# Tin-can stoves

**URL:** <https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/tin-can-stoves/1086>\
**Category:** The Drawing Board\
**Created:** [May 2, 2013, 1:35am UTC](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/tin-can-stoves/1086 "2013-05-02T01:35:01Z")\
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**Author:** ![pingpong](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/4bbf92/32.png) [@pingpong](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/u/pingpong)\
**Post date:** [May 2, 2013, 1:35am UTC](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/tin-can-stoves/1086/1 "2013-05-02T01:35:01Z")

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I’ve seen little fire cooking things made of tin cans. A recipe composed of something like a tin can, hacksaw, rags, maybe alcohol (though it’d be better as a fuel, gasoline might would work too).

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**Author:** ![AerialK7](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/dec6dc/32.png) [@AerialK7](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/u/AerialK7)\
**Post date:** [May 2, 2013, 1:48am UTC](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/tin-can-stoves/1086/2 "2013-05-02T01:48:42Z")

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Picture so I can imagine it better? xD cause at the moment im thinking of a tin can with the top cut off, alcohol soaked rags put in there, set alight flip the tin can over and cook something on the top…like an egg

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**Author:** ![deadmerits](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/user_avatar/discourse.cataclysmdda.org/deadmerits/32/19_2.png) [@deadmerits](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/u/deadmerits)\
**Post date:** [May 2, 2013, 3:10am UTC](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/tin-can-stoves/1086/3 "2013-05-02T03:10:09Z")

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We did this in school, you take the can, poke two holes in it on opposite sides, shove a stick through. Then you can hold the can over the fire and cook whatever you put inside. Or at least heat it up.

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**Author:** ![Ferodaktyl](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/user_avatar/discourse.cataclysmdda.org/ferodaktyl/32/56_2.png) [@Ferodaktyl](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/u/Ferodaktyl)\
**Post date:** [May 2, 2013, 3:30am UTC](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/tin-can-stoves/1086/4 "2013-05-02T03:30:09Z")

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i think he’s talking about a cooking lamp, put fuel inside, a rag or string as fuse and a cover, more like a one-use mini gas burner

![](http://web.tradekorea.com/upload_file/prod/marketing/mkt_files/company/c/campmart/img/oimg_GC00166966_CA00166969.jpg)

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**Author:** ![AerialK7](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/dec6dc/32.png) [@AerialK7](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/u/AerialK7)\
**Post date:** [May 2, 2013, 3:33am UTC](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/tin-can-stoves/1086/5 "2013-05-02T03:33:15Z")

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Maybe if you have a empty can, you can put stuff in there tape up one side and cook it? (or is that what your suggesting, I was thinking about a whole can of beans with a stick through it cooked over a fire xD

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**Author:** ![deadmerits](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/user_avatar/discourse.cataclysmdda.org/deadmerits/32/19_2.png) [@deadmerits](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/u/deadmerits)\
**Post date:** [May 2, 2013, 3:55am UTC](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/tin-can-stoves/1086/6 "2013-05-02T03:55:53Z")

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Thats actually probably more what he ment Fero, and yes a can of beans with a stick through it is exactly what I was talking about more or less.

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**Author:** ![Flare](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/c0e974/32.png) [@Flare](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/u/Flare)\
**Post date:** [May 2, 2013, 4:01am UTC](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/tin-can-stoves/1086/7 "2013-05-02T04:01:00Z")

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[http://m.youtube.com/#/watch?feature=related&v=EtSq3FUcEic](http://m.youtube.com/#/watch?feature=related&v=EtSq3FUcEic)

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**Author:** ![pingpong](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/4bbf92/32.png) [@pingpong](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/u/pingpong)\
**Post date:** [May 3, 2013, 12:38am UTC](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/tin-can-stoves/1086/8 "2013-05-03T00:38:06Z")

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> **[A Tutorial on How To Build a Coke Can Stove for Hiking and Camping](http://www.mungosaysbah.com/2009/01/tutorial-on-how-to-build-coke-can-stove.html)**
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> Okay, following up on a recent post about emergency preparedness , picture this: your power has just gone out. It is the middle of winter, a...

That one can even use a tin can to accelerate fuel consumption, but be a lot more useful than the 9 minute water boiling time I read from another search result (that thread a person was using 95% isopropyl).

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**Author:** ![Tripsky](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/user_avatar/discourse.cataclysmdda.org/tripsky/32/43_2.png) [@Tripsky](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/u/Tripsky)\
**Post date:** [May 7, 2013, 8:54am UTC](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/tin-can-stoves/1086/9 "2013-05-07T08:54:26Z")

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one thing i love about this game/forum is the real life skills it has taught me for when the zombie apocalypse does happen. _starts hammering nails into baseball bat_