After building 14 different alcohol stoves over the course of a couple weeks, I have settled on what I believe to be the perfect mixture of efficiency, size, weight and simplicity.
Whole rig weighs in at 3.5 oz. Main components include a 24 oz. Heineken® beer can (pot), an 8 oz. apple juice can (burner), 5.5 oz. cat food can (lid) and 10″ aluminum flashing (windscreen).
Using 1 oz. of denatured alcohol it’s able to boil 16 oz. of 62 degree water in 8:35, eventually burning out at 15:40. It’s worth noting that with just 1/2 oz. of fuel it manages to heat the same 16 oz. of water to 200 degrees by 11:00 (plenty hot for freeze dried meals)
Flashing roll (10″ x 10′) cost about $10 at Home Depot, the rest came from the recycling bin.
