Sterno Single Burner Folding Stove - 50012

Customer Reviews

It folds out into a mostly square box with a hole at the bottom and a grate for cooking on top. What I love about this is that in addition to being a good sterno stove, it also is very useful as a mini-grill for cooking. For example, I put it in a firepit, drop about 10 pieces of charcoal in and I can cook breakfast using very little charcoal. I think I have cooked with it either with wood or over wood in the past. I've had it for about 10-15 years and it has held up well.

What aggravates me about most camping stoves is that they require you to carefully balance your pot atop the flame. They're virtually all designed to only heat water. If you want to do any real cooking - with an actual pan- they're almost useless.
This Sterno stove, however, gives you a full metal grate to place your pan upon. You don't have to worry about it collapsing or falling over from a super-precise placement required by, say, an alcohol stove made out of a soda can. Add in the clumsy wind screens, and it's just a royal pain to do anything except heat water.
I like to cook fresh eggs when I make a breakfast omelette. I like to have grilled cheese sandwiches, seared hotdogs, and carmelized onions on my hamburgers. Using the Sterno stove allows me the ease of use and flexibility to do real cooking on the trail.
In addition, the shiny box reflects heat nicely to the pan, and acts as an integrated windscreen. Nothing else needs to be purchased, though a little aluminum foil can go a long way, too.
Finally, I use several different burners with the stove. A Trangia stove is fabulous ( military surplus fits perfectly, civilian version inside a tuna can ). Various versions of alcohol burners including soda cans and side jets. I also use a different chafing fuel called "Safe Heat" - which is a bit more expensive than regular Sterno, but uses a wick and diethylene glycol as its fuel. It has a perfectly consistent flame until empty, whereas Sterno can vary a bit. One can will work for a three day camping trip easily.
I have used Esbit tablets ( on top of a tuna can ), and the aforementioned placement of live coals from a campfire. Doing that last, however, turned the aluminum yellow-gold. It didn't hurt the performance, at all.
Use a real stove. Use real pots and pans. Get one of these.

Product Description

Sterno, Single Burner, Folding Stove, Folds To 1-1/2" Thick For Easy Storage ; Portability, Rust Free Aluminum Panels Reflect Heat Back Under The Cooking Vessel.

Product Features

• Single Burner
• Folds To 1-1/2" Thick For Easy Storage
• Rust-proof
• Aluminum Panels Reflect Heat Back Under The Cooking Vessel

Price : $9.59

Product Details

• Product Dimensions: 6.6 x 1 x 6.5 inches ; 11.2 ounces
• Shipping Weight: 11.2 ounces (View shipping rates and policies)
• ASIN: B000OD158E
• Item model number: 50012