How to Make a Rocket Stove from a Coffee Can

This is an easy to make camp or emergency stove. It is made from a large coffee can and a few smaller soup cans. Minimal tools are required and costs nothing for the materials, provided you like canned food.
This stove burns wood sticks or twigs, lights easy and burns hot.

[@pearlverdun]

I have watched lots of these rocket stove videos....yours is the simplest and the best. An excellent job and maybe we should all be building a few of these to hand out to neighbours with a garden demo to and written instructions for when 'they' cut off our electricity n gas supplies. Or for homeless/ unemployed. Welcome to 2021, everyone. Hang on to your hats...

[@FringeWizard2]

I am homeless, I will be making lots of these, because fucking everything gets stolen from me.

[@markcrume]

@@FringeWizard2 Sorry for the inherent evil of man. This is a good stove. There are other stoves. Good Luck

[@terrysmith7956]

@@FringeWizard2 u may be able to sale them

[@andreahughes1155]

Ah, "they". The eternal enemy of the people.

[@punzalancindy1689]

@@terrysmith7956

[@sandieblack4860]

Just came across this video, great job. I am always looking for different ways to cook, boil water for tea etc when I am at my off grid cabin. I have a little tip to share with you, it will save a lot of scouring when it comes time to clean up the soot off the pot. Before you start cooking, while you are getting the stove going, make a lather of hand soap and coat the bottom and sides of the pot with the lather. Let it dry for a bit if you have time. Then just go ahead and cook as you would normally do. When it is time to clean the pot the soot will pretty much "float" off and your clean up efforts will be simple. Try it if you don't believe me, leave a bare spot where there is no soap lather and see the difference when you wash up.Take care and stay safe everyone, Sandie from Ontario Canada.

[@rashikagovindasamy8258]

We do that as well.

[@lovemeanyou]

Thanks for the tip

[@markramlucken8502]

Very informative. O love it.

[@changeusername56]

thank you for the tip. i will definitely try it.

[@SophiaNormantas.]

Ah wonderful tip! Thank you so much!

[@wafaabaydoun8423]

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[@odysseus.mavrigata]

I have a similar stove made out of IKEA stainless utensils strainer. It's very light and very efficient when in comes to cooking. It works on twigs and small sticks and as the flame flows directly to the bottom of your vessel it takes little time and very little fuel to cook whatever you want. I keep mine inside of my camping pot. Best thing ever.

[@ritakisil1669]

Great idea...i shud go out and get that Ikea thingy...and sturdy too. Thanks for the video...happy new year everyone

[@rickrivera2734]

Love this! Great little project to do with your young teen kids. Teaching alternative ways to cook when utilities are out.

[@andrewschuschu3499]

Awesome build man, as someone who lives in an area in the northeast that loses power a lot I’ve been looking into something like this that can provide heat and cooking without needing gas. I live in the woods so I’ve got that as fuel to spare.

[@janetcrane59]

You are a good teacher. Very calm and good at explaining. Thank U!

[@alexisharris1861]

I ty for the video, I am a woman who realizes we are in THOSE DAYS. Will be making several of these.

[@homayounshirazi9550]

Informative in a simple and concise format. I made one identical to yours but I didn't use the aluminum tape. Once the plaster of Parid hardened, it actually covered the gap. Thank you.

[@thevagabondsageinthewoods]

Well I just love this. I have a Dremel and lots of cans. Gonna make myself one now for my campfire coffee pot. Thank you so much for taking the time to make this video.

[@nardocrosdale8899]

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[@mreyn17]

Great video, my Grandpa taught me how to make one of these when I was a kid. A little suggestion I'll add, is when you make your chimney can, also cut 8 tabs in it, fold 4 down in a cross pattern, put your lid on, then fold the other 4 tabs down. That way your chimney and lid become one and are less likely to loose it.

[@pdmullgirl]

I’m so making one of these!!! I’ve got all the “ingredients” was just waiting for a good how to and this was it!! Thanks!!!

