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Erunkiswldernssurvival has done such a great job with oil lamps and stoves I had to try one out. So, after frying up some bacon (MMMmmmmm) I poured the grease into a pint jar. I attached a coffee filter to a second jar and filtered the grease through the coffee filter. Just be careful as the wick and grease are hot. Don't ask how I know that just trust that's it's true.

http://i348.photobucket.com/albums/q...one/bacon1.jpg

Once I had the grease filtered, I poured it into a little bucket to be used as my lamp (ain't it cute?).

http://i348.photobucket.com/albums/q...one/bacon2.jpg

Then I used a fiberglass wick and supported it with a small stick until the grease firmed up.

http://i348.photobucket.com/albums/q...one/bacon3.jpg

And here it is ready for the wick to be trimmed.

http://i348.photobucket.com/albums/q...one/bacon4.jpg

Finally, a flame. I was quite surprised that there was no smell at all. I thought it would smell like bacon but it didn't. Like any other lamp, if the wick is too long it will smoke and too short (which it is here) you won't have much flame. But, since it's grease, it's pretty easy to adjust the wick.

http://i348.photobucket.com/albums/q...one/bacon5.jpg

Hmmmmm bacon....it's one of natures delicious wonders with so many uses.

nice job! i love to use those , you made an exelent choice on your wick. ive grown to trust in them, even on a wet day.

with the lard you can pack them in your bag without fear of an oil mess and its a compact fuel so Ricks candle will burn for many hours.thats white gold in the wilderness and also notice Rick doubled over his wick for an ample flame:perfect

Yeah, well, I try. Thanks. (running back to check why the wick is doubled over). Oh yea. Either that or the danged thing burned me when I pushed it back down. Let's go with "ample flame" though.

some wicks are way too thin, they dont hold a flame very good. a good thick wick(not going overboard) is better, the light is brighter. however you got it in there you did a good job.

if you think about it, the pig really is an amazing animal. you give it an apple, essentially garbage, and it makes bacon. that's magic; or at least the most successful recycling program ever
- jim gaffigan.

Hmmmmm - grease is hot - who would've thunk it. Nice job.

your baby bucket appears to be galvinized,
if so, watch the fumes
they are deadly....

Actually, I think it's tin. I'm told it's one of those buckets that Texas Roadhouse serves desserts in. I don't burn galvinized anything. And thank you for thinking of my health. A tad more than some of the old timers around here would do.

"Go ahead, Rick. You can burn it. Go on."

"Aaaargggghhhh!!!!!!!!"

"HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHHAHAHAHA! Oh oh! Lookout! He turn into a Pink Fluffy Bunny!!! Run for you life!!!!"

Great job Rick. Don't forget if you get tired of it as a candle you can melt the grease and spread it on a hamburger for the taste of a bacon burger.LOL

Grease candle.....grease plus flame,gggrrrrr,don't leave that thing unattended Rick,could get ugly.

Nice job, Does it smell like bacon when its burning?

Actually no. There is no smell. I was really surprised but it burns clean.

Finding it hard to believe that doesn't smell like bacon. Have to try it.
Hmm.. Women like lavender and apple-cinnamon candles. I think we, as manly-men need bacon scented candles!!

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Originally Posted by nell67

Grease candle.....grease plus flame,gggrrrrr,don't leave that thing unattended Rick,could get ugly.

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...or at least don't let it splatter onto a hot burner.

I've always said the candle industry was missing half their audience. If they are interested in appealing to manly men then aromas like "Diesel Exhaust", "Armpit" or "Sweaty Gym Socks" need to be offered.

"Holly cow, Jim, what's that smell?"

"Oh, that? I have a candle burning. It's a new one from Manly Wax called "Road Kill". You like it?"

"That thing smells terrible! Yeah! I do. Where'd you get it?"

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Originally Posted by Runs With Beer

Nice job, Does it smell like bacon when its burning?

