I would leave the perforated outer strainer as is. Drill or punch some holes in the hanger pot and use it as your wood combustion chamber if you like to burn wood. If you are using the ethanol burner (or the survival candle or the like) , use some made to measure stainless steel tent pegs and the bottom strainer (from the hanger pot) stuck into the hanger pot to prop the burner up if need be. You could use the little cooking pot with lid as is, use the wok pan as is and modify the frying pan (by cutting the handle of) and use it as possibly as a lid for the wok, as a plate to eat from or use as a food prep bowl. A second set of made to measure pegs could sit just below the collar bit of the hanger pot to act as the pot stand for the lidded cooking pot, the wok pan could just sit on top of the hanger pot's rim... Probably when the stove is in use it can still be moved about because the perforated stainer pot is most likely cool enough to touch and hold. If you position the holes in the hanger pot in such a way that they are hidden behind the non perforated sections of the strainer pot it can even act as a regulating air flow for wood burning.
Thank you, have made a few additions like a strap to hold it all together & stop it rattling & then a rip stop bag to carry it all in. May do an update video? Atb, Steve
That entire set is really good and has everything you need. Just get the rods to lift the pot from the burner and you are set. Here is a suggestion. Get some more of that stainless steel wire about 3-4mm thick. Make a clamp to go around the bottom of your pot to clamp the top lid down. The next wire should be shaped to a curve of the side of the pot and reach down and insert into the holes. This setup can hold your pot sideways on top and be like an oven.
Nice little cook set and lite bungie cord will hold it together and you can make a bag from an old pair of blue Jean legs I did with mine also made a set of cross pot sets for pots or pans to keep them above the flame slightly to allow better air flow and added 2 round tent pegs to support a trangiea stove and drilled three holes in the bottom for small machine screws with wing nuts and lock washers with steel electrical conduit holders for fold out feet to make a wider base for less chance of it tipping over I works and burns very well
Very nice! You can use the small strainer for steam cooking or put some charcoal. The charcoal heating can be adjusted by controling the ventilation. It's a great way to cook. No smell, no smoke, you can use it in a tent, and you can make charcoal every time you make fire, or buy it for cheap...
One can use the frying pan and the mini wok over open fire too if you keep handles, just make addons in wood or metal wire. If one takes wire mesh put inside resting on say tent pegs one gets an elevated support for pot to get a bit of distance so the flames lick the bottom of the pot. Take away pegs and wire mesh can be lowered into burner.
A bit late and a dollar short - hello from America. You probably don't care now or heard this already but - have you got wire clothes hangers you can cut and bend thru the top holes? Then take then out and put them inside the pot when packing. The skillet handles can be cut-off and looped to hook the cut-off handles which can be looped to fit the other. Cheers.
Re:The left out handle, I'd angle grind the top part off where it bends and drill a hole through, you can hang some paracord off a branch to hang it by making a loop, feed it through the hole and a small branch/twig fed into the loop will prevent the loop being pulled out whilst hung over the fire, I'd then grind the end of the handle into a can opener/bottle cap lifter, always handy and always to hand.
The cutoff legs of old trousers make make usable sacks for no cost. Cut the leg off to your desired length, sew the bottom shut, run a drawstring through the top, and you have a serviceable carry bag.
Also use the fry pan for a one egg wonder and little wok for a searia cup for drinking and use some small bundgy cords to hold it together in a small draw string bag for transportation along with 2 round steel tent pegs to raise above flame for better heating.
Steve, nice video, I use the cuttlery strainer as a hobo cooker and it fits nicely into a round clothes peg bag from home and bargain only costs a few quid, take care.
good! interesting. Ikea should reward creative people that look for new uses for their products (there are so many craftsmen working around the "Ikea hobo stove"...)
In wet terrain you could use/mod the hanger to hang the whole stove from a frame or wire , even bent outwards from a small tree trunk, strapped on.. so it stayed out of the water. Failing that cut it open and you could modify to a pot holder. The strainer plate... fasten a few bolts through it, raise it up higher and you have a an improved airflow to your woodfire, or you could elevate the burn point high enough to use hexy/soliod fuels. As for strap... use a cordage plait/weave, two birds with one stove... meant stone.
