A Dakota fire hole requires much less firewood and burns more efficiently, producing hotter fires with less wood. This makes it a very valuable wilderness survival technique in places where firewood is scarce or requires much effort to obtain.
It also creates a stable platform that is very convenient for cooking.
The fire is concealed within a hole limiting the amount of visible light emitted and smoke is also decreased because the wood is burning hotter and more efficiently.
Cool
Wade Powell, your dad taught me this in scouts!
Luke Helminger check this
Military has been using them for decades, especially in cold weather (snow covered ground)
A great method!
This is the same as a rocket stove
Jim McGrew – definitely a project for Ethan.
I’ll stick with a downdraft gassifying wood burner.
Thomas Bean we could teach the boys this
I was in the infantry and they never taught us that.. Wth