How to make a tealight candle cooker.

[@RustyGlovebox]

Hard to believe you can cook with just a half a dozen candles but seeing is believing . Nice job

[@TALLCRAWLSC]

Great video Brad, I bet your neighbours love you with the great smell of barbeque burgers, chicken, bacon and steak wafting across the garden...lol I`m salivating as I`m typing this..lolBring on the stew !!...With a slice of bread at the bottom...yum yum

[@AnnBearForFreedom]

Congratulations on the weight loss! Woohoo, 2X! Not easy, I soooooooooooooooo know. I'm so PROUD of you!

[@OKRODDER]

congratulations on the successful experiment and most of all the weight loss. Take care, Jack

[@Kay-ki7qs]

Great job on the weight loss very proud of you!!

[@WORMGITTER]

Real good experiment. You have a working slow cooker!

[@BethCatt-jq6xi]

I love bearcreek soups 🍲 stews chili's 😋 their products are so yummy, I first had them from a food box from a church ⛪️ christmas charity food drive

[@FluffeeKay]

You're always so positive and uplifting in your videos! Awesome experiment and way to go on your weight loss! God Bless!

[@LifeinFarmland]

Loved watching the trial and error. I thought this video was only on boiling water and now I ma just starving.

[@BobNchannel]

Brad thanks so much for this project now the gears are turning in my head to see what i can come up with . as soon as i finish my recent project ...thanks again from Bob in Seattle.

[@craighansen7594]

Cool experiment! Thanks for sharing! I watched it an hour before dinner was ready, that soup made me really hungry.

[@JustPlainCommonSense]

Congrats on the weight loss! I know it was tough to get going but now that you see you can do it, set your goals you'll get there!

[@jmontman]

Maybe not boiling but definitely hot enough to cook with. Good job Brad.

[@bluecobra6294]

Great to watch, well done with the weight loss, many thanks buddy.

[@rdouthwaite]

Interesting experiment, nice to see the learning process.

[@ImRamro]

Congratulations brother on the 2XL. I just purchased some size 38 waist pants from a thrift store. I have not seen a 38 since 1992.

[@BCElginTex]

If you replaced the pie tin bottom with a pizza screen, you could lift it off the table where the white of the flame touches the bottom of the pan. The screen will allow air to get through. If you don't have a pizza screen you could make something out of metal window screen, maybe. I am glad you documented this experiment on video. Oh, and if you clamp the lid down, it will become a pressure cooker and get really hot. Just be sure to put a relief valve.

[@supergokue1]

Very cool project my friend, and I might just try that build.

[@bctruck]

I think I'm going to enlarge the holes around the top of the pot just a bit more and raise the height of the candles so the flame is closer to the bottom if the pot. If that works better, I'll let you know.

[@2LateIWon]

Congrats on the weight loss too

[@Bryt25]

To solve the wick problem you can use a thin stiff wire bridging the top of the candle can with a loop in the middle with the wick poking through (supported) or you can make another wick from string - it will work just as well, just let there be some pressure to hold the string. Aside from candle wax you could use in emergency a small glass jar filled 2/3 with water and topped up with cooking oil (yes) and a wick (with the wire dangling in it) (the water just saves on oil as the oil floats on top) My Chinese wife made these for lights during a power cut using jam jars. I added a foil reflector around the back of the jar to almost double the light. btw I feel your box might have more heat lined with cooking foil. If using string, different sizes will improve the flame. A great vid, Many thanks.

[@bapeloquin]

thanks for this video! Still out there aiding people!

[@bctruck]

Any time!

[@buzzsah]

Both you and the cooker look good.

[@Ungovernable74]

Nice experiment. Thanks for sharing.

[@greghomestead6720]

Good info for backup if the power is out. congrats on the weight loss. Have a Jesus filled day Greg in Michigan

[@wedgetailleather]

Hey awesome! Good work getting into a 2X mate, that's great. As for the slow cooker, we have one like that we use as a warmer. It's a ceramic dish with a lid, suspended with a wire frame, and holds 4 tea light candles. Holds about 40 sausages and keeps them warm really well.

[@bctruck]

I went to your channel to see if you had a video of it in use. I'd love to see it if you ever do. Still loving that outdoor kitchen of yours.

[@Pyrinsomniac]

It might help to trim the wicks on the tealight candles before you begin cooking. And if you're interested in slow cooking, have you heard of fireless/ haybox cooking? You do your initial cooking on the stove and then put the still- hot pot into an insulated box to let it finish over the course of several hours. Haybox cooking was a big thing in the early 1900s; if I remember correctly the US Army had a whole wagon system set up for it in WW1. Thank you for sharing the results of your interesting experiment!

