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.
what about the endangered purple speckled grub worms in the area? Looks like a law suite to me.
Used this many years ago in South Carolina. Used pine knots. Works great. And yes Jason Hunt man can that guy talk. Almost couldn’t watch the whole thing. Yak Yak Yak. But thanks any way
me says:
“Used this many years ago in South Carolina. Used pine knots. Works great. And yes Jason Hunt man can that guy talk. Almost couldn’t watch the whole thing. Yak Yak Yak. But thanks any way”
From: http://www.truthandaction.org/build-dakota-fire-hole/comment-page-6/#comment-841378
Look good to me. Just soak, stir and burry same as any fire when you are done. And dump the ice chest on top before leaving as well. 🙂
Oh if you are truly stuck out side in the cold: once filled it that will make a handy foot heater all night. 🙂
thanks for the information and enlightenment
Which Dakota??? Either one it’s still a long way for me to go to build a fire…
Built many of these in Boy Scouts.
this was interesting.
Never know when you might need a hole.