Like wood stoves as much as I do? Great, more reviews are on the way! Also, another hiking adventure will be up tomorrow night! S&H - Luke

@rabbitflink

5 жыл бұрын

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@rabbitflink

5 жыл бұрын

Hey Luke, wanna give a thumb up?! 👍

@ericjudd9603

4 жыл бұрын

TheOutdoorGearReview still using the hulu stove

@ShawnCiotti

4 жыл бұрын

Solo Stove? I love that thing. It's a touch heavy, but hey - it's great.

@sagezayn254

2 жыл бұрын

instablaster...

Put a stone in the oven first to lower the heavypoint of the stove before adding wood. Makes it more stable and shouldnt influence the airflow too much

@ariapro7

5 ай бұрын

You want to put a rock in your stove? Hope it's not wet........

@mlugin8050

5 ай бұрын

@@ariapro7 ok i see what you think. Done it lot‘s of times without shrapnel in my face. But that doesn‘t mean it‘s clever to do

Seriously, if you have any issues setting this up after the first time you might not want to be making fire in the woods. 😂🔥🐻

@chemawatersa377

2 жыл бұрын

Totally true!!

@jessejgay1

Жыл бұрын

I have this stove, as embarrassing as it is to say, he's not alone haha

If you use it like a regular hobo stove -- there are indeed better and much lighter ones out there. But this is a gasifier and can be set up like one. IMHO: Forget twigs. Use a saw and feed relatively compact with proper wood parts of different diameters between 5 and 30 mm that end just below the gasifier entry holes. Hard wood works best (beech is my favorite), Then use your twigs and tinder to light a primer-fire on top. Wait 2-4 minutes until you see a ring of fire at the gasifier entry holes, then put the pot on top. I get a rolling boil of 700 ml water in a couple of minutes (more heat than any gas stove I use) and I never have to add additional wood (which is tricky with any wood that is a little bit moist). Most important: Never put the stove on damp ground -- the heat will turn moisture into steam that flows through the system and prevents it from burning properly. So even more important than a windshield is a little metal ground plate (metal foil will do the trick). The method above works better for me than any other method -- and it's the only method that works at all in northern European winter with the forests being incredibly moist and muddy. The wet bark makes twigs unusable. Yeah... all stoves work better in California.... ;)

@sointu123

6 ай бұрын

Thanks for the helpful and useful comment! Much appreciated!

@johnpenner1318

5 ай бұрын

What wood stove would you recommend? Looking for something similar in size to this one.

Just bought the small Toaks stove. I've been practicing in the back yard. So far it's great. The most efficient material to burn are wood pellets, started with a small drop of fire gel. I boiled 1 cup of water in five minutes with aprox. 1/3 cup of pellets. Total burn time of about 22 minutes. If you look at my profile pic you will see the gasification of the pellets burning. I'm also using my old MSR Whisperlite wind screen around the Toaks stove.

Luke, I so look forward to your vids. Thanks for taking the time to share your reviews with us.

Always appreciate the agenda-free reviews, thanks Luke!

I want a rematch!! Top down burn below the inter holes. Firestarter gel on top and no tiny twigs. No continuous feeding. A one time burn. Please.

Hello Luke, thank you for another fine review. Keep those great reviews coming along. 🤗

But this IS a gassifier stove!

@jdkworld97

4 жыл бұрын

indeed

@Theboomdoctor

3 жыл бұрын

It isn't if you don't how to cut the kindling to the right size lol

@russell2952

3 жыл бұрын

None of the little stoves are gasifier stoves. They can call themselves that all they want but it doesn't mean a high temperature controlled process is happening in a little cup.

@MastaSquidge

8 ай бұрын

​@russell2952 you've clearly never used one. Once you see the little jet flames coming out of the top holes inside you might reconsider. He overloads this in the video and messes it up.

Hey Luke, I have this exact same stove. I like it a lot, because of its weight, and because of the fact you make a little campfire in it which you do have to care for and maintain. It is perfect for day hikes, to make you a hot cup of coffee or some soup. I wouldn't take it on longer trips, or if I were to go on a day hike with more than two people.

your videos are incredibly to the point I love them so much you deserve more views!

