Kpot...and alcohol stove

Well, often I was in mountains, backpacking photo gear, and dry one day food. And, waiting to take a shot, I wanted to have a hot cup of tea.
So, I collect from web information's of all camp offered cooking completes and stoves. And, I was not satisfied.

Therefore,I involved myself in construction of portable equipment, which shall satisfy - ME.

Goal was:
- Good heat transfer and saving
- Smallest amount of fuel
- Protected, independent, reliable.

Step 1 I prefer Inox as material

In the cheap housewares shop I found a suitable different Inox pots, very convenient for my purpose. I do no like Al dishes and pots.
And I start to rebuild and adjust.

Comments

[Nomadsanity]

All that being said, excellent design and good use of available inexpensive materials. I have recently completed development of my own backpacking cook kit and I have been hunting improvements. I have seen a Kpot before and the idea completely slipped my mind, I will have to see what I can do with it in addition the the stove I built. All in all, good instructable. My hat is off to you sir!

[Nomadsanity]

From what I can see of the lid on your "chimney" pot there is one improvement I would recommend. Make the chimney continue through the lid as well. The way that the setup appears now, the steam from the warmed water would tend to force its way back down the chimney reversing the daft or at the very least severely hampering its performance. You will want to have some sort of limiting damper to help keep some of the hot combustion gasses going around the pot as well as up the chimney to make maximum use of the surface area available on the pot for heat transfer.

[XxZombiexX]

I just made my first alcohol stove from aluminum cans a few days ago and immediately saw the same need for a compact cooking setup to keep as a kit. I will definitely use many of the features you demonstrated here in my own, especially drilling holes in a circle then cutting to form a holding collar with vents. Thank you for posting!

[lsf]

Looks like russian self heating boiler named samovar.