[@bctruck]

I’ve heard of haybox cooking but never got around to trying it.

[@sonnycapece9773]

that BearCreek soup is the best im a college student/catpenter and do alot of backpacking and this stuff is great after a long day of working or hiking.

[@ladyhawthorne1]

Pretty cool cooker! Great job on the weight loss too!

[@PopsQuest]

Cool experiment! I like it

[@bctruck]

I encountered more problems than I thought I would over such a simple idea.

[@AnnCrumsMiniHomesteadNews]

175 or so is just fine for a slow simmer and to bring food up to a safe, hot temperature over the cooking time. I think you have a success there!

[@bctruck]

Thanks! I'm gonna try making a stew next.

[@AnnCrumsMiniHomesteadNews]

I'm going to try your candle stove! Hope you share a stew video. This one made me want a bowl of minestrone for breakfast! lol

[@59chevt]

That was very interesting, nice job, congrats on the weight loss.

[@RobbsHomemadeLife]

hey Brad, congratulations on the weight change, it ain't easy. I enjoyed the stove, I like how the pot fits down inside. I actually almost bought a thrift store toaster oven last week to make into a tea light oven for fun. I might give your stove a try. I bought a bunch of tea lights a while back at Ikea for about $2 for 100. One of my favorite channel's is keepturningleft, it is a guy in the UK sailing around England. he makes amazingly well crafted sailing videos and only gets a few thousands views. A few years ago he did a video unrelated to his channel, it was a simple DIY video on how to heat a room with tea lights, he has a couple of million views on it. LOL I hope you get similar views with your tea lights.My favorite way to cook in emergencies is with alcohol, in hurricanes I like to take the heating element off my stove and put a mayonnaise jar lid full of alcohol down below and set the pans over the alcohol flame, it works great.

[@VarnHomestead]

I have to make me one of these! Great idea!

[@oldtimerlee8820]

Search YT for Herc Oven. It's a candle powered oven/cooker. May have some ideas for more DIY on yours. BTW, your pot is an oven. Put a trivet in it. Set a disposible pie tin or something similar on it. Bake corn bread. Bake potatoes. May have to add more candles to get higher baking temps. Just a thought, FWIW. Thanks for sharing.

[@bigjohn20081983]

+Oldtimer Lee I bet the rings from canning jars would work well. Most people I see do that type of baking add just a touch of water to the bottom also not sure why however.

[@oldtimerlee8820]

+Big John Yes, canning jar rings work well. Other options are small stones, balls of aluminum foil - any heat resistant item that will allow air circulation between the bottom of the pot and the food container. Water: Google bain marie pan for info on why water is sometimes added to a pan when baking. "Trivet" vs water also a situation of dry heat vs moist heat. Depends on recipe as to which is best.

[@Big_John_C]

A beer can alcohol stove would work great with that setup

[@cokeman250]

Pretty cool. Looks like a winner to me God bless

[@bctruck]

Thanks Cokeman.

[@JustinCaseSolarPower]

good on yamate. You put a lot of work into this vid :)

[@bctruck]

I know it was long but I wanted folks to see the trial and error.

[@wyattoneable]

Amazing how much air those take. That's funny that the grill clip got in here. You experiment and we learn.

[@weatherstorms]

I bet you can make a slow cooker out of metal also so the heat can reflect back onto the pot or pan. :) Give coconut oil, and beeswax a try as candles It's healthy. :)

[@JohnTalbot-k6xi]

High Five (!!) Thumbs UP Mr. 2X

[@bctruck]

Thanks. I feel a little lighter and my dog breezy is happy. There's a little more room beside me where he usually sits.

[@maesteo]

I think 5 candles with the pot lowered would work and bring it to a boil. Thanks for sharing your progress!

[@MikeMayeran]

Good video Neat idea.

[@justmeandher112]

Excellent idea. I guess I have a new project to do. Small suggestion....instead of placing the tabs under the box (which then raises the box/pot) what about cutting up the sides of the box about a 3/4" or drilling holes on the sides to make air flow. Here's another one :-)......how about placing some kind of sheet metal (inside) along the sides of the box or do you think it would become to hot and melt the wax? Gee thanks BC, now I'm thinking about building tea light stoves, like I don't have enough to do. :-)

[@Bryt25]

I think if he can support (dangle) the wicks (as I suggested above) it would be good no matter.

[@playing_in_trafic]

Great experiment, I will need to try that out sometime. Congrats on the 2XL looking good buddy. Atb Dave

[@bctruck]

Thanks Dave!

