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10 reasons South Africans say this beats an open fire for a potjie in 2026

It cooks a potjie beautifully, and faster than a normal fire.
Lisa O. · Verified Customer ★★★★★
One of the best inventions ever! Small and easy to take anywhere.
Marisa T. · Verified Customer ★★★★★

The Rocket Stove vs an open fire

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Rocket Stove★ THE SMART BRAAI
An open
fire
Potjie to the boil
Bubbling in minutes
The long wait
Getting started
Light & cooking in minutes
Coax the coals first
Heat control
Turn it up or down
Guesswork
Wood it needs
A handful of sticks
Bags of it
Take it anywhere
Breaks down into its bag
Stuck at home
After the meal
Ash contained
Mess everywhere
Rain & wind
Cooks anyway
Fights you

1. Boils a potjie faster than a fire.

The chimney draws air and sends the heat straight up under the pot. No waiting for coals to settle, you're cooking within minutes of lighting it.

Pleasantly surprised how little wood you need to get it started. The potjie was boiling in a short while.
Dewald J. · Verified Customer ★★★★★

2. The vent is the knob on a stove.

COLD AIR FIRE DRAFT UNDER THE POT

Open the flap and the fire roars for a hard boil. Close it down and the same potjie sits on a soft simmer for hours.

No scraping coals around, no guessing.

SIMMER BOIL SEAR

Wide open, the flames roar for a hard boil. Close it and the potjie sits on a soft simmer for hours. No scraping coals. The fire listens to you now.

You can regulate your heat and do not have to go through bags of wood.
Marisa T. · Verified Customer ★★★★★

3. A whole potjie on a handful of sticks.

The chimney squeezes the heat out of every stick, while the heat from the open fire spreads. A small bundle of wood gets a No.3 or even a No.4 potjie boiling.

No feeding a hungry open fire all afternoon.

We are amazed at how little wood is required to get the heat required. My hubby is so impressed.
Elise V. · Verified Customer ★★★★★

4. Easier than a fire, start to finish.

No more hassle with hot fires, easy to assemble, easy to get going, and it works wonderfully and quick!
Lucinda J. van Rensburg · Verified Customer ★★★★★

5. Breaks down. Bags up. Comes with you.

It packs down into its own bag and rides in the boot, holidays, fishing trips, weekends away, the bushveld. Set it up on any patch of ground and cook.

Compact, easy to use, and great to bring along on holiday with us. Excellent purchase!
Lucy U. · Verified Customer ★★★★★

6. Potjie today. Steak and breakfast tomorrow.

A cast-iron plate, a pan, a No.4 pot, it all sits on top. One reviewer does breakfast on it twice a day. A whole outdoor kitchen that breaks down into one bag.

We just tested it and had a mean steak in a cast-iron pan. My hubby is so impressed.
Elise V. · Verified Customer ★★★★★

7. Buy the stove, get the R500 carry bag FREE (Braai Season Prep only)

Buy the ROCKETSTOVE+ and its heavy-duty carry bag comes FREE. The deal only runs while Braai Season Prep lasts... once it's gone, it's gone.

8. The gift that gets you kisses all day.

Hubby loves it! I am getting kisses all day long! And the food was amazing!
Nicole P. · Verified Customer ★★★★★

9. Steady on its feet, at cooking height.

It doesn't look stable, but it is! The feet were engineered to be long and wide enough for maximum stability. They grip the ground and keep a full No.4 potjie pot planted while you stir.

And it stands at cooking height, so you're not bent over coals on the ground.

Very stable, fire burns nicely. Fried on a cast-iron plate and did a potjie, the stove performed admirably. Nice cooking height too.
Mark H. · Verified Customer ★★★★★

10. The potjie's out of the garage again.

What stops most people isn't the potjie, it's the schlep of getting the fire started, babysitting the fire for hours then the clean up afterwards.

Take that away and Sunday potjie quietly becomes your weekly tradition again.

Finally our potjie might see the light of day again, after hiding in the garage for a few years.
Paula W. · Verified Customer ★★★★★

11. Proudly local. Built like a tank.

The steel is called 3CR12, a South African invention. It's the same steel they use for coal train wagons, mine chutes and the parts of power stations that handle red-hot ash, kit that gets cooked and hammered every day for decades.

Your stove is cut from that. With a lifetime warranty, 30 days to change your mind, and local support you can actually phone.

What a great product, it is from Mars, quality is brilliant!
Pat V. · Verified Customer ★★★★★

12. Lifetime warranty & 30 day money back guarantee

Try it on one potjie, if you don't love it send it back.

Bring the potjie back this winter

The BraaiPlank ROCKETSTOVE+ with Carry Bag

One stove. One free bag. One winter to get it at this price.

BraaiPlank ROCKETSTOVE+ with its carry bag
🔥 Braai Season Prep · the R500 bag is FREE until 31 August
BraaiPlank ROCKETSTOVE+
  • ROCKETSTOVE+ · 3CR12 stainless, made in SAR4,000
  • Heavy-duty carry bagR500
  • Lifetime warranty + local support you can phoneIncluded
  • Courier to your door, anywhere in SAFREE
  • Total valueR4,500
  • Your price this winterR3,499SAVE R1,001

Made locally in small batches. When the winter batch is gone, the free-bag deal goes with it.

Get My Rocket Stove Braai Season Prep ends in 30d 00:00:00
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🚚Free SA shipping
🛡️Cook one potjie on it. If you didn't love the experience, send it back within 30 days and we refund every cent.
In the boxROCKETSTOVE+ broken down inside its heavy-duty carry bag
The steel3CR12 stainless, takes the heat braai after braai, for years
The weight±4 kg, carries in one hand and slides into the boot
Cooks on itPotjies up to No.4, pans, grids & cast-iron plates
4.9
★★★★★
127 reviews · verified buyers

Real braai families. Real potjies.