[@kenfosdick6869]

This is an excellent DIY video! Very well done. Professional. I would be proud to show this stove off and would not hesitate to cook on it. Great Job!

[@williamofy6376]

OK, like that, it's the same concept of Ghillie kettles. which Welsh miners used. I have one from my G-pa, and have used it on hunting/fishing trips.Mainly used to warm water, soup, stew. Only need a little newspaper, given the news now a days, probably the best use for it LOL. Liked your Vid, well done. I may have used some of the expanded mesh for the can instead of the small board, but yours still worked. Thx

[@lumberjackinit6450]

This was great. I’ve watched a lot of these and this one was just great -good design, great explanation, and you showed everything clearly.

[@essextwo]

I was pretty skeptical that any of this would even be worth watching let alone worth building... However, this was rather informative. A solid one-day project. Great for the kids. Useful end product. 💯

[@rayblazejko6908]

This can also be used for hot water shower. Extend the length of the flue. Put a coil of copper pipe around it. Connect a hose to the pipe at the top to pump cold water in. Connect a hose at the bottom with enough length to have a shower. Pump water fast warm shower. Pump water slow hot shower. Pretty much instant hot water. The longer the copper pipe the more hot water.

[@essextwo]

​@@rayblazejko6908 I've seen this done with an outdoor soaker tub. I mean, yes, clearly cheaper than a hot tub, but it's one hell of a setup process.

[@daphneraven6745]

Ray Blazejko: I was just wondering about whether this very modification would work; Tyvk!

[@rayblazejko6908]

@@daphneraven6745 100%. My father in law had a fire with a copper 50 litre container. He put a 6metre, 20feet, copper coil half inch copper pipe in the copper bucket. Connected at both ends with town water garden hose . One end to shower , one end to tap. When the water was hot in the copper bucket he could run continuous hot water as long as the fire was going. Endless supply hot water. My way I described will do the same thing but probably simpler.

[@daphneraven6745]

Ray Blazejko : Thank you for the benefit of your experience. In a pinch, it really helps to have smart, prepared people around!

[@joanbartlett9913]

I just love all of the ideals fir stoves, camping, houses, cooking and etc that I've seen and read about.

[@tomlaroche8148]

What an improvement over the one can method. More stable platform to cook on, without getting burned on the sides. Thanks 😎

[@judichristopher4604]

This video is an example of an EXCELLENT Filmed Video... I couldn't have the sound on... I had to mute it and I still knew what was going on!!!! GREAT Video... Thank YOU so much for sharing this.

[@gloriozdogan5328]

Perfect teaching. Thank you. People like you are what humanity needs. You are a giver; parasite people need learning this virtue! Blessings ‼️

[@adasaucedo4195]

Indeed.

[@nadster76]

3-4 minutes? That is amazing!

[@grgdel]

Thanks for the step by step guide, so cool!

[@milvolts1]

I like the fact that it wasn't smoking like crazy. Awesome build. Simply and productive

[@pyroman6000]

I learned how to make one of these in Boy Scouts. Using a #10 can, a Tuna can, some cardboard, and parafin. The only tool needed is one of those old triangular punch can openers- to puncture a ring of vents in the side of the can just below the rim. The flat bottom of the #10 can is your cooking surface- or you can set a pot/pan on it. The tuna can holds the parrafin soaked cardboard- which burns nice and steady like a candle. Best part- it's waterproof!

[@herwoofnessbostonterrier3420]

Andrew, you are the dude! Fantastic, no bricks to carry around, much lighter in weight, great recycling. Waiting to see how it works. Even though I have none of those tools, if I did(and they are pretty basic) I feel that a little old lady with the moral support of her dog(gotta have a dog, very supportive) could actually do this on her own. Hint:For easier cleaning of pony soothed on some liquid dish soap on the bottom and part way up the sides before using. Black ick is much more easily removed. Thanks for blogging that great idea! Jane from Connecticut and her wacky sidekick, Lola, the Boston Terrier

[@Nanalovesherbabies]

LOL😬I would be that “little old lady” that you speak of💕 I will be making one of these with me grandson👍🏻

[@romainejayne1811]

@@Nanalovesherbabies Another "little old lady" here with 2 cute little bratty kitties!

