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.
Warning! You may grow old and die before this guy finally makes his point. Blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah …… ad nauseam! If you can stay awake and still breathing, he (finally!) describes a neat thing.
Took way to long to get to the point! Talks to much
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maybe i missed it what is the other hole for?
Vent for air supply.
It works well, Ed and I have done this lots of times. Natives were traditionally more conservative with wood, liking smaller fires vs. our “big fire” mentality.
the other hole is for intake air, the two holes are joined at the bottom, he should be lighting the fire from the bottom of the intake hole, not the top.
Went to college with a redhead nicknamed something like that!
Well, I never………. I will try this. thanks.