Cooking Fires

How to Build Cooking Fires
Lighting a fire and cooking a meal over it has a romantic quality harking back to the good old days. But when faced with the actual task for the first time it quickly becomes apparent that there is a lot more to it than possible first thought.
This collection of how-to’s covers all the fires typically lit for camp cooking along with all the steps needed to make them.
All Cooking Fires Techniques
The cross ditch fire name does a pretty good job describing this fire, it is a cross of two ditches…
Cooking Fires
Slit Fire
The slit fire originates from Finland where is known as a “rakovalkea” which translates literally as “slit bonfire”. It gets…
Cooking Fires
Fire Bundle Stove
A Fire Bundle Stove effectively bundles a group similarly sized small logs together that stands upright. The bundling process creates…
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Log Stove Fire
A Log Stove Fire effectively binds a split log back together that stands upright. The bundling process creates enough air…
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Stump Stove
The stump stove is a log that has two holes drilled into it with the fire built in these holes…
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Swedish Log Fire
The Swedish Log Fire comes from the German name ‘Schweden Fackel’, which translates more to Swedish Fire Torch, but it…
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Stick Lay Fire
The stick lay fire is a method that is founded on a stick that is laid between two rocks. This…
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Lean To Fire
A Lean To Fire structure gets its name from the core concept in building the fire, and that is multiple…
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Tepee Fire
The Tepee Fire, which is also known as the tipi fire, tepee fire and pyramid fire, clearly gets its range…
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Altar Fire
The Altar Fire (or alter fire) in its simplest form is a fire that is built on a structure raising…
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Reflector Fire
The reflector fire essentially is the fire of your choice then a wall erected on one side to reflect back…
Cooking Fires
Keyhole Fire
A Keyhole Fire can only be described as exactly as its name suggests, it looks like a keyhole, a large…