Tent Stove Buyers Guide

Tent Stove Buyers Guide

Hot Tent How To

The Complete Guide to Buying, Owning, and Operating a Portable Wood Burning Tent Stove for Camping and Glamping.


Wood burning tent stoves are a safe, efficient, and enjoyable way to camp cozy in any environment. Although hot tents have been around for centuries, much of the knowledge on how to choose a tent stove and how to operate a tent stove is scattered across the internet. We’ve compiled years of user feedback, field experience, and expert input to compile the best information available on buying, owning, and operating a tent stove. Bookmark this page and start exploring the complete guide to wood burning tent stoves.


What is a Tent Stove

A tent stove is a wood-burning appliance designed to be used inside a tent as a heat source and/or cooking device.

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Why Tent Stove?

Tent Stoves are useful for much more than simply heating up a tent...

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Types of Tent Stoves

Glamping Stoves, Portable Stoves, Ultralight Stoves....know the differences between tent stove types and choose the right model for you.

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Best Tent Stoves

Best Tent Stoves

Skip to the short list of the best tent stoves in each category.

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How Does a Tent Stove Work

Understanding how a tent stove works will help you make an informed decision when deciding which tent stove is right for you.

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How to Light a Tent Stove

Make lighting a fire in a tent stove on the first try, every time, quick and easy by following these simple steps.

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Tent Stove Mistakes

We’ve compiled years of customer feed back and our own practical experience in the field to help identify the solve the most common tent stove problems

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Tent Stove Mistakes
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History of Tent Stove

The practice of ‘gathering around the campfire’ is more deeply ingrained in our relationship to fire than it is to our modern affinity for recreational camping.

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How to Install a Tent Stove Jack

Learn how to install a tent stove jack for a wood burning tent stove in any canvas tent.

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How to Side Exit a Tent Stove

Learn how to vent the flue pipe of compatible tent stoves out the side wall of a bell tent rather than vertically through the ceiling.


Ready to start hot tenting? Apply your tent stove expertise and shop for the best tent stove for you.