[Stoves] Simple Two Can Charcoal Grill/Stove

[Lanny Henson]

Simple Two Can Charcoal Grill/Stove
http://www.lanny.us/twocan.html
The best feature of this stove is the simplicity of it's design.
It is built from a "tin can chimney" and two "simple folded bar grates".

5 Kingsford charcoal briquettes grilled a 1/2 lb burger.

The construction methods are simple and require no electricity, you just
need left cut and right cut snips and a
knife blade. You can build this stove after the electrical grid goes down.

The body is a simple tin can chimney from two coffee cans.
http://www.lanny.us/tcc.html
 The cooking and charcoal grates http://www.lanny.us/grate.html
are simple folded bar grates that can be cut from a bucket or a can. The
charcoal grate sits on the center flange.
A tab cut in the bottom can is an access door and controls the combustion
air.

For improvements the stove needs
1- an outer shell (5 gal pail?)
2- and maybe some loose fill insulation,
3-better combustion air control
4-and a better way to utilize the heat
All of which will add complexity to the construction but still may be
practical.

I hope these basic methods are useful to some other stove developer.
Feel free to use these methods to copy my work or create your unique design.
There are lots of possibilities like top lit,  bottom lit, add a hole above
the grate to burn sticks.


I would like to invite you to get off the sofa and enjoy building something.

Happy dumpster diving!
Lanny Henson