[@ritakisil1669]

Have a happy new year Jane, 1st day of 2024...and hope you still have Lola helping you👍

[@jeffreyvasby3230]

Awsome build Andrew! Prayers and Blessings headed to you and your family! Love and God Bless America! Uncle Jeff!

[@patdaddymusic]

Jeffrey Vasby and Canada too hey!😛

[@momijiyamanishi4548]

I like your designs. I have been cooking on wood stoves in my own house for 42 years.

[@ritakisil1669]

42 years? I think that's the year we switched to gas...we lived in the country and collected rubber branches from our small area, very convenient. Only think was starting the fire...puffing and blowing away, sometimes I almost felt faint. Cooking rice on firewood was easier than gas stove. Hate it whwn the power goes off. Have a great new year 2024...today is the first day

[@fransjebik8554]

7 years ago... how it is needed now! Thank you very much. 💗

[@paulrutherford1599]

Good Job! I like how you notched it were it's in line with your small can so you can see your fire!

[@seamus-xi7hz]

Thanks for an excellent video, and build. The addition of plaster, sand, perlite insulation would add weight & stability to the stove. Your presentation was both clear and detailed... thanks mate.

[@lekhachamarie7076]

I think we can put something to dry, a kind of fish, meat and yam instead of ruble when the things are abandoned. I have saved the video, I run the environment club! Thanks so much

[@charlescanzater]

Best video yet on small rocket stoves ! Thank you 🤗

[@tobysirus4996]

Very practical for deep woods camping where youll have an endless fuel supply. Thanks for this video.

[@TedBruckner]

Here's very helpful info regarding this type and a larger version i've made. i made quite a few of the same type of rocket stove as in this video , and used them for cooking my food almost always twice a day every day for several years ; and i took good care of them and i kept them out of the rains and i found that the fire(s) destroys the metal inner tubes in 6 months. And for evening meals, the coffee can size was problematic because after cooking a pot of beans and then doing more cooking frying food in a pan / skillet that would get interrupted because the ash builds up in the can and must be raked out so the air can flow , but raking out the ash also removes the coals too which are igniting the wood being fed in , and so the fire must be started all over again. i solved the problem by making a larger version by using an empty maple syrup drum / can which is made for and used for bulk dispensing at health food stores. i obtained for several for free after the store had dispensed all of the maple syrup that was inside the drum and threw it away: The metal drum measures approximately 17 inches high and 13 inches diameter. i cut the can about an inch or so down from the to and turned the cut out end over and dropped it into the rest of the can : the flare of the can produced a fit perfect snug and tight in place mating them together securely. For the inner pipes, cans the size of around 36-42 oz. (i say around that because i am not sure what the volume of the cans were now but the type that whole round pineapple slices come in : about a 4-inch diameter. The factory hole in top of can for it's pop-out pour spout i simply kept covered over with a small square of thin metal. And i used a small metal grate with legs to sit within the can head over the fire tube, formed of round metal rods about the same diameter as one found on shelves in ovens. That stove was most excellent. Hand tools are all one needs in order to make these stoves : a can-opener, a hammer and screwdriver (to create a hole to get the tin snips into), and a pair of slightly angled tin snips to cut the holes (Compound Action Tin Snips.)

[@flowerchild777]

Thank you. This information will definitely come in handy for a family of 8🙃 Blessings to you, sir

[@user-mh1wv5hc5c]

Thank you, Ted! Really usefull info about practice!

[@TedBruckner]

@@user-mh1wv5hc5c You are welcome! /Пожалуйста! Из-за вашего доброго слова, и увидев 60 лайков, я просто отредактировал его, чтобы добавить больше деталей и уточнить его.

