Cooking with the ESBIT stove

by Everyday Recipes on June 27, 2010

It’s a rainy day…so lets go outside to test the ESBIT stove. Also, Let’s have my favorite backpacking meal for lunch.

{ 25 comments }

NorthShore0 June 27, 2010 at 5:08 am

Another fuel you can use is a cotton ball dunked in wax..it will burn like an esbit cube and is cheaper..

element7422 June 27, 2010 at 6:03 am

what is the proper name for the cup that you used to boil the water in?

earlymusicus June 27, 2010 at 6:24 am

Mmmm! Looks yummy! I’m going to try this. I just got an Esbit stove and I can’t wait to try it out. It looks like it works really well. When you use it outside, I suppose you use a windscreen – do you know how high the windscreen should be? Thanks for a great video!

Nighthawk961 June 27, 2010 at 7:07 am

Can the ESBIT stove support a 1-Liter SIGG water bottle?

SSsoldat1 June 27, 2010 at 7:40 am

im gona buy this for my german ww2 impression:]

painfull94 June 27, 2010 at 7:55 am

i wish i had a vacuum sealer it makes it so easy to put together meals

Jurneyz June 27, 2010 at 8:15 am

i tried this with my east german folding stove and east german mess kit, and surprisingly it was really good. i dont even love tuna but thats a great recipe im gonna remember this for my next camping trip, fun to do at home too,

thanks for making this vid, really cool

12marinecorp June 27, 2010 at 9:15 am

after you get ur water to boil is the stove hot to touch?

rosrychaplet June 27, 2010 at 10:08 am

@SPCkeith you can get them in camping/sports stores or military surplus stores

rosrychaplet June 27, 2010 at 10:28 am

if i can bring water to a rolling boil i can thermos cook. that saves me energy!

DaluZwasUnavailable June 27, 2010 at 10:51 am

A video about a crazy stove and you don´t show teh little magic fuel rock ! shame on you…

2bidfilmsguy June 27, 2010 at 11:22 am

that doesn’t look half bad to eat in your house but when you have been backpacking or been in the wilderness for 3 days that would be amazing

earlymusicus June 27, 2010 at 11:55 am

Great video! I just bought an Esbit stove because of its light weight and because I don’t really like carrying liquid fuel. As most of my backpacking is done in spring, summer, and fall, this stove will work great. Thanks for this video, PackRat – I’m glad to see my little stove will work well. I just do freezer bag cooking, so I think this will be a perfect setup. Happy Trails!

Pyromaceno1 June 27, 2010 at 12:43 pm

good stove I want one :) that meal looked nice as normal but as we all know when you are outdoors that would look and taste 100x nicer lol

rosrychaplet June 27, 2010 at 1:04 pm

how can you put out the cube? water or other element?

madogblue June 27, 2010 at 1:30 pm

Is it steel or aluminum?? Any idea on the weight?

SPCkeith June 27, 2010 at 2:23 pm

where do you guys get these canteen cups at?

sonofursus June 27, 2010 at 2:24 pm

Hey PackRat,
Like the idea about the vacuum seal. Would not have even thought of it, but now I am intrigued by it. I figure just about anything can be sealed up with it, and it saves space along with adding some strength to the food pack so it wont get crushed. Thanks.

bushcraftourway June 27, 2010 at 2:27 pm

@PackRat556 i went all out and got a lmf spork, there indestructable!

theArmedJanitor June 27, 2010 at 2:56 pm

Good idea on using the cubes as emergency tinder, I also keep cotton balls soaked in petro jelly (vaseline), it burns about 3 minutes if done right. Great vid.

hamptonify June 27, 2010 at 3:11 pm

@manhip a great website is camping survival but packrat gets better deal not sure where he gets his deal hope this helps

manhip June 27, 2010 at 4:10 pm

were do you get the great deals from

urkingod June 27, 2010 at 4:15 pm

Great shopper~!!! How are you finding many good deals ? ;-)

ninjapunk200 June 27, 2010 at 4:38 pm

theres other things the ramen noodles you know….

hughes7520 June 27, 2010 at 4:44 pm

The hexamine tablets are made for the civilian version of the British Army Hexamine Stove, which is basicly a larger Esbit Stove that measures roughly 4′x5′x1′.

Much larger than the esbit but much more stable for larger pots, and cheaper here in the UK due to the Hexamine Stoves being british army issue and the Esbit Stoves being German Army Issue.

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