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.
Good idea….way to much repetition in the explanation
Josh Rick Debra this looks like a cool Scout project.
old boy scout technique…can be found in the boy scout fieldbook.
You also have to watch out when trying this it can catch underground roots on fire.Even if you think your along ways from any trees it can still start a forest fire
Robert Howard, Robb Macdonald Peach Baker : how do I get hold of a boy scout field book?
Ginny Howard Google search
The dakota fire hole is taught in millitary (not just ours) as a way to conceal your fire while in hostile territory.
Good little video
Don’t do this where there are tree roots in ground, it’s for treeless areas, you can set roots to smoldering which will break through into fire after you’re long gone.
Think this is in the survival book