SotM (Stove of the Month) March 2026

Post your nomination as a reply to this post.

The theme for March is Discus' shaped, 3 legged collapsible stoves

The rules
Maximum of 2 pictures in the entry - one of which will be used for the vote. If your stove is listed in the Stove Reference Gallery a link can be added with your entry (not compulsory). Only one stove to be shown in the pictures.
Stove must be presently owned by the member.
One entry per member.
Stoves that have won previously are excluded.

This nominations post will be open until 31st March 2026. The post will be closed & the qualifying stoves placed in a blind poll for members to vote for. The poll will remain open for 10 days. Most votes is the winner.


The winner will get a SotM Winner notation on their posts & profile & a £10 voucher code from The Fettlebox.

 

This is my entry for March
Early Phoebus No 30 bun feet




Stan

 

1928 date Primus 51, combined with enamelled stand marketed in France as a Primus 51SE. Posted in Stove Reference Gallery HERE.





John

 

Captain Bro 202



Thanks for your consideration!

Anders

 

What defines a ‘discus’ stove?

 

Good question @Ed Winskill . In my opinion, Presscall's primus 51 is discus-shaped. Correct me if I'm wrong.
Tom

 

Is a more rounded shoulder on the tank required to achieve "discus" shape? Discuss.

 

Best to resolve at the beginning of the contest. Presscall's stove is a discus. The other two, splendid stoves indeed though they are, are not.
(Though it's closer with Anders'.)

"Discus" is a term that arose early on here at CCS (who first came up with it I don't know) to denote those stoves of the type shown by John. On the other hand, it has been a decidedly informal term.

 

Thanks for the background Ed.

Can the arbiter (@Spiritburner I assume?) please make the official call and delete my entry if need be?

 

As well mine
Stan

 

It seems there was some confusion in the past as well. This was the category in:

June 2020

August 2022

March 2023

The first two times, a handful of examples are given in the criteria and they are all quite similar with their rounded shoulder.

 

Example only (not an entry) of a ‘Discus’ type 3-leg collapsible stove - my Primus No.100.



Pharael.

 

I would say yes, though a bit different than the usual examples.

Edit: referring to the Monitor reference, which seems to have disappeared....

 

Sorry Ed, I decided to delete my post seconds before you replied. I feel like my point was valid, but it was getting petty. I was referring to this Monitor stove, which won SotM in the same category