Trucker's stove (solar powered wood gasifier camping stove)

[jpak]

http://www.todaystrucking.com/products.cfm?intDocID=17098

Here’s an item that may seem to be out of left field, but it comes directly from a truck driver who says he’s “about had it with expensive greasy spoon cuisine.” Victor Goertzen, a columnist for our own highwaySTAR magazine, says he has an alternative -- at a whole two lb, it’s the Spenton ‘WoodGas Campstove’. As Victor puts it, “Pack a kettle and fry pan and stock the fridge, cuz now you can have a camp-style cookout wherever you are.”

This stove will run on any sort of organic combustibles (although the manufactured pellets are more efficient) and uses a two-stage process to burn cleanly and efficiently. It does produce trace amounts of carbon monoxide, so it’s best not to do it in the cab.

You fill it with fuel, light it using tinder or starter fluid, and a battery pack (2AA) powers a fan that is essential to the second-stage gasification burn. There’s very little smoke, and it burns from the top down, making mid-burn refueling fairly simple. Once burning it’s ready to cook in two minutes.

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[MADem]

1. How about this? Ya don't even have to STOP to cook!!!

http://www.livingincomfort.com/ro12slcopocr.html



12-Volt Slow Cooker for your truck or auto.

Plugs into your cigarette lighter or 12-Volt outlet
Stoneware crock with glass lid
Crock is removable and easy to clean
Comes with stretch cord to keep lid secure while cooking
Cooker base with easy grip handles
Can help you eat healthier when on the road!


There's a microwave, coffee maker, portable oven/pizza maker and frying pan at the same link.

[Ian David]

2. That could be something good to keep with your emergency survival supplies. n/t

[Kolesar]

3. Looks like the electric-fan-aspirated "Zip Stoves" that backpackers used

They were in vogue until homemade alcohol stoves took over.

[jpak]

5. Yup - but this one looks like it's a bit easier to manage

Those Zip Stoves were like jet engines when they got cranked up...

[Fovea]

4. looks interesting.

Might be a nice campstove where open fires are not permitted.