True: Your evaluation was fair and true

I just bought the LARGE version of this exact stove & I was disappointed on the diameter....I THOUGHT it would be BIGGER but I got it now & I plan to make the BEST of it. Love your reviews....keep em coming !! 👍👌

A master class in how to think about a small wood stove.We can see a high level of experience in your comments. Starting out, it would seem simple but...wait a minute! This review is as packed with important tips as it is about the stove itself...both parts are equally interesting. I concluded that this is a stove to consider for freeze-dried food fans who trail hike and backpack: it is all about heating/boiling water quickly for a quick cook. Pricewise, this is all about titanium and TOAKS quality/engineering.

Thanks for the vid. Great stone base too! Just ordered mine

Hey been watching you for a while now. Good stuff, appreciate your reviews. Enjoy your hikes. God bless you young man. (Old guy from Arkansas)🇺🇸

I have just started following your videos. I find that your reviews is very fair. With that said, I value your opions and take them into consideration before searching to purchase a product. I have not followed your videos very long. Maybe you have done this already but i would love to see ypu take a group of you better wood burning stoves and do a side by side comparison with your opion of the best one. Looking forward to your future videos and i do appreciate your time and efford in sharing your experiences and opions. Keep up the awesome work!

Love your channel man! Good job!!!

Thanks for the demo Luke - I always thought it looked "tippy" and you confirmed it for me. My favourite wood stove is the IKEA hobo stove. My lightest iteration weighs 6.5 oz (185 g) and it will burn 15 minutes straight without re-loading (using dry sticks) followed by 10 minutes of hot coals. The whole cost is maybe $5 and it's dead simple to assemble (-: Not titanium but I love it.

@pedroclaro7822

Жыл бұрын

Have you tried grilling with those coals? I'm thinking you can collapse it (without the base) after it has burned out the wood and put a grill on top.

As a kid, long before this type of stove was though of, I always carried at least 2 charcoal brickets with me. Just in case the wood was damp. There's always room for them and they'll light with a lighter! I'm sure this stove will work for ultra light people. Mine is alright but they're all cumbersome to a degree. The fun is feeding them and you do have a fire, which a lot of people like.

Refreshing, an honest review that doesn't rank 'made in whatever country' as part of the assessment. Just bought an Ohuhu based on your review, £16 from Amazon.

I have that stove and I use a small piece of hardware cloth that fits inside my smaller pot as a grate for smaller containers. I've also used tent stakes across the top....I've been happy with mine and the price I thought was one of the better options out there.

I have various wood burning stoves and my favorite even though it's small is the evernew titanium wood stove that works also with the evernew alcohol stove. The airflow is better than any other stove I have.

Great review Luke! 👍 I must agree, as narrow as the design is, along with such a small feeding hole, it's an accident waiting to happen, yet a nifty idea. I prefer my cheap hobo stove I made out of a kitchen utensil holder. I slide a couple of tent pegs through the top side holes which holds my Stanley cooker perfectly! Again, great review, I always enjoy watching what comes next on your channel. Be safe, God bless!

Love your reviews honest

A good honest review, Luke. For backpacking in Shenandoah NP where campfires are not allowed I take my small Lixadas which work very well. For car camping I take a Unigear wood burner along with my Coleman single burner gas stove. The Unigear is perfect for barbecuing a steak or pork chops. Even at only 1.68lbs it's a little too heavy for backpacking.

I use my Canway wood burning stove, it’s heavier but $20 stainless steel works great 👍

@brandonyoutube6357

4 жыл бұрын

I have one as well. I've only used it at home a few times to test it out, but I love it. It works great.

TOAKS Luke has spoken. You must obey. Edit your Amazon description. TOGR bylaws etc.

Nice review. I have one as well and I'm in the middle ground as well. The selling point for me is compactness of the kit. I can pre-load with wood and stuff in the 750 ml pot and its good to go for quick boiling.

Thank you for that good review

I bought the stove and nesting 750ml pot because it was just what I wanted three years ago. Still have it, still use it, still like it. I was looking for lightweight, easy to use replacement for an MSR whisperlight gas stove. Makes hot water for freeze dried meals and coffee. That's its purpose and exactly what it does.

This is an amazing winter or cold weather stove. And it’s like having a portable campfire, hardly need bug spray too cause it keeping mosquitoes at bay. I love it personally. Very well rounded to meet more than just cooking needs.