Hi & thanks for the feedback. The problem with the handle as a device to suspend the stove is that the stove doesn't fit inside the ring, it's also quite heavy so I think unless I'm camping on a site where I can take my car then I'll leave it at home. The plate I'll turn upside down & use as you suggested, to lift up a meth burner or similar, but with regards to a paracord weave etc I'm not sure how to stop it sliding off the bottom of the stove with it being round? I think I'll try & find a bag or make a bag & just store it in that. Cheers again, Atb Steve
Nice set up but I would add some feet to the stove something that folds out so that you can burn wood also in it along with maybe a door on the opening to cut down the Draft from the feed opening that you can open and close. It would make it almost perfect.
Get a couple tent stakes that you can insert in the holes at whatever level you want. Get the Stanley Adventure Cup Cook Set and a Nalgene (tapered) "Backpacker" stainless water bottle. Ditch the kid's cook set except the large pot and the lid. Keep or ditch the two green cups in the Stanley kit as you see fit. You can carry the water bottle seperate or nest it in the Stanley Cook Set if you modify the pot handles to easily remove and then reattach (OR get a "Stanley" pot by w/ nesting cup by Power Paracord that has an additional 25 oz cup and the proper butterfly handles... Nest the Nalgene water bottle in the 25 oz cup. Nest that in the 31 oz cup. That should fit in the larger Ikea pot you found (ditch the hanger) and add a bail of some kind. Toss the strainer in the Ikea stove you made and then nest everything inside the stove. Find a waterproof bag and fit everything in it. You can toss in one or two of those foldable silicon cups to go along with it and a couple of stainless or titanium sporks. And include the child's lid that fits your large pot. You just need your alcohol stove and some fuel. I would make a Fancy Feast alcohol stove. I'd probably put some feet on the Ikea stove that rotate out and make them out of those half clamps, and I would probably make some kind of raised cross bars for the stove.
Good job! Exactly the information I was looking for! I'm getting this set up! Chucking in some tent pegs slap a door on it and take the handles off thanks for sharing, subbed x
Great little kit! For a strap, just use a small rubber bungie cord to hook into the lower holes on the sides of the stove, threaded through all the handles. Would keep it tight.
Hi, I decided to uses some elasticated strapping & added a hook to each end. I then threaded it through the handles like you've suggested & hooked it on the cooker. I then bought a cheap bag made of parachute material for £3 & stored it in there. I've added a few extra bits since doing the video but it's served me well so far & has become a great bit of kit. Yes it's weighty compared to other options but it's a bit of fun too & gets everyone talking on overnighter said. Tab Steve
Don't forget the 2 metal tent pegs, and don't put the pot directly on the burner, you will snuff it out, you need a very shallow tray to put the burner in to prime it, and a gap of about 1" from the jet holes to the base of the pan or pot, this is the ideal distance for heat, so put your tent pegs 1" above the burner through the holes in the hobo. enjoy atb Ray
Hi, yes have pegs included in my set up & the pan set comes with a handy strainer that when turned upside down forms a nice handy base in the bottom of the main pot. Atb, Steve
+OutdoorReview If you are not using the frying pans with the cook kit, couldn't you turn the handle into two pegs? just dremel those things off and keep them with the kit.
ShootingReview yes it is a good idea, but the handles are usefull. I would rather cut them off and try to make them either removable or foldable, like the Stanley adventure pot system or like the MSR alpine pan. Another question: how does the handling bar of the cutlery drainer fits on the two children pots? Thanks for all!
Nearly 2 years too late lol I guess you've solved the bag issue but i'd go with a dry sack, they come in different sizes, used the while out canoeing, not too expensive and quite tough - is there a follow up video to show us what you eventually sorted out with this great little cook set?
Here's a great bag idea for this cook set: Acid Tactical Mollie First Aid Bag Pouch Trama Medic Utility, along with a CondorM40 water bottle pouch, a 40 oz. stainless steel water bottle and nesting cup, everything interlocks together with mollie straps and the water bottle bag and mollie first aid bag both have mollie webbing for any addition pouches, comes with strap.All item can be found on Ebay in the USA, ATB, Paul
I don't know why you've stopped making videos because you do them well. This is a marvelous cook set you've put together, and I really wish I had one like it. We have nothing like Ikea where I live in the states, and that's a shame. If we did, I'd love to have a similar set. It's much better than what I have, and at least has given me ideas on how to improve my own bushcraft cook set.