★★★★★
Perfect for a low and slow potjie. Highly recommended.Howard L. · Verified
★★★★★
Oxtail in a No.4 potjie with great success. Many kuier-times to come.James M. · Verified
★★★★★
Amazed at how little wood is required. My hubby is so impressed.Elise V. · Verified
★★★★★
A great addition to my camping gear. I could use it with almost no wood.Derrick B. · Verified
★★★★★
Exceeded all my expectations. The potjie was boiling in a short while.Dewald J. · Verified
★★★★★
Compact, easy to use, and great to bring along on holiday.Lucy U. · Verified
★★★★★
So glad I chose the bag with the rocket stove. Will definitely buy again.George T. · Verified
★★★★★
Hubby loves it! I am getting kisses all day long. The food was amazing.Nicole P. · Verified
★★★★★
Perfect for a low and slow potjie. Highly recommended.Howard L. · Verified
★★★★★
Oxtail in a No.4 potjie with great success. Many kuier-times to come.James M. · Verified
★★★★★
Amazed at how little wood is required. My hubby is so impressed.Elise V. · Verified
★★★★★
A great addition to my camping gear. I could use it with almost no wood.Derrick B. · Verified
★★★★★
Exceeded all my expectations. The potjie was boiling in a short while.Dewald J. · Verified
★★★★★
Compact, easy to use, and great to bring along on holiday.Lucy U. · Verified
★★★★★
So glad I chose the bag with the rocket stove. Will definitely buy again.George T. · Verified
★★★★★
Hubby loves it! I am getting kisses all day long. The food was amazing.Nicole P. · Verified
Join the kuier

Sunday potjie is coming back to SA homes, on sticks, not gas

Cold night. Warm jackets. The lid lifts and the steam smells like Sunday.

Rated 4.9★ by South African braai families who stopped fighting the fire and started enjoying the potjie.


Straight from the reviews

In their own words

★★★★★
Perfect for a low and slow potjie. Highly recommended.
Howard L. · Verified
★★★★★
One of the best inventions ever! Small and easy to take anywhere.
Marisa T. · Verified
★★★★★
Amazed at how little wood is required. My hubby is so impressed.
Elise V. · Verified
★★★★★
Our potjie might see the light of day again after years in the garage.
Paula W. · Verified
★★★★★
Exceeded all my expectations. The potjie was boiling in a short while.
Dewald J. · Verified
★★★★★
Hubby loves it! I am getting kisses all day long. The food was amazing.
Nicole P. · Verified
★★★★★
Compact, easy to use, and great to bring along on holiday. Excellent purchase!
Lucy U. · Verified
★★★★★
Oxtail in a No.4 potjie with great success. Many kuier-times to come.
James M. · Verified
★★★★★
A great addition to my camping gear. I could use it with almost no wood.
Derrick B. · Verified
★★★★★
So glad I chose the bag with the rocket stove. Will definitely buy again.
George T. · Verified
★★★★★
Perfect for a low and slow potjie. Highly recommended.
Howard L. · Verified
★★★★★
One of the best inventions ever! Small and easy to take anywhere.
Marisa T. · Verified
★★★★★
Amazed at how little wood is required. My hubby is so impressed.
Elise V. · Verified
★★★★★
Our potjie might see the light of day again after years in the garage.
Paula W. · Verified
★★★★★
Exceeded all my expectations. The potjie was boiling in a short while.
Dewald J. · Verified
★★★★★
Hubby loves it! I am getting kisses all day long. The food was amazing.
Nicole P. · Verified
★★★★★
Compact, easy to use, and great to bring along on holiday. Excellent purchase!
Lucy U. · Verified
★★★★★
Oxtail in a No.4 potjie with great success. Many kuier-times to come.
James M. · Verified
★★★★★
A great addition to my camping gear. I could use it with almost no wood.
Derrick B. · Verified
★★★★★
So glad I chose the bag with the rocket stove. Will definitely buy again.
George T. · Verified
Before your next potjie

Quick questions

What braai families ask before their first potjie on it.

How much wood does it actually need?+
A small bundle of sticks. Reviewers are repeatedly amazed how little, the chimney design burns hot and efficient, so you're not feeding it all afternoon like an open fire.
Can I cook a full No.3 or No.4 potjie?+
Yes, customers cook oxtail and lamb potjies on No.3 and No.4 pots. It also takes a cast-iron plate, a pan or a griddle, so steak and breakfast are on the menu too.
How big and heavy is it?+
It breaks down and fits neatly into its carry bag, and weighs about 4 kg, light enough to carry in one hand. Assembled, it stands at a comfortable cooking height for a potjie.
How stable is it with a full potjie?+
The wide plate legs keep it planted, and owners cook full No.3 and No.4 potjies on it. One reviewer put it simply: "Very stable... nice cooking height too." Set it on firm, level ground, like you would any stove.
Does it come with the carry bag?+
Yes. The ROCKETSTOVE+ includes its heavy-duty carry bag (worth R500), free right now for Braai Season Prep.
Does it work in wind and rain?+
The enclosed fire-box shelters the flame, so it keeps cooking when an open fire would struggle. One reviewer cooked on it right through December's rain.
How is it built, and what's the warranty?+
Solid stainless steel, made to last, with a lifetime warranty and local South African support you can phone.
How fast is delivery?+
Free nationwide delivery via The Courier Guy. Most orders arrive within a few working days.
What if I don't like it?+
30-day money-back. Cook one potjie on it. If it's not for you, send it back.
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