Four Dog Stove's - Bushcooker LT II - Boil Test #2

In this video I do another boil test on the Four Dog Stove Bushcooker LT II stove using alcohol (methanol) again but using a larger holding pan.
The info sheets with the stove said that the "Rule of thumb" was that 16 oz. of water, using 3/4 ounce of alcohol, will come to a boil in 6-8 minutes. Not exactly the results I got with my first boil test. The alcohol ran out at 3 minutes 43 seconds the the water only reaching 186° F.
For more info of the Fourdog Bushcooker Lt II Multi-Fuel Backpacking stove use the following link:
www.fourdog.com/
Thank you Ninjak3k for the use of your kit,
And thank you for watching my video,
Hiram
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Title: Four Dog Stove's - Bushcooker LT II - Boil Test #2
Room temp: 49°
Humidity: 43%
Weather condition: Sunny - windy
Burner:
Stove/Pot stand: Bushcooker LT II
Pot: Boy Scout Pot #2
Fuel: methanol
Amount of fuel: about 1 fluid ounce
Amount of water: 2 cup(s)
Water temp at start: 58°
Time to boil: 3 minute(s) 24 second(s)
Time to run-out: 3 minute(s) 45 second(s)
temperature at run-out: NA
Note:
NA = Not Applicable / Not Available

[@briargoatkilla]

You listed the burner as the Vargo Triad in the description, not that I care, but a may matter to you.
In the field, you could dig a little hole, put down your reflector, put your burner in and light it, and then set the stand on top (around the rim of the hole) You could use just about any burner that way, and it would get you through if all the available wood was wet. I've had to do this when a wind screen got torn and had to be shortened, and it works just fine.

[@RJBURG]

put a carbon felt in the tray may last longer

[@threat_dynamics3272]

The rate of burn correlates to the surface area of alcohol exposed. It's a pi r squared function so a small change in diameter (and thus radius) of your dish means a relatively substantial increase or decrease in the area of the alcohol exposed for burning. 2" ID dish=3.14 square inches of burning area; 2.5" ID=4.91 square inches of burning area. A smaller dish with one ounce of alcohol will burn longer but put out less heat per unit time than a wider dish with the same amount of fuel.
Knowing that there are 231 cubic inches and 128 fluid ounces per gallon you can measure the ID and inside depth of any dish and calculate the alcohol capacity exactly. Yes...interesting but nonetheless boring.

[@randymcknight7764]

I gotta get me one a dez!

[@andybaker7242]

Hi Hiram. Just looking at this video and wondering what if you turned the bushcooker upside down. The position you had it when you said it reminded you of a rocket. Placed an alcohol stove of your choice on the table. Placed bushcooker over the stove and pot on top. Rocket mode we could call it. Would this work?

[@OhDannyBoy2k]

Thanks for doing these tests, Hiram. About the same results I was seeing. I wouldn't trust this as an alcohol only stove in the field at all. No one seems to make a companion burner for this stove like Zelph does for the BushBuddy. That one seems to work very well, as seen at the UA-cam video here: (add the youtube watch?v= part before as UA-cam doesn't seem to allow links in comments): KiPp2ZvL3h8.