Thanks James, I will be doing videos again at some point this year. My life took a different direction 12 months ago & I got in to shooting & that's pretty much become my job & my hobby as well. Thanks for viewing & for the kick up the bum I need to get posting again ;-)
Cheers Alan, that was my thinking tbh, it should last a while. Doing an overnighter next weekend (first wild camp) so I'll be taking it to cook on & I'll do a video of how I get on. Atb, Steve
Take the handles off and drill 2 holes at the top of the pan, 180 degrees from each other. Then buy a fish jaw spreader and you will have a perfect bail.
Cut the handle off that ring. Drill 2 holes on either side and make a removable chain hanger - now any pot you want that fits that ring can hang over a fire
Super combinaison.. Il n'y a plus qu'à l essayer.. Pourrais tu nous donner les références de la casserole, de la poêle et de la petite marmite. En te remerciant. Cordialement.
Trojan Prepper thanks mate, have kept them on & added a few changes. Will do an update on our next overnighter on the 4th. Atb, Steve. P.s. Good to see you back.
Cheers Shaun, I know it's not a 'Hobo stove' in the strictest sense of the word & a few purists may not like it but for less than £20 it's pretty light & perfect for a few nights out in the woods. A few small additions & it'll be spot on I think :-) Take care, Atb Steve
+Jeffrey Tunis hi for some reason I could reply to your message so hope this works. All the links to the items are listed above in my description of the video. Hope that helps, all the best, Steve
Late reply: While it's called a "hobo" stove, it is actually a *multi-fuel* stove. Have mine setup to burn wood, solid fuel tabs, Sterno/chafing fuel canisters and a couple of different alcohol burners (Trangia & DIY Fancy Feast). Four tent stakes give the flexibility needed for these energy sources paired with a variety of pot sizes as well. Two tent stakes, put through the sides of the IKEA become a pot stand. Two more stakes (if needed) along with a tin can lid (when needed) to support solid fuel tabs, fuel canisters & burners at the distance needed from the bottom of the pot. There are other mods & adaptations to turn this "utensil holder" into one of the most flexible stoves available. IMO, the only downside is the weight for those who do long distance trekking.
That cook-set is not for cooking it's very toxic, Ikea didn't let me buy it since it's not stainless steel, it's stainless still plated on iron. Hobo stove is ok but the rest you can play with.
danthedewman1 take thin metal plate cover holes inside? Cut slit by cutting along row of holes put handle ie nut and bolt on tha inside plate on which you have made some coresponding holes with the ones on cutlery stand, open close holes with handle. placed on one side one can lessen opening cut in side.
I would leave the perforated outer strainer as is. Drill or punch some holes in the hanger pot and use it as your wood combustion chamber if you like to burn wood. If you are using the ethanol burner (or the survival candle or the like) , use some made to measure stainless steel tent pegs and the bottom strainer (from the hanger pot) stuck into the hanger pot to prop the burner up if need be.
You could use the little cooking pot with lid as is, use the wok pan as is and modify the frying pan (by cutting the handle of) and use it as possibly as a lid for the wok, as a plate to eat from or use as a food prep bowl.
A second set of made to measure pegs could sit just below the collar bit of the hanger pot to act as the pot stand for the lidded cooking pot, the wok pan could just sit on top of the hanger pot's rim...
Probably when the stove is in use it can still be moved about because the perforated stainer pot is most likely cool enough to touch and hold. If you position the holes in the hanger pot in such a way that they are hidden behind the non perforated sections of the strainer pot it can even act as a regulating air flow for wood burning.
One of the best cook kits for 1/3 the price. Keep em comming!
Thank you, have made a few additions like a strap to hold it all together & stop it rattling & then a rip stop bag to carry it all in. May do an update video? Atb, Steve
Brilliant cookset that’s still valid today! Will check and see if I can find all that
That entire set is really good and has everything you need. Just get the rods to lift the pot from the burner and you are set.
Here is a suggestion. Get some more of that stainless steel wire about 3-4mm thick. Make a clamp to go around the bottom of your pot to clamp the top lid down.
