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Build and Cook with a Dakota Fire Hole - PEP BB rocket.sand.dakota

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This is a badge bit (BB) that is part of the PEP curriculum. Completing this BB is part of getting the sand badge in Rocket.

This BB requires you to build a Dakota fire hole and cook some food on it.



Step
1

Build a Dakota Fire Pit



Build your Dakota Fire Hole!

Here are some threads on Dakota Fire Holes
  - Dakota Fire Hole
  - Dakota Pit Fire

Some Articles on Dakota Fire Holes
  - Making a Dakota Fire Pit
  - What is a Dakota Fire Hole

Dakota Fire Pit Explained



How to Build a Dakota Fire Hole/Stove



Construction and Use of Dakota Fire Pit





Step
2

Cook with a Dakota Fire Hole



Cook anything you want on your Dakota Fire Hole!!!

Cook Bacon and Eggs on Dakota Fire Hole



Venison Steak on a Dakota Fire Hole



Cook Wild Game with Dakota Fire Hole





Minimum requirement:
 - as in the Food Prep and Preservation aspect, no aluminum or teflon/coated cookware or plastic touching the food (including bowls and utensils) is allowed

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
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This is my pic of my starting materials in the dakota fire hole before I started the fire. On the left side, there is paper, and oen the right, there is a bit of my kindling sticking out.



This is a pic of my fire started in the dakota fire pit that I built!



This is a picture of additional wood that I added to my dakota fire hole!



This is a picture of my salad sauteeing over the dakota fire stove; the spinach is wilting in tghsi picture, which i think counts as showing food is actively cooking. Also, the salad looks kind of shiny, too, because I was able to melt the coconut oil with my dakota fire pit and coat the salad with melted coconut oil!



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I hereby certify this BB complete!

 
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good work dave!  looks good.  :)

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Hello there!
While at the 2019 PEP Jamboree, I dug a Dakota stove at Arrakis, and cooked some veggies in olive oil.

[Edit/add: In hindsight, I would have made the burn tunnel longer, as my arrangement had some "wrong chimney" problems. But...this was the third spot I'd tried to dig that day, and so I wasn't even sure the ground would permit the stove to be dug.]
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Digging Dakota Stove
Digging Dakota Stove
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Starting materials
Starting materials
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Fire started
Fire started
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More wood!!
More wood!!
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Food cooking
Food cooking

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I certify this BB complete!

 
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o pic of starting materials before fire with cold dakota hole



o pic of fire started.  You can also see the firebricks at the bottom to prevent the cauldron from blocking the air intake.



o pic of additional wood added



Here's a pic that shows me dampening the intake to cool things down a bit:



Making chili tonight.  Lots and lots of chili.  









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Rob, where did you get that cauldron from? It looks amazing. I so want one!

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Liv Smith wrote:Rob, where did you get that cauldron from? It looks amazing. I so want one!



Isn't it cool?  It was a scrapyard find.  I was walking around looking for something completely different and I saw it out of the corner of my eye.  It was upside down and rusted and covered in a bunch of iron pipes all willy nilly.  I hauled it out and I was like, "this is salvageable."  There were a few guys around me and the moment I picked it up I could see them kicking themselves.  One guy crossed the yard to congratulate me. It was just one of those moments. I seasoned it in a bonfire and lemme tell you that was hair-raising.

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It was only 100F out today so I made and cooked toast with a Dakota stove this afternoon.  It was easy to dig out in the sands of Arrakis.  I cooked toast and it was yummy...
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Digging the stove
Digging the stove
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Starting materials. Some paper and little bits as tinder
Starting materials. Some paper and little bits as tinder
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Fire started
Fire started
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More wood added and toast toasting
More wood added and toast toasting
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Other side toasted as well
Other side toasted as well

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Here is my submission for the Rocket - Sand - Build and Cook with a Dakota Stove BB.

Early on in the SkIP event (about July 15), I build my Dakota Stove.  Later that week, I had a conversation with Mike H which prompted the additional photo requirement of "building the Dakota hole."    I finally got to cook on my stove today and am hoping that my BB will be approved under the previous requirements.

To document the completion of the BB, I have provided the following:
       o building the Dakota hole - I have a photo of the built Dakota hole
       o starting materials before the fire with cold Dakota hole
       o fire started
       o additional wood added
       o food cooking - used a grate
 
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My Dakota Hole
My Dakota Hole
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Fire Starting Materials Placed
Fire Starting Materials Placed
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Fire Started
Fire Started
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the wood to be added
the wood to be added
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wood has been added
wood has been added
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cold bread and butter
cold bread and butter
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toasting the second side and melting butter
toasting the second side and melting butter
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here is the second side
here is the second side

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