Patent ID: 8469018

Claim:
A stove for use with a cooking container, comprising: a frusto-conical body having a smaller top opening and a larger bottom opening, wherein said frusto-conical body has an opening formed therein; a fuel support grid carried within said frusto-conical body; a fuel hatch carried by said frusto-conical body and positioned above said fuel support grid, said fuel hatch having a closed position wherein said fuel hatch covers said opening in said frusto-conical body and an open position wherein said fuel hatch exposes said opening so said fuel support grid is accessible; support bridges carried by said frusto-conical body at top opening for supporting a cooking container; and means for admitting a draft of air into said frusto-conical body so that said draft of air passes through said fuel support grid and out said top opening, said admitting means being adapted to be adjustable to vary the amount of said draft of air admitted, wherein said frusto-conical body has a first edge and an opposing second edge, said first and said second edges being bent into complementary folds that interleave to define said frusto-conical body, said folds being releasable from interleaving when said frusto-conical body is squeezed, without tools, so that said body can be flattened.