The next wire should be shaped to a curve of the side of the pot and reach down and insert into the holes. This setup can hold your pot sideways on top and be like an oven.
Nice little cook set and lite bungie cord will hold it together and you can make a bag from an old pair of blue Jean legs I did with mine also made a set of cross pot sets for pots or pans to keep them above the flame slightly to allow better air flow and added 2 round tent pegs to support a trangiea stove and drilled three holes in the bottom for small machine screws with wing nuts and lock washers with steel electrical conduit holders for fold out feet to make a wider base for less chance of it tipping over I works and burns very well
Very nice! You can use the small strainer for steam cooking or put some charcoal. The charcoal heating can be adjusted by controling the ventilation. It's a great way to cook. No smell, no smoke, you can use it in a tent, and you can make charcoal every time you make fire, or buy it for cheap...
One can use the frying pan and the mini wok over open fire too if you keep handles, just make addons in wood or metal wire. If one takes wire mesh put inside resting on say tent pegs one gets an elevated support for pot to get a bit of distance so the flames lick the bottom of the pot. Take away pegs and wire mesh can be lowered into burner.
A bit late and a dollar short - hello from America. You probably don't care now or heard this already but - have you got wire clothes hangers you can cut and bend thru the top holes? Then take then out and put them inside the pot when packing. The skillet handles can be cut-off and looped to hook the cut-off handles which can be looped to fit the other. Cheers.
Knitting needles
Re:The left out handle, I'd angle grind the top part off where it bends and drill a hole through, you can hang some paracord off a branch to hang it by making a loop, feed it through the hole and a small branch/twig fed into the loop will prevent the loop being pulled out whilst hung over the fire,
I'd then grind the end of the handle into a can opener/bottle cap lifter, always handy and always to hand.
The cutoff legs of old trousers make make usable sacks for no cost. Cut the leg off to your desired length, sew the bottom shut, run a drawstring through the top, and you have a serviceable carry bag.
Also use the fry pan for a one egg wonder and little wok for a searia cup for drinking and use some small bundgy cords to hold it together in a small draw string bag for transportation along with 2 round steel tent pegs to raise above flame for better heating.
great little idea, looking forward to seeing them being used. cheers
Awesome video. I made one like it. The smallest of the stuff sacks from the Walmart $5 three sack set fits perfectly if you have access to a Walmart.
Beautiful job! I think my daughter has some of the children's cookware and she's outgrown it, so it's going to get a 2nd use!
Cool idea mate... I will definitely buy those in Ikea next time I go here in Miami.
Steve, nice video, I use the cuttlery strainer as a hobo cooker and it fits nicely into a round clothes peg bag from home and bargain only costs a few quid, take care.
good! interesting. Ikea should reward creative people that look for new uses for their products (there are so many craftsmen working around the "Ikea hobo stove"...)
In wet terrain you could use/mod the hanger to hang the whole stove from a frame or wire , even bent outwards from a small tree trunk, strapped on.. so it stayed out of the water. Failing that cut it open and you could modify to a pot holder. The strainer plate... fasten a few bolts through it, raise it up higher and you have a an improved airflow to your woodfire, or you could elevate the burn point high enough to use hexy/soliod fuels. As for strap... use a cordage plait/weave, two birds with one stove... meant stone.
Hi & thanks for the feedback. The problem with the handle as a device to suspend the stove is that the stove doesn't fit inside the ring, it's also quite heavy so I think unless I'm camping on a site where I can take my car then I'll leave it at home. The plate I'll turn upside down & use as you suggested, to lift up a meth burner or similar, but with regards to a paracord weave etc I'm not sure how to stop it sliding off the bottom of the stove with it being round? I think I'll try & find a bag or make a bag & just store it in that. Cheers again, Atb Steve
For a bag, take a lawn chair bag, cut the bottom off to fit your cooks set and sew the bottom up
Nice set up but I would add some feet to the stove something that folds out so that you can burn wood also in it along with maybe a door on the opening to cut down the Draft from the feed opening that you can open and close. It would make it almost perfect.