[@TedBruckner]

@@flowerchild777 thank you, Angela. i just saw your word of appreciation. And edited refining what i put and added more detailed instructions about constructing the larger rocket stove.

[@ritakisil1669]

Empty metal drum would be good...must go hunting for a suitable one. Thanks for sharing your idea...and this video, great help

[@2manysigns]

Thank you ! You had good luck with that one ! Nice work ;)

[@Raw200BC]

I can’t get over how smooth and beautiful the hands look!

[@ChallengeTheNarrative]

Best DIY rocket stove I've ever seen. Amazing work. Really nice efficient yellow flame.

[@titomontanaaa5599]

It's insane the type of things we watch 😂 I'm probably never going to need to use this information but yet I'm sitting here fully indulged. Gotta love the tube

[@maranatha8768]

tito Montanaaa you never know

[@annanderson7]

Life can throw you curve balls! Never say never!

[@stephencortez4199]

Good video, excellent instruction. Made 1 back in high school, it worked great.

[@kentlawson5806]

I was skeptical when the video began , but you earned my respect brother! I'm gonna build one just like it !

[@michellesab6016]

Thank you for the clear, step by step tutorial for those of us that need that extra help

[@demeanderson3160]

I really enjoyed watching this how to video. You explained the construction very nicely for us older (young) ladies, lol. If the need does arise I too want the knowhow to make life a bit easier. Thank you so much.

[@burgundylove.]

Very informative. Thank You for sharing!

[@rosewood513]

That is one of the neatest ones I have seen... Nice job. Thank you.

[@jeannecooke4862]

Absolute Genius! Thank you for sharing your video!

[@montanaannie1253]

Best video I’ve ever seen on this subject! Bravo!

[@bethmurrow5626]

Then you need to look more if this is the best you've seen. Haha

[@hikerx9366]

I love it .......watched a few other videos and they dropped the wood down throught the top with the kindling or twigs etc. Going to build this one soon as I can get a coffee can off someone.Thanks for sharing Andrew.

[@hardwiredtoselfdestruction3401]

Hard to find coffee cans like that. They are made with recycled partical paper with tin bottoms now...I bought a large can of pork&beans to make one

[@victoriasalvant5629]

Perfect size, and very simple to imitate. Thank you 😊

[@glazerhits6080]

This is so simple, yet excellent and very much efficient, negligible heat losses. Thanx a lot for sharing.

[@debratemple2865]

Thank you for a great practical video.. God bless your 🎄 Christmas season

[@ferebeefamily]

Good video. Very creative. Thank you.

[@othmanhussien5529]

J. Ferebee .

[@chrisdiane8429]

Thank you just what I needed because February in Texas with an ice storm 7 days no food no heat no electric no water couldn't flush the toilet at least now I have a way I can eat thank you bless you

[@shirleylake7738]

Thank you for the demonstration on how to build a stove.

[@arleneportsmouth1263]

I wish I had an intelligent resourceful creative kid like you! This video is excellent in every way possible! Thanks for not playing some insane crazy annoying background music. How much would it cost me to have you make me one of these?

[@Benjaminleo815]

My thought exactly

[@kenleckie2359]

I think u just want his phone number. Hahaha

[@jackmehoff2961]

Very Crafty, give ya an A+. Great video.

[@claudinebernadettejimdar1681]

This is so very smart! Loved the Hobo version too! So convenient! Love this!

[@adamlarsen1566]

Great video! I used one of these while living in the mountains in Oregon for a few months and I've wanted to make one since. The one I used had rocks for insulation, and I believe the inner chamber/can was one of the smaller metal coffee cans which allowed for more room for more coals. To start our fires in them we would bunch up a group of small twigs, light them on fire then drop them into the top chamber. Then we would feed the fire from the side as you did here. We also used a billows to get the fire even hotter, which would bring water to a boil in about a minute. While these don't last forever it's definitely a good thing to have on hand in an emergency. Liquid or gas fuel runs out and can be hard to find at times of natural disasters. Sticks however are plentiful and free!