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Originally Posted by Rick

Actually no. There is no smell. I was really surprised but it burns clean.

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I was going to ask the same thing, that could cause an invasion of other campers and backpackers from miles away.:drool:

ive detected the smell of french fries with a few of my oil lamps. but like Rick said they produce very little smoke or soot(trim the wicks) and they dont smell bad, olive oils smell very good when burned in a lamp, there's a lot to appeal to almost anybody with an oil lamp. and its a long burning very compact fuel.

I never filter mine. They do smell like bacon that way

Alright, I tried this a couple days ago with a twist. For the fat portion, I used the grease from frying up ground hamburger. Had a small mason jar and did the coffee filter rubber-banded (man, is that a word?) around the top. Poured the grease in, it filtered fine but made two layers in the jar for some reason. (water??) Poured off the top and used the bottom layer pouring it into a cat food can.
For a wick, I originally tried a small piece of unknown string. It kept slumping over and choking itself out. I had a little bit of inner tree bark cordage that I tried making on a whim a while ago. I used the "end" that was bent back onto itself and twisted. Poked that into the grease right after the first one burnt itself out liquefying the material around it. That worked for a few minutes until it too fell over and went out.
Ok, take three: Took a twist tie from a bread bag and stripped the plastic off. Second, took a single sheet of toilet tissue and rolled it around the wire. Third, folded the wire in half and twisted the bent portion to resemble cordage at the tip. Fourth, the bottom portion that would sit on the bottom of the can was bent perpendicular, and when viewed from the bottom would look like an "S". Hard to describe and might have to post a pic.
That worked very well, as the grease turned to liquid during the burning time the wick did not fall over. I can see using two or three of these to regulate temperature and add/remove as needed. (yes, I know of the popular canned candle that uses that system, but this is free)
I used the small cat food can and the grease in the can measures about 3/8 of an inch thick. I let the wick burn for well over three hours, and barely any grease is gone.
Lastly, it doesn't smell like hamburger when its burning, but certainly does when it's blown out. Similar to kero lamps smelling like kero when extinguished.

Ive seen pictures of oil lamps where instesd of the standard wick sticking straight up, they stuck the middle of the wick in the oil and left the two ends sticking out at an angle inwhich both sides could be lit. These were made with the oil in a pretty rock or seashell depression.

You can also poke the wick through a little square of metal flashing (a 1" X 1" piece of soda can works) and float it on top of the oil. This way you don't need to worry about the wick falling over.

The bacon candle smelled like bacon when you extinguish it as well. Not while burning, though.

Hey cool.........Bump

Snip, I know what you describe and it's a pretty good method. You will need to top off the grease now and then to keep it from smoking is all. Or cut the wick.

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Originally Posted by edr730

Snip, I know what you describe and it's a pretty good method. You will need to top off the grease now and then to keep it from smoking is all. Or cut the wick.

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Snip hasn't been around since 2009....I just bumped the thread because of the other thread about the Crisco candles.

lol....ok....thanks Hunter... I see it's been talked about before then. Same story, different grease.

Fiberglass wick? Where do you get that. Let me say again..."Fiberglass"? Fiberglass does not burn. Please explain.
Also, how do you make a regular wick?

http://www.wickstore.com/departments...lass-wick.aspx

As you can see, they do indeed make fiberglass wicks. I also used a fiberglass wick as a "hotpad" for my Heineken stove.

http://www.wilderness-survival.net/f...Heineken+stove

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Originally Posted by sofasurfer

Fiberglass wick? Where do you get that. Let me say again..."Fiberglass"? Fiberglass does not burn. Please explain.
Also, how do you make a regular wick?

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The wick does not need to burn. It only needs to wick oil/fat, which burns nicely.

Also; I can't remember if anybody posted this here before: http://geekologie.com/2009/04/meat-t...ough-pan-m.php

There is little that bacon can't do.

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