Gonna stay with my Silverfire Scout 304SS stove. Yes, it’s a bit expensive but the quality is there and it is a BURNER! Have used it many times. Works great for me.

I like my EmberLit. Doubles as a windscreen / platform for an alcohol stove.

Great review!. I've ordered it for light travel as supplemental to my multifuel burner. It's weight will spare me from carrying gasoline. This will be my first experience with a wood burner and I'm very exited about it

@bobaer3885

3 жыл бұрын

Well, well. Your review made me think a little deeper about this stove. I have now ordered the bigger one instead.

Great review, Luke ! Also, extremely accurate. I have had this wood stove for 2 yrs now. They sent me 2 flexible (thin) crossbars (I think that they're made of titanium too, due to the same blue-ish marks after being in the flames). I think they are actually for the Large model. I am glad that they did, though. I was using the Stanley Cook Kit (The one with the 2 green cups), at that time, and it would not sit on this stove without tipping over and spilling the contents, or tipping over the stove. Either way, both outcomes are not good. I now use this to roast marshmallows in the backyard. I bought the Bushcraft Essentials Ultralight stove and have been using that for the last year and a half. It is easier to transport and cook on. Keep up the great work !!!

@Temporalplace

4 жыл бұрын

I got the bigger one, and its very stable, more room and i like it

@thefucrew9865

4 жыл бұрын

@@Temporalplace, the bigger Toaks ? Or the other one I have (Bushcraft Essentials Ultralight) ?

@Temporalplace

4 жыл бұрын

@@thefucrew9865 Its the same stove as in video but bigger, TOAKS got 2 sizes stoves. I got that big one, and its much stable than the small one in the video, also big one is not so pain in the ass to maintain the fire.

@thefucrew9865

4 жыл бұрын

@@Temporalplace, thank you.

I love both my large and small titanium "GASIFICATION" stoves by Toaks. When every ounce is an issue, you can't go wrong with either of these stoves. The small one does require a bit more finesse to keep the heat constant but for one person it's ideal!

@greekveteran2715

Жыл бұрын

Please, which of the 2 TOAKS stoves you own, is ideal for their 1LT pot and which is for the 2lt pot? My guess is the small stove for the 1lt and the large for the 2lt? Or any of the 2 (and which one please), can work just fine for both sizes pots?

I appreciate a review where the product actually looks like it was used. I've seen to many videos where they pull a mint condition item out of the box and give it a review. That is an unboxing not a review.

I was unaware of this NOT being a gasification Stove. I truly thank you for clarifying this. I’ve had the solo stove brand and loved it but figured I’d try something new. I bought one at REI but haven’t used it yet. I think it’ll be going back. The solo stove is a gasifier, works great with its windscreen, is more stable, has its own pot-stand for alcohol burners. 👍👍😊

@flashdamingo

5 жыл бұрын

Incorrect. It IS a gassifier type stove.

@Funkteon

2 жыл бұрын

@@flashdamingo Yeah, I'm not sure why he stated in the video that it's not a gasifier stove... It's not the most efficient design of gasifier stove, but it nests in the bowl within my GSI Soloist pot...

@getplenny

2 жыл бұрын

It does gasify

Luke when I’m fishing I’ll use a coffee can put some holes in and start making my coffee and cooking my steak , works just fine !

I have this stove. Few things, it is a gasification stove. One look at it in operation and you can clearly see the gases being burned from the top air holes. A characteristic of gasification is the flames don’t appear to be coming from the material itself rather the flames shoot out of the holes. Also, it is confusing to set up the first time but how on earth can you not remember how three pieces of metal go together!? The bigger piece very obviously has to go on the outside so that narrows it down to remembering two pieces. My biggest gripe is that since it is so small, I have the smaller size, it is easy to either overload the materials, or, as you are feeding it the gasification process gets interrupted easily and it starts to smoke. I’d recommend the larger size without hesitation.

I love my stove, but I found adding a pocketbelows to my kit is a must. I have a Solo as-well and it's much better, but adding a pocketbelows makes a difference on getting the fire going and keeping it going in the TOAKS.

@captainfragger6295

4 жыл бұрын

I have one I bought way back when. That's the one I carry is a broken back scratcher that was telescopic. I taped a Caribbean on it. and have it attached to my canteen. You're right they make all the difference in the world

@AtomicBleach

3 жыл бұрын

Agreed. A pocket bellows is a must with this stove.

