To get certified for this Badge Bit you must provide pics or video (<2 min) of the following:
- The spot where the Dakota fire hole will be dug
- Building the Dakota fire hole
- Starting materials before fire with cold Dakota fire hole
- Fire started
- Additional wood added
- Food cooking
- If using a pan or pot, show it resting on something to keep from plugging the exhaust of the system
I dug the holes, and then kept them covered from rain until I was ready to try it.
Luckily, I get a lot of branches/sticks/etc. on my urban
yard so I collected a bin and put them in my greenhouse to dry out more (we were expecting rain).
I also wrapped up a few handfuls of dried grasses from around the garden.
Plus a bit of oily paper towel from doing the "clean an oily plate" BB.
Fired up my Dakota stove today and cooked some hot dogs using an old baking rack I had lying around and hadn't used in ages :) They turned out perfect!