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The Slot Me In™ (SMI) Aussie Rocket Stove™ AE™ is Australia’s if not the world’s FIRST and ONLY true commercially manufactured “FLAT PACK” full “ALUMINIUM” rocket stove made right here in Australia by SLOT ME IN™, the SLOT ME IN™ Aussie Rocket Stove™ AE™ “Hikers & Bikers™ Edition (AE™ for short) is made using 100% Aussie materials. This model rocket stove is the lightest in our range and yes you read that correctly it’s a FULL ALUMINIUM ROCKET STOVE.

Now rocket stoves have been around for a very long time and come in all shapes and sizes, from the smallest of structures to large cumbersome cooking stoves, all very bulky and space consuming and not something you would generally take away camping. However here at SLOT ME IN™ we’ve added our touch to the “rocket stove” by making it a TRUE and total “FLAT PACK” it assembles with NO TOOLS OR FIXINGS REQUIRED and simply “SLOTS” together in under a minute. After all that’s what we are best known for having invented the first “FLAT PACK” fire pit & camp cooker THE WEDGE FIRE PIT & CAMP COOKER™ way back in the 1970’s. 

The SLOT ME IN™ Aussie Rocket Stove™ AE™ is made by SLOT ME IN™ using a combination of 1.6mm, 3mm & 4mm thick aluminium. The assembled rocket stove weighs just 1.668kg (without windshield, bag or ESB) and stands 320mm high x 250mm wide (viewed from the SLOT ME IN lettering cut outs) x 85mm wide (facing the “fuel feed” & “air intake” chutes and Australia map cut out on the chimney) when assembled (without the windshield). It has an impressive cookware support diameter of 230mm and can easily hold larger diameter cookware, with the windshield removed. It comes as complete “combo kit” with a removable “flat pack” windshield (that just “slots” together as well) and a heavy-duty canvas storage bag to keep all the parts securely together when in transit or not being used. An optional kit containing the Slot Me In™ ESB™ Accessory is also available too.

The Slot Me In™ Aussie Rocket Stove™ AE™ is available in 2 optioned kits too with or without ESB™.

Shipping is $19.00 Australia wide for either option

SLOT ME IN™ Aussie Rocket Stove™ AE™ overview:

FLAT PACK

Being a flat pack design means the SLOT ME IN™ Aussie Rocket Stove™ AE™ won’t take up valuable space in your 4x4, camper trailer, caravan, vehicle, backpack, and touring motor or push bikes. In fact, it will fit in the smallest of spaces like under your seat or even in the glove box of some vehicles. It’s basically the size of a large pencil case you might have had at school. Approximately 30cm x 35cm x 3cm when fully packed in the canvas storage bag included.

LIGHT WEIGHT

At only 1.668kg (rocket stove component) the SLOT ME IN™ Aussie Rocket Stove AE™ is light enough to put in your backpack, motor bike or push bike saddle bags and take anywhere with you on your next adventure, whether BACKYARD, BUSH or BEYOND™. The full kit with bag weighs nearly half the weight of our equivalent XP & SS models made from XLEPLATE™ TRU-SPEC™ steel and 304 18/10 stainless steel respectively. When weight is a critical factor the AE™ model has that covered.

QUALITY & MATERIAL

The SLOT ME IN™ Aussie Rocket Stove AE™ is precision laser cut from Australia’s finest aluminium to ensure it’s robust and durable for its intended use giving you trouble free service year after year.

COOK MORE WITH LESS FUEL

The unique design of the SLOT ME IN™ Aussie Rocket Stove AE™ produces exceptional heat output with very little fuel usage. An entire meal can be cooked with just a handful of sticks, twigs, bark and leaves (commonly called biomass which is literally everywhere on the ground in the great outdoors in Oz), thanks to our unique “Air Chute Ratio” design and combustion chamber.

HOW IT WORKS

The SLOT ME IN™ Aussie Rocket Stove AE™ is a hot burning rocket stove requiring only a small amount of solid fuel to produce a great amount of heat. The fuel can be dry plant matter such as sticks, twigs, bark and even leaves.  It consists of a combined vertical “chimney” and angled but divided “air chute” and “fuel feeder”. The chimney creates a “draft” which draws fresh air into the combustion chamber beneath the burning fuel via the air chute.