[@Slumberjacksix]

Excellent video. Thx for speeding the video up during the drilling, cutting, and other parts. That said: FYI, building a wood fire consists of tender, kindling, and fuel wood...notwithstanding the oxygen (that goes without saying :-) Nonetheless, thanks for sharing your design.

[@emanueladavis1885]

Brilliant, just brilliant...thank you for sharing... :)

[@misstinytrader88]

Nothing better than the sound if crackling wood on Christmas morning! I built a similar one, but now I must build this model for camping. 😀

[@balloney2175]

It is nice to see creative people recycling stuff in order to save our already depleting environment.

[@teasofavors8522]

Thanks for that vid I fish a lot and this looks like my new best friend!

[@jamesmiller7283]

Mmm ! Fish head soup !

[@williamiannucci2740]

Cool !!! I'm a duct man and a furnace repair man and a welder , peice of cake , THANKS YOUNG FÉLLOW.

[@kimhollenbeck6954]

I love your solo stove and the way that you set it up

[@victoriataylor2594]

This would make a great Christmas gift.

[@aslie103]

I learned a lot of this tips and i plan to do like this when i came home to my home town great idea i salute to you sir

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[@rosewood513]

Wow I am so impressed. I have watched many of these instructions and I like this the best, It is so clean and neat. Thanks so much !!!

[@maryroy2198]

Great idea....great little project for any Girl Guide unit....am going to try this with our great niece and nephew......my husband loved these projects.

[@yahchile7681]

Excellent! Just what I was searching for!! ✊

[@7SeventhFromAdam]

Thank you for sharing your knowledge about how to make a Rocket Stove. You just saved my family from only-God-knows-what. God bless you abundantly.

[@myprettyfeet6234]

Now I'm trying to find coffee that still comes in a can!

[@autobot8974]

Ketchup can is what I used.

[@TUKByV]

You can try getting the big food cans from restaurants. Many coffee cans are either plastic, cardboard/plastic, or very thin metal these days.

[@susancoghill4103]

What about an unused paint can?

[@katewizer2736]

Industrial kichens get a lot of ingredients in those cans. As permission of a local restaurant fir their "empties"...

[@vabeach1740]

Sams club big red tin can and the ground coffee is good 10 bucks

[@ernaverheijdt2925]

Presentation is very simple and easy to understand. Not like others looks hard and not simple. Excellent. Than you.

[@veronicanavarreterico2546]

Claro que si. Una muy buena idea para tener mi estufa. Tan fácil... Gracias por compartir tus ideas y consejos. Recibe un fuerte abrazo desde Irapuato Guanajuato México

[@w.c.6678]

If you bend the pointy Corners downwards on your steel grate on the top it will stay in place when you're putting your pots or pans on or off... great video. Great idea. I am definitely going to build one of these for my cabin up north in case the power goes out.. the advantage of having one ready to go is that it takes very little dry wood to cook food or generate Heat...

[@ritakisil1669]

Great idea about the pointy ends

[@hunzoogypsy7951]

i would have cut more of the mesh for that metal piece the fuel sits on. with the holes there would be plenty of air. awesome design thanks for sharing

[@melodieandante3409]

Very clear and great explained, thanks! How cool is this! Congrats! I love to have survival skills!

[@svitlanarowan972]

It's working! Good job 👍‼️

[@randystache78]

awesome video. love the step by step instruction. 👍👍

[@AndrewWorkshop]

+Randy Tyler Thanks!

[@Girlsontop21]

Thank you.. I'm going to try to build it now

[@mfreeman313]

Great job. I'm researching ways to have a hot lunch during winter warm-day fishing excursions, and this isn't perfect for that but anything ingenious is fun, so bravo. I live near a national park that allows charcoal fires only in provided grills, and a coffee can could be a good small chimney for lighting the coals. Got a drill and a Dremel, coffee can and coat hanger and we're in business.

