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I came across this cool WoodGas Camp Stove in my online travels the other day. It’s a portable stove that doesn’t need white gas, propane or other non-environmental fuels, but burns any kind of combustible organic matter you can feed it. Grass, twigs, sticks, pine cones, you name it.

The WoodGas Camp Stove is essentially a bionic stainless steel cylinder that, with the use of a fan, burns the fuel in two stages. According to the website, the fan at the bottom of the stove brings air into the burning matter to create smoke, or wood-gas. This is the first stage.

In the second stage, more air is pushed upward, along the sides of the cylinder, to burn the wood-gas from the first stage. This double combustion provides a very efficient product that needs very little wood, produces very little smoke, and cooks food quickly.

Here is a process diagram, courtesy of the product website.

I haven’t tried the stove, and can’t provide any feedback on its effectiveness. The site extolls the stove for being lightweight at two pounds, as well as small enough to be portable and convenient. The pictures on the site show that is pretty small. Small enough, for a backpack. Here’s another shot, courtesy of the website, to provide a sense of perspective.

If this stove, at this size, is as efficient as the site says, and it’s a lightweight stove that can burn most organic debris found around any campsite instead of having to pay for and carry fuel, than I’d have to say that it could be a revolutionary product in the camping industry. I’d love to get my hands on one to try it out.