I've found that a couple of small pieces of split wood in the very bottom, followed by a solid fuel tab, then more split wood on top really gets a raging fire. Throw in a tall aluminum wind screen, and only a rocket stove will boil your water faster. It's tricky, but that's part of the fun for me. Cheers!

@kengreenesq

11 ай бұрын

A commenter on Amazon said, "It (wind screen) does the job it is intended to, which is to block the wind from an alcohol stove. One more note, this is NOT meant to be used with a cannister stove. They are only for liquid alcohol stoves like a Trangia or dried alcohol like an Esbit cube. Do not ever wrap a heat shield around a cannister, as this will heat up the can and cause it to potentially explode. This is common knowledge in the backpacking world." So, is this Toaks wood burning a "cannister" stove?

I appreciate the information. It doesnt seem too hard but I'm a bit of a klutz since you're saying it can tilt. Happy belated Fathers Day.

I love these little stoves. Sometimes I can't be bothered to gather enough wood for a full fire lol. I like it. At least it seems easy to put together. I use the Firebox nano titanium, I love it.

Soft spot in this heart for little wood stoves also, also the inner pyro might have something to do with that lol. Half through your video and I’ve subbed, great presentation, great video

Thanks Luke. I like mine pretty well, able to put in 750 cup and their little alcohol stove in it for backup. Makes a versitil lite compact package. But yes you want to use tent stakes and wind can be a problem. Probably better options out there.

@pedroclaro7822

Жыл бұрын

Same setup. I take the alcohol in colder times and unknown territory. When close to home i take a slim french press/cup inside.

I will stick with my gas-a--fire. it way be a bit heavier but well worth it for its much much hight burn rate. Thanks for your always upfront and no BS reviews.

Good review Luke. I must say, I also have always been a firebug even at a very young age. Growing up on a mountainside, Mom would find me tending my campfires or glass for smoke signals. I'd light paper airplanes on fire and wrist rocket them apart with gravel for grade school recesses - lol. Who needed smartphones, social media, and so on with that kind of entertainment? Like you, I also think many of these wood-burners are fun. TOAKS gear like the 750ml pot, spoons, sporks, and so on are in my experience well made and of dependable enough grade/gauge titanium alloy. I like how the little stove fits into the pot. However, I do not like the overall design, think stove is all that efficient, hot, effective given stability issues, or all that well thought out in terms of innovation like a gasifier. Thank you for the honest review.

Respect your opinion, Luke. I think you are right that this oven is to expensiv compered to other twigovens. I think Lixada have made a copy of this Toaks oven, improved the design and the steel version is really cheap. Have a small lixade oven, and it is my go to oven. It does not warp and are very versatile, burn really clean if you use hard wood (work as a bastard between gasifingstoves and rocketstove) , and can burn surprisingly thick twigs if they are dry. Long twigs (8-12 inches) can also be used. After this oven has become warm it is very easy to maintain the fire. One small but nice quality with this design is that you can preload the oven, put the set together in your backbag and it is ready for use next time. Start the oven with the preload, and the preload gives you some minutes to collect more twigs if you need longer burntime.

New comment: I just bought the larger one and it is more stable and hotter, I would say, than the smaller one. I took down an old apple tree and burned the smallest twigs in a fire pit. My first use of the stove had it stuffed with small twigs, vertically, right to the top. Started from the top with a tablespoon of denatured alcohol, It boiled two cups of water, hard-boiling two eggs in my Evernew 1300ml titanium pot. I used the boiled water to make two cups of Cafe Bustelo, my favorite instant coffee. It was at least as breezy as your demonstration day. Aiming the feed port into the wind is key to best performance. I have made a dozen hobo stoves of various sizes. The size of the firebox matters!

Great video Luke..as usual. You must 'MUST! use tent pens or of the like to anchor this stove if at all possible. Just take along fingerlings of Fatwood mix with natural surrounding wood sources. Chop cubes of branches pieces add slowly as fire dictates

Great content as usual! I am finding myself searching your channel looking for reviews on gear now before I buy anything new or that I am unfamiliar with. Keep it up!

