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.
I’ve used this method for years but I have found that starting the fire at the bottom is preferable to starting it at the top. You get a lot hotter fire in a much shorter time. The Vaseline cotton balls work wonderful for starting the fire at the bottom but you have to use a match.
Very nice thank you for the post! Much safer fire building here in Northern California.
Travis VanDriel we should remember this. Like this page. They got some good stuff
Have done it for years using a dutch-oven for cooking.
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I haven’t seen that on Naked & Afraid
Nice to know!!!
I’m impressed!
Very informative.
have done mine a bit differently , but yeah nice presentation man !