Can you use wood pellets in a backpacking wood stove? Let's find out. Here we go ahead and just add two cups of wood pellets to the already assembled wood stove. Light the fire from the top down, make sure to bury the fire starter in just a little bit of the wood pellets just to give it something actually burn. And after about 10-15 minutes you will have two cups of water at a perfectly rolling boil. How and when is this useful? Go ahead and watch the full video, link down below.