I use the bushbuddy stove and love it

i don't mind carrying some extra weight for a well designed and useful product, that being said i do have quite a few toaks products that work good for what they are but i do own much better wood stoves that are cheaper( not titanium) and work just fine for me. great review. you are good at trying most possible circumstances. keep em coming

I really love this stove. . .I carry it with a small alcohol stove ... This Toaks is a wood gasifier...the gas parts are just above the bottom wood burning chamber... This stove is great, there is a short learning curve...

I almost didn't want to comment because I don't know the name of it. It is a plate stove that gets very thin for storage. It is pyramidal in shape went set up. Super easy to set up and light. Won't use another wood stove. Simply awesome.

Thank you my G

Good review. What is your favorite wood stove?

There isn't a hobo stove made that is even close to being worth what it takes in time to make one out of a can imo . All the non diy er's and guys that do video's like this drive prices up because people feel the need to have what they think everyone who knows something about woodscraft is playing show and tell. No disrespect to your channel ment here brother I know your a good man. Consumerism is driving a wedge in woodscraft/bushcraft and that's not what either of them is about. Hope everyone has a good up coming weekend get out and enjoy the simple things in life.

Your hair, mustache and glasses make you look extra badass this video.

Firebox nano all the way! Thx Luke..

I have the large one. The interlocking Ti grill/grid inserts failed under the weight of a full 32oz klean canteen when the stove got real hot. I took the two stainless steel chopsticks I carry and put them parallel through the holes in the top. Then put the canteen on the chopsticks. This had the effect of lowering the bottle/pot closer to the flame. It seems to increase the efficiency of the stove without any noticeable cons.

I say Silverfire Scout stove. Love that stove. Check one out if you ever get the opportunity. Great video Luke. Take care and thanks for sharing.

Luke- It is a gasification stove. I contacted people at Toaks and they stated it is a gasification stove. It works like a gasification stove. I own one and it is definitely a gasification stove. You have to get is started and feed wood correctly.

You probably have the smaller STV-12 model. This one is trickier than the slightly larger STV-11. I've used the STV-11 for 2 years now and would not change it for anything else. I do use 3 titanium tent stakes to make it stay put, and this worked out just fine. I use it for both cooking and dry-baking; for baking I put i Keith titanium rice cooker horizonally on a titanium Rover Camel potstand mounted upside down so that the cyilinder rests on the 4 points. The Toaks STV-11 is the most versitile piece of cooking kit I ever tried.

Thanks for the review. I will diffidently pass on that stove. Much better options out there.

It looks better than the cheap one I have. You can always anchor it with a couple of Y branches you cut off one of them leaving about an inch and use the other as a steak. Also I carry around cotton balls with Vaseline on them for easy lights. You can keep them in a ziplock bag or what I do is put them in an old tobacco can with a screw-on lid. You can carry quite a number of them in a one and a half ounce can. They will catch even damp wood on fire because they burn like a candle and have a good burn time. I have never tried it with one of these but on my other one I will take 2 inch branches and cut them into 2 and 3 inch pieces and once I have the fire started I will drop them in to become like charcoal. I know it works on the cheaper stove and you don't have to keep dropping in so many small ones but you don't want to drop too many in at a time. And you want to make sure the fire is good first. Also I think it would perform a lot better with a crossmember on top like that other stove you reviewed in the other video. I'm sure you could make one fairly easy by simply measuring and making the Proper Cuts in them yourself. It would make your pot more stable and you could cook smaller containers over the fire.

Hello, I have this stove and i have took the wood burning part out and put a smal gas botel in de cup. Stil lightweight but much more efficient. It its to unstable and i tipt it over a couple of times. Feeding hole is way to smal and it takes me to much effort to keep it going. Was happy with it before i took it to the test. Greetings Steven

Great vid Luke, you mentioned plenty of wood burning stoves under $20, is there a video you have of those?

I have the same exact shades. Niice

Agreed. It looks like a weight vs. function tradeoff.

It's great, just put a tent stake or two thru the bottom to help with stability. The small version fits perfectly in a Stanley adventure cookset. I understand peoples misgivings about the price, but IMO it’s well worth the investment.

I really want to get me few difrent wood stoves for me on budget and low budget. Being able to cook with wood verses gas I need the wood ones. Thanks for sharing hope there cheaper ones that work as good as that one. Have a good one sir. God bless you

You can increase the stability of the wood stove by using 1-2 of your tent stakes and stick them through the lower holes.

