you like it looking new but I bet 2 cans of spray point cost more than ten stove.
Must be used on top of a fireproof surface such as on top on a flat rock, or dirt.
It weights 2 pounds

Note: I'm using my iPad and I am trying to post 3 pictures. I have never posted this way before so I apologize ahead of time in case this does not come out as intended.

Mike

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[woodyz]

Bought one several years ago, its an option for some.

[thywar]

That's cool.. when I enlarged the picture the first thought I had was someone cut up an ammo can and made it.

[Pennsylvania Mike]

It folds into a 6-1/2" x 3-3/4" x 1-1/8" flat package and comes with a nylon case with 2" belt loop, but looing at the picture the first impression is that someone modified an ammo box to make a stove.

[thywar]

Pennsylvania Mike we must be on the same page looking at it like we know what we are talking about.

[woodyz]

www.sportsmansguide.com/net/cb/foldable-pocket-cooker.aspx?a=288270

[missasip]

Well heck, seems I may have try one out.

P-Mike, is the draft controlable and does it burn the wood compelely? It looks like a winner to me.

Thanks for showing us.

Jimmy

[cowgirlup]

I have one of those. I like that I can use any fuel and it doesn't take up much space.

[Pennsylvania Mike]

Feb 6, 2014 11:18:16 GMT -7 missasip said:

Well heck, seems I may have try one out.

P-Mike, is the draft controlable and does it burn the wood compelely? It looks like a winner to me.

Thanks for showing us.

Jimmy

There's a little handle that is used to open the draft/feeding door and you can set it to keep open, but I find that the stove roars if you feet it dry wood sticks, I never had the need to keep the draft door open once I had a good fire.
Here's a YouTube review that I just picket so you can see the stove in operation.

I carry this stove in my GBH (going/getting back home) backpack and an alcohol (home made) stove instead of my old Optimus gasoline or triple fuel stove, both weight less than a mountain climbing stove and fuel, in the event that the alcohol is used from the backpack during a SHTF event Ii would just get rid of the alcohol stove and empty fuel container and do with the pocket cooker. If you wonder why I would carry both it is just in case of bad weather, or plain lazy or not to attract attention with the wood fire, the pocket cooker makes an ideal wind shield for the alcohol stove during its use.

[Pennsylvania Mike]

I find the top of the stove kind of flimsy to use large heavy pots, as a matter of fact I am almost convinced that the stove would cave in. It is not meant for that. I love cooking with heavy cast iron pots, so on the pictures that I posted above is my solution to the problem, 2 bricks, one on each side of the stove or other support (appropriate shape rocks in the field, but who is going to carry a large Dutch oven in their pack?). I have also grilled steaks both venison and beef or if you like chicken pieces on the stove with a small drill, I'll post a picture of the grill later on, I think it is on my homemade wood stove, but you'll get the picture.

[Pennsylvania Mike]

Here are the pictures of the grill but on my home made firewood stove
By the way I have been using firebricks for the last two years, this was my prototype stove three years ago, I love this stove which I use at the campground, best part is it uses very little firewood

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[Pennsylvania Mike]

I forgot to mention that you can use wood pellets or charcoal brickets with stove in a pinch, but my favorite fuel is fire wood, and dry apple wood when I am using the grill while cooking steaks.

[lanyislost]

I have a foldable sterno stove, will have to get one of these too.

[offtrail]

What are the benefits of a stove like this, other then it uses wood? Would it not be just as easy to start a small campfire, just big enough to cook what you have.

[missasip]

Feb 8, 2014 16:49:12 GMT -7 offtrail said:

What are the benefits of a stove like this, other then it uses wood? Would it not be just as easy to start a small campfire, just big enough to cook what you have.

The benefits for me are the ease of it all. Built plenty of "campfires" but if one is in an area that one can't come up with supporting structure, to hold ones cooking utensils and quickly using small pieces of wood to make coffee, soup, water safe, seems to have plenty of benefits for me. I've had a lot of interest in these types of stoves. This one seems to hold my attention.

Course to each his own...

Jimmy