Tourist in MSN

I do not understand the desire or need for a wood stove.

Liquid fuel stoves can be a hassle to clean and even if you get it to the point of no petroleum smell, they still might get confiscated by TSA. I no longer fly with liquid fuel stoves for that reason.

But butane mix type stoves are rarely confiscated by TSA. Twice I have had TSA (or their equivalent agency in a foreign country) inspect my stove in my presence, once was when she said if she could smell anything she had to confiscate it, but it did not smell so I got to keep it. The other time, the jagged pot supports to prevent the pot sliding off looked like a weapon on the X ray, so the TSA inspector had to run his fingers on the pot supports to see if it was a weapon, I got to keep my stove that time too.

Even if TSA confiscates your stove, butane mix type stoves that run on a cannister are pretty cheap. I think it is worth a roll of the dice to travel with a butane mix type stove.

I just came home from a backpacking trip on the Superior Hiking Trail in Minnesota. Every campsite has a fire ring, but due to forest fires and dry conditions they prohibited fires and they also prohibited stoves that lacked an on-off switch. Only stoves like butane or liquid fuel were allowed because you could turn them off immediately.