Here's a link to the same deal from last year and you can search the discussions for more information about the Solo Stoves (this is usually the best price of the year for the stove units, and one of the best prices on the other Solo Stove firepits and bundles): Last year's Solo Stove deal discussions
An easy way to have enough wood to fuel the stoves is to use pruning shears or loppers to cut thin branches (1/4"-1" diameter) into short sections and then stack these vertically in the stoves. This is easier than using a knife or hatchet to break off kindling pieces because you also need to cut them into short sections that fit and these may only be a couple of inches long.
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expiredSDxOne posted Nov 11, 2021 11:05 PM
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EDIT: However, cooking food directly on a grill over flames on a Solo Stove is not the best way to grill because the flames are more likely to put a layer of soot on the food and it is more likely to catch fire. Chimney starters using charcoal is a much better way to do a high temp grilling than using the Solo Stove units with a wood fire unless you can hold your food high enough to not burn.
Chimney starters work great with charcoal, whereas these Solo Stoves do not work well with charcoal at all--they work best with small pieces of wood, twigs, pine cones, needles--basically any small burnable bits that are a couple of inches in size or smaller.
These Solo stoves are made for slightly slower and more controlled burns. Plus, they have bottoms, so you don't need a fireproof surface underneath them like you need for chimney starters (which will constanly drop hot embers). You can also feed them with small and random pieces of burnable material--chimney starters need objects bigger than a couple of inches otherwise they fall through the bottom.
I can use the Campfire model of these stoves as a small campfire pit for a few people sitting closely around it. Coupled with an inserted stainless steamer basket, I can fill it with wood pellets for an easy fire. A cupful lasts about 30 min.
For those interested in seeing what other Solo Stove owners do with their stoves and firepits, you can visit their FB page (though almost all the posts deal with the larger firepits):
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If you are more entrepreneurial you could get two and post one for sale for slightly more than the 50% price you paid so it brings your cost of a unit down even more.
But, yes, if you have, for example, two of the Campfire models and wanted to use them as mini-campfire units, you could get two going and keep more people warm outside at night. You can also use two to cook two things at once. Be aware that it can cook evry quickly and get very hot, so if you're using thin pans, you can scorch food very quickly--even using thick cast iron pans can lead to burning food quickly. You also need to keep feeding the fire to maintain the temperature otherwise it'll die down and it can take soem effort to get it going again.
If you check the Solo Stove Facebook page, you can see how many are making deflectors out of things like pizza pans to reflect heat downward. You could do so with, say, two of the larger Campfire stoves to make a more efficient and less smokey outdoor campfire that doesn't pollute as much as a regular campfire.
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