Coghlans Folding Stove

Burns Coghlan’s Camp Heat or any other type of canned fuel or solidified alcohol. Coated steel construction. This would be used to boil water or cook something in a small pan.  I read on another site that a gentleman built a small fire inside the stove and that worked well for cooking also.

http://www.coghlans.com/products/folding-stove-9957

The good 'ole Dutch Oven

The Dutch Oven is a great choice for alternative cooking.  This site has some great tips on how to season and use your Dutch Oven.

http://dutchovenmadness.blogspot.com/

The Rocket Stove

Here is another alternative stove to cook without electricity or gas.  It is simple to make, and uses very little fuel. 

 " Rocket stoves, because of their design, allow you to use 75% less fuel (wood) than a normal fire and will be invaluable in your food storage. I was able to boil 2 cups of water for 20 minutes using just a handful of small sticks and a match. Rocket stoves come in all sizes but the idea is the same. You can buy them or make your own. Making your own will cost under $20. A version of the one pictured here can be made for almost nothing. "

http://everythingunderthesunblog.blogspot.com/2010/03/rocket-stove.html

Emergency Cook Stoves or Paint Can Heaters!

This can be a stove or a heater.  It is made out of 2 paint cans-one nested inside the other. The blog has the instructions of how to make it and use it for either cooking or heating.

http://preparednotscared.blogspot.com/2010/01/preparedness-project-paint-can-heaters.html

Popular Mechanics homemade solar cooker

This solar cooker is built out of plywood, foam, drywall and foil.  It would be a great choice for a low cost solar cooker.

http://www.popularmechanics.com/home/how-to-plans/woodworking/who-needs-a-grill-build-a-hot-box-solar-oven

Homemade solar oven options

This site has many different style homemade solar cookers. Each design has a picture so you can see what it looks like and the information you will need to build each one.  This is a great reference site.

http://solarcooking.org/plans/

Solar cooking using the Sun Oven

The Sun Oven can be purchased pre-made at this site.

SUN OVENS® enable the sun to bake, boil and steam food while enhancing the tastebenefitting the environment and beingprepared for an emergency
http://www.sunoven.com/

Wonder Oven--thermal cooker

Wonder Boxes work like vacuum flasks.

In these days when we are being warned of

worldwide shortages of food and fuel,

this wonder box and it's simplicity is designed

to keep food at the temperature needed for cooking.

Using very little fuel you only use about 15 minutes of energy

to bring the food to the required temperature

and then put it into the

Wonder Box.  It acts like a thermos.

On the flip side, it will also keep ice cream cold

for about 4 hours.

This site has instructions for using the oven as well as the pattern for making it. I have tried it myself and it works very well.  It sews together easily and the polystyrene beads were easy to find.  I also altered the pattern for a taller pot so I could make bread.

http://preparednotscared.blogspot.com/2010/10/preparedness-project-wonder-box.html