Registered: 03/18/10
Posts: 530
Loc: Montreal Canada
Mostly efficiency I'd imagine, at least for me if I were to carry one. I've never used wood stove for actual cooking but have made a wood gasification stove with a gallon paint can. In my test boil, for the amount of wood it consumes, there's no way you can boil the water with an open fire.
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