The air is preheated as it travels through the air chute to the combustion chamber, which maintains a higher combustion temperature. This along with the draft of the chimney leads to a cleaner burn and ensures almost complete combustion prior to the flames reaching the cooking surface.

With rocket stoves you use the flame itself that rises up the chimney and comes into contact with your cookware to transfer heat to your food via the cookware heating up, similar to your gas or electric element stove at home. Care should be taken to ensure your cookware is “fire safe” for use on any rocket stove. Such cookware examples are cast iron, stainless steel, aluminium, steel and similar. At slot me in all our cookware is “fire safe”. Do not use Teflon coated frypans or similar, they are not fire safe nor are they healthy for cooking in either. The coating over time breaks down and is toxic.

DIMENSIONS & DESIGN

Small enough to go anywhere yet big enough to cook an entire meal for the whole family on the SLOT ME IN™ Aussie Rocket Stove AE™ stands 320mm high x 250mm wide (facing the SLOT ME IN™ lettering cut outs x 85mm wide (facing the “fuel feed” and “air intake” chutes and map of Australia cut out) with an impressive cookware support diameter of 230mm when fully assembled. The full kit SMI Aussie Rocket Stove™ AE™ (with windshield and bag) weighs 2.305kg. The optional Slot Me In™ ESB™ Accessory adds another 0.112kg for a total weight of 2.417kg, that’s nearly half the weight of the XP & SS models (full XP & SS kits with ESB™ each weigh 4.781kg)

Packed “FLAT” it is just over 10mm (1cm) “THIN”, an incredible SPACE SAVER taking up next to no room in your 4x4, camper trailer, caravan, vehicle, backpack and touring motor or push bikes. 

Its unique design incorporates a series of “slots” and “tags” and requires NO TOOLS OR FIXINGS FOR ASSEMBLY going together in UNDER 1 MINUTE. It consists of 13 pieces in all (10 for the stove and 3 for the windshield) with each having its own distinct coupling (slot & tag position) to ensure simple assembly so it goes together with a minimum of fuss every time. Put simply each part has only one position it can fit in so there can be no mix ups or confusion when it comes to assembly.

A very handy feature on the SLOT ME IN™ Aussie Rocket Stove™ AE™ is the removable sliding base plate. When the fire has finished and cooled down after use you simply slide it out to clear the combustion chamber of any ash. This eliminates tipping and shaking the assembled unit upside down. There are also 2 handy tag holes in this base plate on each side that can be pinned to soft ground using 2 small tent pegs providing a secure and stable cooking stove platform. 

WHATS INCLUDED

The SLOT ME IN™ Aussie Rocket Stove AE™ consists of 13 pieces, (10 for the stove & 3 for the windshield) that come “flat packed” and packaged with assembly instructions including a heavy-duty canvas storage bag as well. A second kit option also includes the additional 3-piece ESB™ accessory.

USES & VERSATILITY

The SLOT ME IN™ Aussie Rocket Stove™ AE™ can be used for a variety of cooking and heating purposes. You can boil the billy for a cuppa on it or for some hot water to wash up the dishes with after cooking a meal on it prior, using an array of cookware on it such as fry pans, skillets, hot plates and the like.

It uses very minimal solid fuel and as such will be a great asset when out camping helping conserve fuel and eliminating the need for disposable butane fuel cylinder type camp cookers.

And let’s not forget that weight, ONLY 1.668kg (rocket stove without bag, windshield and ESB™) that’s super light and means you can take it just about anywhere on your next adventure.

The combined weight of the full kit is 2.305kg (without ESB™) with the rocket stove 1.668kg, windshield 0.5209kg and the bag 0.117kg. The ESB™ accessory adds another 0.112kg to take the total weight of this kit to 2.417kg.

OPTIONS & EXTRAS

At Slot Me In™ we also have an extensive range of cookware such billy’s, saucepans, fry pans, skillets and much more you can purchase for use on it as well all listed here on our website.

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