Can stoves

[Pyro]

Just made my first ever brew on a can stove, and am now sitting drinking it and feeling smug.

Used the instructions on the OutdoorsMagic site last week and made a double-wall burner out of two Carlsberg cans, finally got round to buying some meths today and have just run a brew through. Needs some refinements and tweaking, but I'm happy to say that for a first go it worked really well. Boil time for just shy of 500ml of water was 9mins-ish (to rolling boil), but there was a fair amount of flame licking the sides of the pan so tweaks to the jets necessary, methinks. Wouldn't stay lit with the pan rested on top either so used the folded remains of a third beer can as windshield/pan support.

Anyone got any tips, tricks or suggestions that might help with iteration two? After a few runs, I think it'll be Caldera Clone as the next project.

Cheers!

[Matt]

Stop now! it will consume you. You'll find yourself hoarding tin and wandering the supermarket beauty section looking at bottles suitable for carrying meths.

Walk away while you still can

[Bearbonesnorm]

It is a little known fact that all homemade stoves are the devils work and they should be shunned and banished from your shed

Once they take over it's only a tiny step into the black (and sooty) world of solid fuel

[didnothingfatal]

On the subject of can stoves, anybody tried this setup

Trail Designs Caldera Keg

I'm playing with assorted stoves and fuels on the scales, to figure out how much weight I can potentially save