That is more of a portable fire ring than a stove. A small portable charcoal grill would work as well and keep the fire from the ground. Burn the wood to fine white ash and scatter it thinly enough that you cant see where it reached the ground. Keep any charcoal for your next fire.

You\'ve got to be kidding! Almost US$50 for a contraption that will do the same job as a lighweight grid and two stones, collected for free?

Are you making fun from your articles? Are you Gizmag people thinking the readers doesn\'t know anything or grownup in cage without any knowledge?
As the most of articles from Gizmag are like something, that is very common and being followed as a normal practice in day to day life that too even our ancestors were doing.
The above article is some thing like that. When we want to make use of natural wood, when do you want to carry a stove? We can build a stove in just 3-5 seconds using stones available there or even we can dig a small pit and make use of it.

Does it come with heat-proof gloves and a HS warning?

Hey, I like the idea. I have cooked on a grate on rocks for years, but it scars the rocks, the wind can be an issue, and I have spilled my dinner in the fire too many times. The lighter one is even lighter than a grate. I\'m gonna check it out.

This is what I\'d call a 25% solution. What do you do in rain for dry wood? What do you do in parks that ban open fires? What do you do is deserts or other areas when burnable wood isn\'t readily accessible?
Not to mention that wood fires will coat all your cooking gear in soot, complicating clean-up.
I have settled on canister stoves. I use the MSR Pocket Rocket, a burner head which weighs just 3.5 ounces and has proven to be very durable and totally reliable.

This is being a bit precious about scarring the land with ashes. What about fires caused by lightning? Nature is not so delicate. Worry instead about the catastrophic damage caused natural gas extraction, with tens of thousands of wells all over America, polluting the ground water with fracking chemicals. Water from the taps becomes mixed with Methane and bursts into flame when ignited. Check the facts.

\"Readily available in all wilderness areas\"? Not many deserts nor the frozen north, nor the sea. A lightweight solar cooker would work nicely in all regions with no fire danger. Additionally, if ship wrecked, it might easily be fashioned as a de-salinator for salt water.
One can be made easily with a few square feet of reflective rigid foam insulation, an acrylic \'cover\' and a small dutch oven or aluminum pan ... tape the sides and bottom together with duct tape. It weighs about 1-1/2 lbs and can carry other \'packables\' when not in use as a cooker.
Try it out for the homeless, too.

interesting, but you can make your own from plans at http://zenstoves.net/Wood.htm

re; windykites1
I have checked out the facts. There is not a single case of fraking causing problems improperly installed well casings yes. Fraking no. .............................................................................................................................
A small preferably titanium potbellied stove that chimney and legs double as a backpack frame could work.