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.
learned how to do this in SERE at Fairchild but I know that Lonnie Henderson will emphatically state this is not big enough to formally burn MWGs…..LOL
Nice work
scared nof Sioux
The Dakota Firehole really works. And so do the petroleum jelly soaked cotton balls, although you can use other things too.
I have never seen that before. So simple. Learn something new every day.
Learned about the Dakota hole when I was in Scouting. Works great ! (45yrs ago)
old boy scout technique.yep.
Great, if summer time. Just TRY digging a hole in frozen ground at -40 below.
Guy talks to much
Fire hole? Sounds intriguing. Worthy of a try, perhaps.