I have a Unigear stove and it took me a little bit to figure out how to put it together when I first got it because they don't come with instructions on how to put them together and once I got it together I like it because it has a large opening to put wood in to feed the fire and it puts off a good deal of heat when not using it to cook on especially under a tarp during a rainy day or a cold or cool day and this one has a catch pan for the ashes and to protect the ground from the fire, it's a little heavy for a hiking trip unless you want something that you can setup to block the wind while in use, but I'm always looking for something that will be great to use just for heat on a cold night sitting out under the stars and is able to hold larger pieces of wood and can fold down small enough to make plenty of room for all my other camping gear, because I only vehicle camp now due to health issues.

Happy stowe ftw 💪

agree Luke i have one and still sometimes get it wrong not a big deal but it does happen nice stove though

Good review, now I’m wondering if you’ll review the large TOAKS. I’ve been considering buying that stove.

nice review and helpful. Suggestion - give weights and measurements in grams and cms as well for those of us not in America, Thanks

Nice shades...."Minty Comedic Arts" style...

3 parts....complicated?

@AtomicBleach

3 жыл бұрын

I know right! This stove is stupid simple to put together.

toaks makes cross bars for the large stove. you can buy 2 sets and use as a grill. the cross bars also lets you use smaller pots.

Luke, what wood-burning stove would you recommend for backpacking?

@benterwellen

5 жыл бұрын

Firebox stoves are great........

Awesome review Luke, I have the solo stove titan. Looks like you would not be able to sit this stove on the ground would you? Open bottom means it could heat up the surface is sitting on?

@wd1334

5 жыл бұрын

I ran mine on a wood picnic table once just put some folded aluminium foil under it and had no problems.

@jasonmashburn1280

5 жыл бұрын

@@wd1334 wow thx W D

I have one, just not that one, I made a small tri-pod to fit over it and use my bale on my cup so I never knock off my pot. hope that helps give it a try I think you will like your stove just a little better, in joy

When it comes to tedious sentence structure, this video should be awarded a special prize: you use the phrase "when it comes to" once every 30 seconds.

I would love you to review the firebox stove, its a small fold up wood burning stove. Ask the owner if he can hook you up, he has a youtube channel. Pretty entertaining

I remember making little wood burning stoves from coffee cans. Back when they were made of metal. They worked OK but not so good.

@captainfragger6295

4 жыл бұрын

I think we did that in Cub Scouts back in the 70s. Good Times

I rather go a bit more heavy and have a better stove I can use with alcohol or would like the bush craft stove or something like that.. And I can also use the little solid fuel tabs with that as well.. multi-purpose is key in my book. Ty Luke for the vid as always

i love my firebox stove!!!!!!!

I'll stay with the Solo 900.

So I just got one of these. First time lighting it was a little tricky when fully assembled. I kind of accidentally stumbled onto something that may or may not have been intended in the design. Take the 'fire insert' out of the 'base' . Collapse the fire insert, load with larger stuff at the bottom as you said and small sticks on top. Lean the small sticks out against the rim to make a cone, fill the cone with tinder, and light. As it starts to burn slide the fire insert back to full height, this closes the sticks in around the tinder without having to reach down in. Place back in the base. This made the tinder very easy to access and light, and once slid back to height and the fuel is closed in, the burning tinder is lower than you could easily access from the feed hole. Putting more fuel into the heat on startup.

If you load it right it is a gasifier stove. Lixada makes a titanium stove like this one and it sells for less than $40 on Amazon. However, the Lixada version also comes with a 1.1L pot and the air holes are larger. I actually like the Lixada much more than the Toaks, and I'm a fan of Toaks for other gear. If weight isn't a big deal, Lixada makes a stainless steel version of it too.

Solo! Gassifier and optional alcohol/esbit. Or... make your own out of soup cans for $3

Thank u

I have the LIXADA as you know Luke it's going to get it's first use tomorrow I'd like to see your reviews on that and I'll give you my feedback upon it's first use.

I actually Use the Emberlit fire ant (Stainless steel version) I like it so much I bought a second one for another one of my load outs. IMO stainless is the way to go simply because it's more robust in the long term. The pouches they came in really sucked. I had Tuff Possum Gear make some 500d pouches for them

Luke can this stove be used with out adding the top part and using a separate pot stand? Would you try it...and make a video of you doing it...