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How to Light a Solo Stove

Learn step by step how to light a Solo Stove. Whether you have a Solo Stove Bonfire, Yukon, Ranger, or Camp Stove, we;ve got you covered.
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Cook Time 15 minutes
Total Time 15 minutes

Equipment

  • Solo Stove
  • A Lighter or Matches

Ingredients
  

  • Twigs, Paper or other Kindling or Solo Firestarter Cubes
  • Dry Hardwood Chunks 2-3"
  • Dry Hardwood Logs

Instructions
 

  • Place your Solo Stove on its Ring Stand on a level surface.
  • Clear away any debris around the fire pit.
  • Remove the cooking ring.
    removing the cooking ring from a solo stove
  • Build a base on the bottom grate of some 2-3" wood chunks and firestarter cubes or newspaper/kindling.
    the fire base of a solo stove
  • Create a "Clock Face" on top of this base with 3-4 small dry logs pointing out towards the perimeter and meeting in the middle.
    logs in a solo stove lighting using the clock face method
  • Continue stacking logs one at a time as the wood chunks and larger logs begin to ignite.
    a lit solo stove bonfire
  • Replace the cooking ring if desired.

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