[@ringolake]

cheap, simple and effective = elegant! thanks for thinking outside the box.

[@toml.8210]

Remember to empty the ash from the burned sticks after you cook or when it accumulates in the bottom of the chimney. You can add more sticks in the side can or from the top.

[@carolynbruckler4465]

Thank you for sharing such ingenuity!!

[@georgecasados5412]

Pretty good work, easy explanation and easy to understand but more important thing is that use of cans which normally people put it in the dumpster , great work, congratulations

[@redbird1824]

Me and my little buddy'Tiger'were making these things in Okinawa when we were five years old.Tiger got the idea from his daddy who was a air force pilot and must have learned to make a stove out of a coffee can in survival school circa 1962.We would sneak off with hot dogs and matches and cook them on the stove using hobu grass for fuel.That is till later tiger and his brother started the island on fire and got "Smitty" in hot water with the Air forse brass for nearly burning down the neighborhood.Those were the days!Nothing like the smell of burning grass and roasting hotdogs!!To heck with galvanized poisoning we cooked directly on the coffee can.We survived.Little did we know their were 1400 nukes on the island and that the island had become ground zero.The Okinawans didn't know it either.They found out later.Japan told them.

[@RAFTHELSAVLOGS]

Thanks for sharing your great ideas

[@jeffkulit838]

Nice video and clear instruction.... i am born and raise in 3rd world country and this is nothing new. I remember using this stuff when i was little until one day proprane tank took over of my grandma's kitchen. But yes this is the coolest now 🤗

[@ritakisil1669]

People still think my country is 3rd world...sometimes I think it's subjective. We have everything advanced countries have, but maybe less and not as fancy. Btw, still enjoy the woodstove cooking. I collected our own wood fod cooking.

[@anythingoldmechanical]

Well done, a really efficient little piece!

[@williamtownsend3279]

line the firebox with woodstove cement, it'll last longer. just smear it in with your hand. several coats. Stuff is pretty cheap.

[@A10TOES]

I'm going to make one for emergencies, thanks!!

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[@merrymanrc]

Thinking outside of the box. Great idea 👍👍

[@flowerchild777]

Thanks for the demonstration👍

[@theeaselrider4032]

A pretty sound design. I think if you used a paint can for the outer cylinder, it would give you a handle you could carry the whole thing with.

[@lanajantz2240]

Or can put handle on it from old handle from bucket. Like my plastic buckets gandle outasts bucket. I save handles. They come in handy for a lot

[@davem.2191]

Or just poke a couple of holes in each side and use a coat hanger or bailing wire for the handle.

[@alexa6444]

That is a very useful tool to have or to know, im gonna try and make 1 of my own, thanks

[@heatherblanchard3456]

I made this and you did a great job. Mine works great!

[@changeusername56]

thank you for sharing. I cant wait to make one its a perfect size. SUBSCRIBED

[@stevematsumura255]

Nice work!! Will try to make one myself, thanks.

[@savashzaynal6502]

Best, effective and portable design I have seen so far. A handle would have been just the last touch to carry it.

[@juliarosado4955]

Love it !! ❤️ Excellent job 👍

[@CBAmakingAusername]

Amazing. I really enjoyed this video

[@MegzeeR]

I'm going to make me one of these :). Another tip that's a great fuel to use is to keep all of your junk mail and when you've collected a box full, get them damp with a spray bottle of water, roll them up tight and clamp them with rubber bands, bread ties, string (anything that will burn) and then set them out to dry. Makes great "sticks" or for a regular camp fire, make larger ones the size of small logs. They last a pretty long time too!!

[@MegzeeR]

@@danielateresita Nice :)

[@priyagopalmalakar4603]

Very bad

[@WckdLlThngz]

You can do this with newspaper also

[@loranabil5139]

used oil with a small cloth is the best fuel and less contamination

[@richardarno3294]

MegzeeR u