How to build a better brick rocket stove for $10

During an emergency, the ability to purify water could be critical. This improved brick rocket stove could be built for about $10, if you have to buy the materials. It's possible to salvage all of them. This is an improved design from the previous SurvivalCommonSense rocket stove post that has received more than one million views.
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[lolareh]

I watched this many years ago...and built one. It worked great. It's even more timely for us nowadays! Get prepared folks, we may be facing a rougher time of it than we know. Blessings to all!

[BookOfFaustus]

Checking in from Hurricane Irma. No power now for 6 days. Your rocket stove plan has been the difference between dry rations and a hot home cooked meal for me!

[ShowYouOnceAgain]

this is actually a nice way to warm up a winter greenhouse. nice job. thanks

[paulswarthout]

If you add another layer of mesh near the top of the chimney, then you can be assured that no hot embers fly out the top. It could prevent a wildfire in super dry or dought conditions.

[zarty]

One of the best I've seen - minimum materials, minimum effort.

[twistedin]

I noticed that after you left a space for the draw under the fuel, you covered it up with a brick. Obviously moving the brick will allow it to draw better and burn hotter. I noticed at the end of the film that you had moved that brick slightly to come in at an angle so you could still use it to support long pieces of fuel and yet allow a bit of an opening for better draw. Pretty cool!

[cptgerard]

You're gonna' have me camping in the backyard (I got a lot of bricks back there).
Excellent Job. I won't forget this one.

[brentgilbert]

I just built one about a half-hour ago. Outside temp about 40 degrees, and used damp sticks from my yard - it rained last night. Had water boiling in an uncovered pan in about 4 minutes. Success!

[ihelpdogs]

Another solution to rest your pot/pans on over the flame, in the event you can't find a nice grill from a range or something, is just to place two more bricks diagonally across the opening on top... one on each side of the opening.... then rest your pot on top of that.  The gap between the flame and pot will be a little bigger, but it'll work in a pinch.

[jeffflowers]

instead of the extra brick in front to hold the sticks you could use a longer piece of mesh.

[krazytrinisteve]

So in the backyard yesterday in  Suffolk VA looked over and saw a pile of bricks and remembered watching your video on the rocket stove in a couple of minutes I had this thing roaring and boiling H2O on it. This is definitely an awesome efficient to heat and cook. Thank you for all your videos but this one blew me away.

[survivalcommonsense]

I am really impressed with how simple this stove is. It could make a tremendous difference anywhere people have to depend on wood for cooking. Think how a bunch of these stoves could have an impact on areas that are being deforested.

[delorestaylor]

That is the best and most affordable stove plan I have seen so far. Fireplace bricks are easy to disassemble and store. A solid unit can be difficult and heavy to maneuver in a shtf situation. Thank you

[FindingSelfReliance]

That's a great design, pretty simple and very inexpensive. Having the wire mesh give you a place to put sticks while also improving airflow is a nice touch.

[Pelteaux]

We built this and it was great. Then, we realized we couldn't cook a whole meal for a family, so we made a side-by-side double stove. And I'm thinking about tripling it. Works great! Supper was squash, deer, and mac n cheese. My boy scouts tell me if you coat the pot bottoms with liquid dish soap, you can clean the black off the pots easier afterwards.

[dread_headstone]

I've built this myself, and I must say it's awesome. Got water cooking literally within minutes. The rain didn't matter at all. This one is a stayer, we'll take it to our summer camp :) Thanks again. Useful project!

[timberdogz]

Great video! Thanks for the shout out to your Restore! Habitat for Humanity funds their building efforts partly through sales at the Restore. Habitat then sells these homes at a zero percent mortgage to lower income families. The families work on average 200 hours on their house for a down payment. Habitats motto is "Not a hand out, but a hand up" !

[tyronefrielinghaus]

Having a mesh for wood makes a HUGE difference. I light the fire from paper BELOW the grid. Rocket stove is an excellent fire, and efficientfor wood too.. Great video : very clear

[renzo]

Very educational, thank you very much. I just watched one and learned how to filter salt water into drinking water and how to make Sterno cans . I love things that matter.

[jamesw]

The mesh allows air to come up from beneath the fuel source (wood in this case). As with any fire air flow is key to keeping a strong, hot fire.