[@alanreader4815]

I enjoyed watching this. You could cook some more out dated tins with it brad. :)

[@locknloadvideo]

Maybe get a saucer or plastic bucket lid or something you can set the tea lights in with a coolant like ice water. Drill a hole where you want your water level so it wont put the tea lights out and then add ice as it melts to keep the water from getting hot. Just a thought.

[@BornRandy62]

150 degrees is the pasteurization temperature. You can santize water by holding it at that temp for a period of time. I think 30 minutes off the top of my head. Maybe . It takes 160 degrees to melt the collagen in meat products for stewing purposes. So you have a heater that works about as well as a solar oven. Heat = cooked food

[@rchopp]

Congrats on the weight loss, and a thought about the cooker platform I think if the gaps around the sides were as high as the flame you would have any wax melt problems because the heat couldn't build up at the lower level then maybe you could use more candles and achieve that elusive boil. cool experiment though. Take care

[@theresajukiewicz3092]

Love your experiment but if you go back and look at the video you're well over 200° at the red place on the dial love love love this!

[@theresajukiewicz3092]

And congratulations on your weight-loss keep up the great work God bless!

[@TheChromePoet]

How are your experiments so cool.

[@JohnTheFrugalFatGuy]

I used to boil two dozen eggs at a time in a large pot on an electric plate warmer. The water never came close to a rolling boil but the eggs were always cooked. Stew should work fine!

[@bctruck]

I'm gonna try a couple other things to try and get the temps up a little higher, then I'm gonna give a try at cooking some stew.

[@LawnGone]

Dang,now I'm hungry!

[@yankey4]

I think if you make more air holes and give more space under the pot you could run all 8 with out trouble and boil with it. God Bless brother.

[@bctruck]

I think I'm going to do just that today.

[@davidgaylord2035]

good for i you had a full knee replacement on the 23 feb weighted in at 249, today march 16 i am now 222 i'm a trying

[@teddycarley5812]

Great job on the weight loss...yes I watched to WHOLE tang....add some spam for added protein....lol

[@Markam248]

interesting test.

[@bigjohn20081983]

Bc do you think if you added some Reflectix insulation to the burn area it would help raise the heat level do to not being absorbed into the wood? Also I bet a penny stove in that setup or a few bricks of lit charcoal would do well.

[@bctruck]

Those are a couple things I'm going to try.

[@alanesey]

I wonder if 2 or more sternos would boil/cook. Of course you would need to raise up your whole setup

[@LjGainzTV]

Awesome video my friend, really enjoying the content; keep it up! - liked :)

[@DonnaMSchmid]

Whoa! 2XL!!! Congratulations!!! (Believe me, I know how hard it is to lose weight!!!) I bet you can make a great stew with that! Though, come to think of it, you shouldn't call it a "slow cooker" -- you should patent it as a low-tech "sous-vide" pot! You'll make a fortune!!! *winks*

[@custardslastcake123]

I think the candles are scared of the dark.

[@BethCatt-jq6xi]

I think I would just cook instant soup mixes, instant potatoes ect that way, you don't need it to be boiling

[@madisonciowa3920]

Genius!!! I love that cooker! Bear Creek soups are wonderful! My favorites are the wild rice and the chili. I haven't tried the minestrone. Congratulations on the weight loss! :-) Would painting the underside black or silver make the pot hotter?

[@moblackbird]

congrats on your weight loss! I wanted to know what stain and polyurethane you used on your plywood?

[@bctruck]

The stain is dark walnut and the poly is high gloss.

[@2LateIWon]

Instead of those tealight candles could you use the other candles you got from the dollar store. I think they were supposed to last 2 hrs each. Basically the ones you used on your other video. I think they were oil candles or something. Great Video really enjoyed it.

[@thorson7842]

How would lining the inside of you stove with a foil tape walls, and rope of the inside work? Have to admit I've tried with much failure to cook over candle and lantern. Congrats on dropping the pounds! I know its not easy in high school, and up to this last two years I've been 250pounds....I'm now down to 210-215 range.

[@weatherstorms]

You can easily do some baking with this diy slow cooker. :)

[@mojoe60]

this was interesting and the accidental grill porn in the middle was a nice touch. congratulations on the 2X.

[@bctruck]

The grill porn I was saving for another video. Nothing is working right around here. Cable is going in and out. Wind gusts are doing that I think.

[@sharedhomestead5754]

Hey BC, what did you use to seal the cooker?

[@bctruck]

+Susan Carmichael The cooker isnt sealed in this video. I think you are asking me what coating I put on it after the stain? If thats correct, then its two coats of high gloss polyurethane.

[@sharedhomestead5754]

+BCtruck, rebuild, repair,repurpose yes you are correct. I think the finish is beautiful. I'm gonna got out and raid my hubbys wood scraps and make me one.

