Anything that fits the feed tube: twigs, sticks, small branches, pinecones, bark, scrap lumber. If it fell off a tree in your yard, it's fuel. You'll never buy a propane bottle, a gas canister or a bag of charcoal for it again.

Fast. Ball up some paper, add a handful of dry twigs, light it, and you're cooking in a few minutes. The rocket design pulls air in through the feed tube and drives the flame straight up the chimney into the bottom of your pan, so the heat goes into your food instead of out into the night.

That's exactly what it's built for. No gas line, no outlet, no battery, no canister. Set it up on the porch, patio or driveway, feed it sticks from the yard, and you've got a hot meal and boiling water while the rest of the street is eating cold cereal. It's an outdoor stove, so it lives outside the door, never inside.

Yes. It packs into its own carry bag and rides in the trunk, the truck bed or the RV. At camp it cooks on whatever's lying around, even in the rain, so you never have to ration fuel or haul a propane bottle again.

Two screws and under five minutes. Bolt on the stabilizer base, drop the cast iron top on, and it's ready. After that there's nothing to assemble: pull it out of the bag and cook.