Posted on Jan 15, 2018
CW3 Kevin Storm
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Okay those of us who spent any amount of time in the outdoors have used a field stove. My all time favorite is the simple German Esbit stove. There are numerous copies out there, and they sell for about $10-15 dollars. Fuel is fairly safe and easy to use, solid little blocks of fuel stuff you don't have to worry about making a mess or accidently leaking all over everything. Advantages over the MRE heater: You can boil water, which means you can cook a can of something in a canteen cup or any other metal bowl/cup. When done it folds up and can be stowed in a MOLLE Pouch or some side pocket. Lets here what the rest of you liked.

My simple morning breakfast consisted of popping the top on a can of chili or soup, placing it in the cop of water, fire up the stove, add a pre opened packet of cheese spread, break up the crackers, and feast on Chili cheese cracker combo, bonus if I added some hot sauce to the mix. If I was really adventurous I would pour the concoction over some ramen noodles minus the spice kit they come with.

I also found the cinnamon flavored spice drink mix went well with a hot cup of tea.
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SSgt Boyd Herrst
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M59 Field Unit. Does it for me. Have used some of the older units... the M59 is on top !
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SSG Carlos Madden
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I’ve been using the BRS for about a year now and it’s worked great. Less than one oz and about the size of a mini Bic
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MSG James Bates
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You should never go hungry. You seem to be very inovated, and open to take a risk on new recipe.
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MSgt Eric Petersen
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I still use an old M1950 stove. Parts are getting a little tough to get anymore but works like a charm.
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PO3 Jonathan Monson
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Ammo box wood stove I made years ago in scout for a survival badge works better then any gas stove
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SFC Richard Baerlocher
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As a cook, I prefered to use a 25 man field kitchen to cook for small groups. As a camper I prefer a one burner camp stove like some have posted. For many years before the military I kept metal cooking equipment and used an open fire and cooked on the hot coals. Using a metal grate over hot coals gives a great place to cook, and leave a coffee pot on for hot coffee.
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CW3 Jeff Held
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Favorite field stove? I used to burn the C-rat box down with a can inside. The heat warmed up the meal. NEVER ate a warmed up MRE.
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LTC Edward Ledford
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Coleman backpacking stove. Simple. Durable. Lightweight fuel. Lasts.
https://www.coleman.com/micro-backpack-stove/ [login to see] .html
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SPC Lorrita Morgan
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When I was in we would rig holders for cans on the exhaust manifolds of our trucks. Being in a maintenance unit we had idiots brewing coffee over acetylene torches and other interesting bits of jury-rigging. My NCOIC had a Mr. Coffee in the back of my M-109 van.

For civilian camping, we've usually gone when and where we could have an open fire from foraged fuel.
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GySgt Joe Strong
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If I'm going to be able to forage for stuff to burn (wood, paper etc.) there's little better than the ultra-lightweight(remember not carrying fuel) Nimblewill Nomad pattern stoves. https://nimblewillnomad.com/little-dandy-stove/ If I'm reliant on fuel I like a multi-fuel or something I'm going to be able to get the Fuel for like the Coleman Multi-fuel stoves.(Best used if you've got transport, it and the fuel get heavy) In-between I like the Jetboil Family - I own one but have used several different variants and could be convinced to carry the smaller one.
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