[@lastzombiehunter]

Drill holes on the side so the cook box gets oxygen

[@bananashowtime]

Could you tell me more about this

[@bctruck]

What would you like to know?

[@docink6175]

I didn't have any difficulty with my dollar tree candles although they did melt completely the wicks didn't fall over. I think the problem really was not enough air flow, they create an amazing amount of heat and deplete the oxygen. I got lucky that the metal tray I used was the right height. here's a link to the instructable I made for my dollar tree oven www.instructables.com/id/Making-Jalapeno-and-Cheddar-Corn-Bread-in-the-Doll/

[@Rece82]

line the inside with metal to reflect the heat

[@Gayle.M]

👍👏👍

[@BOAFASOLDIER]

try using a thinner pot and see if that works better

[@reneek7721]

I like the concept but, you need to raise the thing up a little. I use tea lights all the time and they never have that problem unless they're getting smothered.

[@bctruck]

This videos is nine years old. This is one of several videos. As I experimented, I tweaked my build to the point that I cooked breakfast many times on it and even made a stew.

[@reneek7721]

@@bctruck: Totally awesome. I truly do like that.

[@plainboxer1]

How about a smoker out of your 40Lb tank?

[@joetri1970]

snap a bobby pin around each wick and let it rest on top of the candle to hold them up

[@AShroudOfTruth]

I saw another guy place aluminum foil on the inside of the lid. He says it holds the heat in better.

[@keklukake7980]

Come on man! If you hate that cold weather as much as you say you cant lose any more weight!! Your belly needs more bacon! And spam for sure! If you carry on like that, soon you'll have to move somewhere more skinny friendly place with hot baking sun! Are you ready to move? BTW, I'm about to do some tea light cooker testing myself, and happy to share my research afterwards! Peace!

[@mickieb910]

Wouldn’t the wood get too hot??

[@bctruck]

Does the wood look to hot? I cooked a lot of meals on this, what do you think?

[@wildchild554]

can do things like bacon, eggs, beans and mushroom, I've used this method in the past when we've had no gas. Alot more makeshift setup than yours though ;)

[@bctruck]

Thanks! This was a very interesting experiment. I may drag it out and do some cooking on it. It’s been a while since I used it.

[@wildchild554]

I've also recently did an experiment with 2 candles and noticed if i sit the tealights in water the wax melts down alot slower so I'm assuming that will also make them last longer too

[@wildchild554]

have you tried designing a tealight oven too?

[@bctruck]

wildchild554 no. That would be interesting.

[@wildchild554]

i'm looking into it now have no gas for next few weeks and want to be able to make bread and cakes still hoping it works :)

[@AFewMinutesWithjman]

I am a little behind on watching your videos (to my shame)Great experiment and will be watching the rest of the series right after I post this. On a side note I have to say that is an excellent use of a fruit cake tin. As a matter of fact the tin is a the only usable part of a fruit cake.

[@bctruck]

+A Few Minutes With jman Wrong!!! I have a fruit cake that has made its regifting way around the world several times. The stories this fruit cake can tell,when It learns to speak,and it will,,,,oh it will.

[@AFewMinutesWithjman]

BCtruck, rebuild, repair,repurpose I think there are actually only three fruit cakes in the whole US. I betcha at one time that fruit cake was in my possession. You keep listening to the cake brother and let me know when it starts talking at you.

[@coptechgold]

I saw this on another video last month. He drilled holes around the bottom and used five candles. Here is his link. kzbin.info/www/bejne/aZK5fIx8iZZniNE

[@bctruck]

Wow! I searched high and low for ideas before I built mine. I wish I had seen this. It might have saved me some trial and error.

[@saltyshellback]

Great project! Good job on the slimming figure :-) You will need another SSB T-shirt...lol

[@MrCrazyron1369]

Tea candles always melt completely.

[@billfedora423]

Great build. You should be proud of yourself for losing the weight. I hope it's not because of a medical issue.

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[@bctruck]

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[@mike97525]

I think the pot is to big try a metal cup?

[@MusicalMuse444]

Am I the only one who gets sea sick from watching this?

[@bctruck]

You are the only one that has expressed displeasure at my amateur camera work. I build things, I ride motorcycles, I make custom knives. I am not a cinematographer. sorry to disappoint you, Karen.

[@nms886]

I don't think slow cookers are suppose to boil

[@buddymojo]

Freeze yr candles, they burn longer

[@vlucidity]

I don't like the wood frame make it out of metal

[@bctruck]

Ok boss lady. I’ll get right on it.

[@bluze6131]

It was not getting enough oxygen

[@bctruck]

Bluze that was the conclusion I came to further in the video.

[@davidjones1393]

BEES WAX ARE BETTER