The Hot Box - Outdoor Camping Stove

The Hot Box is a portable outdoor stove, much like an old Billy stove of yester year but with some pretty fancy modifications allowing it to be portable and travel friendly. With two sizes available in the range that both pack up within themselves, so at first glance these products seem to be too big for a standard camping trip. But the clever design means the legs, flume, side tables and all over accessories fit inside the main oven compartment for transport and storage, so it doesn’t take up much room at all. Smaller than a normal esky and about the size of a carton of beer, The Hot Box packs a mean punch. The smell of burning timber and cooking food is hard to beat when you’re out amongst the wilderness or at your favourite fishing destination.

The most impressive thing is the workmanship. The quality of the door and the way the components are joined is first class.

Putting the Hot Box together is a simple exercise: screw on the legs, put on the side plates, connect the flume and then add your fuel, it’s that easy.

The Hot Box is not designed for a raging fire. It’s purpose is for cooking and radiant heat, and so massive tree stumps are not needed. I got the fire started with a fire starter brick, some twigs and a couple of pieces of hard wood cut into 20cm lengths. When the fire had caught I added 8 heat beads. If the heat slows you can simply add some more timber to get it going again and maybe add some more beads. Very easy and simple and the heat radiated is incredible as is the ambiance of this great campsite centrepiece.

Most anglers have a man cave or shed. This would be a great feature if plumbed into the roof making those cold nights a pleasure to escape the kids as you hibernate for winter.

How good are they? A suburban outdoor fire with no mess, all contained within itself. Clean up is simple, shovel it out and load up again.
Who wouldn't want one!!!