VIDEO: Wood burning stove from a Heineken 5L mini keg

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Hi everyone,
Over the weekend I finally executed a plan I've been working on for a while. I built a little wood burning stove from a Heineken 5 liter mini keg. It works pretty well. I'm wondering if anyone has any suggestions for improvement? I'm thinking of building another one on its side and flattening the top out as a cook surface. Should be able to hold more and longer wood that way.

How to: Heineken Mini Keg Wood Burning Stove - YouTube
 
Man that was really neat. I think a better test might be to put it in a shelter, maybe a shed or garage. Might be hard to really get a gauge on the heat outside. But really good idea. Did I see the color of the outside of the keg change?
 
Dross said:
Man that was really neat. I think a better test might be to put it in a shelter, maybe a shed or garage. Might be hard to really get a gauge on the heat outside. But really good idea. Did I see the color of the outside of the keg change?
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That is exactly what I was thinking. I want to figure out how to make this work with a shelter. I'm thinking of making one with the barrel oriented horizontal though. Maybe flattening out the top for a cooking surface. I'm thinking I could get more and bigger wood into a horizontally oriented version. And yes, the outside of the cooker darkened. It was the first firing. I didn't hide anything.
 
I've gotten some PM's requesting photos. Sorry I didn't think of that earlier. A lot of people have trouble getting videos to play.
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Just a thought but i think your stove pipe/chimney may be too small in diameter and not creating the draft you need. If the pipe was bigger, you would move more air and create more heat.
 
Comanchesniper said:
Just a thought but i think your stove pipe/chimney may be too small in diameter and not creating the draft you need. If the pipe was bigger, you would move more air and create more heat.
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I was wondering that. It seems to do alright but when you close the door the temp goes down significantly. It still burns (everything inside burnt to ash) it just isn't super good for cooking. I wonder if that is an air going in problem or a smoke going out problem?
 
Another A+ vid man...i left a million comments on the youtube page...same user name over there...just brainstorming w you on your epic project. And...it was all "love and bunny rabbits". :dblthumb:
 
I have a keg can I plan to make a rocket stove with, now I'm torn on what way to go. I really like the way yours came out.
 
Awesome idea, i'll agree with comanchesniper about the pipe diametre, also the croesote buildup could be dangerous if you have this in a tent...
if you do decide to keep this diametre of pipe make sure you clean/check the pipe daily for buildup, you would'nt want that pipe plugin up then having the smoke escape through the door, or airholes etc...
 
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