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.
Tried this in Arkansas, Can’t dig deeper than 6 inches. LoL .. . solid rock everywhere.
We made these in Boy Scouts to warm us and protect the forest. They use very little wood.
Julie , take a small stick of dynamite for the rock…..:)
nice
Bonnyboone says:
“I wouldn’t worry as much about tree roots as I would the ‘duff’ on the floor of the forest. That stuff will burn and start a fire. That is the way many forest fires start from camp fires that people think are out…if this ‘hole’ fire is used in the desert or in more cleared areas of a forest, I wouldn’t be afraid to use it if I had to.”
From: http://www.truthandaction.org/build-dakota-fire-hole/comment-page-6/#comment-839179
I wouldn’t worry as much about tree roots as I would the ‘duff’ on the floor of the forest. That stuff will burn and start a fire. That is the way many forest fires start from camp fires that people think are out…if this ‘hole’ fire is used in the desert or in more cleared areas of a forest, I wouldn’t be afraid to use it if I had to.
Awsome!
that guy is a tool shed. I think his water would have bioled quicker if he could have kept his peter beaters off the pot. And the guy like to talk , jesus.
Matt Kruk Wendy Kruk
went on a 3 day solo trip when I was 11, built a sod walled lean to, with a Dakota fire hole just outside the entrance, cooked and dried soxs it work well, Now my 11 year old daughter is gearing up and practicing for her 3 day trip in during Spring Break…