Get a couple tent stakes that you can insert in the holes at whatever level you want. Get the Stanley Adventure Cup Cook Set and a Nalgene (tapered) "Backpacker" stainless water bottle. Ditch the kid's cook set except the large pot and the lid. Keep or ditch the two green cups in the Stanley kit as you see fit. You can carry the water bottle seperate or nest it in the Stanley Cook Set if you modify the pot handles to easily remove and then reattach (OR get a "Stanley" pot by w/ nesting cup by Power Paracord that has an additional 25 oz cup and the proper butterfly handles...
Nest the Nalgene water bottle in the 25 oz cup. Nest that in the 31 oz cup. That should fit in the larger Ikea pot you found (ditch the hanger) and add a bail of some kind. Toss the strainer in the Ikea stove you made and then nest everything inside the stove. Find a waterproof bag and fit everything in it. You can toss in one or two of those foldable silicon cups to go along with it and a couple of stainless or titanium sporks. And include the child's lid that fits your large pot. You just need your alcohol stove and some fuel. I would make a Fancy Feast alcohol stove. I'd probably put some feet on the Ikea stove that rotate out and make them out of those half clamps, and I would probably make some kind of raised cross bars for the stove.
Good job! Exactly the information I was looking for! I'm getting this set up! Chucking in some tent pegs slap a door on it and take the handles off thanks for sharing, subbed x
a leg off an old pair of jeans can e used to create a bag
Great little kit! For a strap, just use a small rubber bungie cord to hook into the lower holes on the sides of the stove, threaded through all the handles. Would keep it tight.
Hi, I decided to uses some elasticated strapping & added a hook to each end. I then threaded it through the handles like you've suggested & hooked it on the cooker. I then bought a cheap bag made of parachute material for £3 & stored it in there.
I've added a few extra bits since doing the video but it's served me well so far & has become a great bit of kit. Yes it's weighty compared to other options but it's a bit of fun too & gets everyone talking on overnighter said.
Tab Steve
Nice!
Don't forget the 2 metal tent pegs, and don't put the pot directly on the burner, you will snuff it out, you need a very shallow tray to put the burner in to prime it, and a gap of about 1" from the jet holes to the base of the pan or pot, this is the ideal distance for heat, so put your tent pegs 1" above the burner through the holes in the hobo. enjoy
atb Ray
Hi, yes have pegs included in my set up & the pan set comes with a handy strainer that when turned upside down forms a nice handy base in the bottom of the main pot. Atb, Steve
+OutdoorReview If you are not using the frying pans with the cook kit, couldn't you turn the handle into two pegs? just dremel those things off and keep them with the kit.
Excellent idea James. Good thinking, cheers for the tip 👍🏼
ShootingReview yes it is a good idea, but the handles are usefull. I would rather cut them off and try to make them either removable or foldable, like the Stanley adventure pot system or like the MSR alpine pan. Another question: how does the handling bar of the cutlery drainer fits on the two children pots? Thanks for all!
Absolutely love it. I'd leave handles on. Great set.
Nearly 2 years too late lol I guess you've solved the bag issue but i'd go with a dry sack, they come in different sizes, used the while out canoeing, not too expensive and quite tough - is there a follow up video to show us what you eventually sorted out with this great little cook set?
A great kit. Velcro strap will work great
Here's a great bag idea for this cook set: Acid Tactical Mollie First Aid Bag Pouch Trama Medic Utility, along with a CondorM40 water bottle pouch, a 40 oz. stainless steel water bottle and nesting cup, everything interlocks together with mollie straps and the water bottle bag and mollie first aid bag both have mollie webbing for any addition pouches, comes with strap.All item can be found on Ebay in the USA, ATB, Paul
The point of it was to be a Ikea hack
short bungee cord to hold the pots together
I don't know why you've stopped making videos because you do them well. This is a marvelous cook set you've put together, and I really wish I had one like it. We have nothing like Ikea where I live in the states, and that's a shame. If we did, I'd love to have a similar set. It's much better than what I have, and at least has given me ideas on how to improve my own bushcraft cook set.
Thanks James, I will be doing videos again at some point this year. My life took a different direction 12 months ago & I got in to shooting & that's pretty much become my job & my hobby as well. Thanks for viewing & for the kick up the bum I need to get posting again ;-)
Great job on the video mate 👍👍👍
Nice. Compact, durable, cheap... made for Yorkshiremen!
Nice little set up there, all for under £20 as well, good bargain buys that will last.
Let us know how you get on with set.
