Portable stove
（重定向自Spirit stoves）
![A small Snow Peak portable stove running on MSR gas and the stove's carrying case](/Images/godic/202502/12/Portable_stove4500.jpg")
![Three parts of portable gas-Cartridge, Burner and Regulator](/Images/godic/202502/12/Parts_of_Portable_gas_stove4501.jpg")
![Various Japanese traditional Shichirin](/Images/godic/202502/12/Japanese_Shichirin_HIbachi_Conro4501.JPG")
![Alexis Soyer's](/Images/godic/202502/12/Soyer_Stove4501.png")
A portable stove is a cooking stove specially designed to be portable and lightweight, used in camping, picnicking, backpacking, or other use in remote locations where an easily transportable means of cooking or heating is needed. Portable stoves can be used in diverse situations, such as for outdoor food service and catering and in field hospitals.