Atb
Alan
Cheers Alan, that was my thinking tbh, it should last a while. Doing an overnighter next weekend (first wild camp) so I'll be taking it to cook on & I'll do a video of how I get on. Atb, Steve
Take the handles off and drill 2 holes at the top of the pan, 180 degrees from each other. Then buy a fish jaw spreader and you will have a perfect bail.
Doesn't the Ikea website say that the kids kit is not recommended for cooking?
Also leave handles on all of them that way they won't weaken from the heat.
ikea has the metal pins for adjusting hight as well (6 pack)
Now it would be kind of meta if you took the ikea shopping bags and made your own little pack for it all...
Wow. Wish I'd though of all that when I was putting my own Ikea 'hobo' stove together.
Tbf it was pure luck but it works really really well. Atb Steve
Cut the handle off that ring. Drill 2 holes on either side and make a removable chain hanger - now any pot you want that fits that ring can hang over a fire
small size bunjjicord works well as strap from 1$ set of 4..
Super combinaison.. Il n'y a plus qu'à l essayer.. Pourrais tu nous donner les références de la casserole, de la poêle et de la petite marmite. En te remerciant. Cordialement.
That's a great idea mate I don't think you should cut the handles off it all looks like it's made to go together atb Graham
Trojan Prepper thanks mate, have kept them on & added a few changes. Will do an update on our next overnighter on the 4th. Atb, Steve.
P.s. Good to see you back.
Look forward to that mate and it's good to be back mate atb Graham
Bargain Steve, thanks for sharing mate. Will have to look into them. Cheers buddy, ATB Shaun
Cheers Shaun, I know it's not a 'Hobo stove' in the strictest sense of the word & a few purists may not like it but for less than £20 it's pretty light & perfect for a few nights out in the woods. A few small additions & it'll be spot on I think :-)
Take care, Atb Steve
turn the strainer from the kids set upside down over a trangia it will be a potstand
a small bucket will fit it just right and it has cover 2
+Jeffrey Tunis hi for some reason I could reply to your message so hope this works. All the links to the items are listed above in my description of the video. Hope that helps, all the best, Steve
Put your kit in a little stuff sack. Nice little kit.
The only problem is that the alcohol stove defies the point of the hobo stove, and there's no way to have a stand
Late reply: While it's called a "hobo" stove, it is actually a *multi-fuel* stove. Have mine setup to burn wood, solid fuel tabs, Sterno/chafing fuel canisters and a couple of different alcohol burners (Trangia & DIY Fancy Feast). Four tent stakes give the flexibility needed for these energy sources paired with a variety of pot sizes as well. Two tent stakes, put through the sides of the IKEA become a pot stand. Two more stakes (if needed) along with a tin can lid (when needed) to support solid fuel tabs, fuel canisters & burners at the distance needed from the bottom of the pot.
There are other mods & adaptations to turn this "utensil holder" into one of the most flexible stoves available. IMO, the only downside is the weight for those who do long distance trekking.
strap...Canadian jam knot..works well on mine
Try a Crown Royal bag
Small bungee cord will hold the set together
Let us know how the kids cooking set holds up in the heat? Ikea wouldn't tell much!
On any bric-a-brac market, a trangia kit would cost no more than a fiver !!
Great ideas!!!!!
hello from u.s. can you kindly tell me the exact names and numbers of the ikea products that you used? thanks!
That cook-set is not for cooking it's very toxic, Ikea didn't let me buy it since it's not stainless steel, it's stainless still plated on iron. Hobo stove is ok but the rest you can play with.
brilliant
I use a wax buddy burner in my ikea stove instead of a spirit burner...it lasts forever
it's really nice
remove the handles. ..drill a hole either side and bend a wire coat hangar as a handle
i like the idea of these stoves. But, I think they burn to fast, to many air holes.Any thoughts?
danthedewman1 take thin metal plate cover holes inside? Cut slit by cutting along row of holes put handle ie nut and bolt on tha inside plate on which you have made some coresponding holes with the ones on cutlery stand, open close holes with handle. placed on one side one can lessen opening cut in side.
Very good thank you very much
Use a stuff sack for a bag.
Trangia 25 cookset strap.
674 gm is way to heavy........
cut the handles
cloth shoe bag ...
Too bulky