Englander Black Bear Camp Stove (ESW0032)

The Englander Black Bear camp stove (model ESW0032) is a portable wood-burning tent stove and cooktop from Englander's USA-made Survivor Collection. It heats canvas wall tents up to 14' x 16', holds 1.8 cu ft of wood with logs up to 14½", and its top reaches 700°F for real cooking. Welded heavy-duty 12-gauge steel, a HexaTech hexagonal firebox, a circular door damper and an offset 4" flue outlet that frees up cooking space. The legs come off and store inside the stove body for transport.

Specifications

• Heats wall tents up to: 14' × 16'
• Firebox volume: 1.8 ft³ · HexaTech hexagonal design
• Maximum log length: 14½"
• Cooktop temperature: up to 700°F
• Flue outlet: 4", offset for cooking space
• Dimensions: 17"W × 19½"D × 25¾"H · 58 lb
• Construction: Welded heavy-duty 12-gauge steel
• Made in USA by England's Stove Works

Who the Black Bear is for

• The typical 14' x 16' canvas wall tent hunting camp.
• Outfitter and elk camps where the stove has to dry gear and cook breakfast.
• Larger ice fishing shelters built for stove use.

For a tent up to 16' x 24' or cooking for a crew, the Grizzly is the step up; for a small spike tent, the Cub packs lighter.

Buy the kit or the bare stove

The stove ships without pipe. The Englander Black Bear Camp Stove Kit (ESW0033) adds the attachable 4" pipe collar, four 2' sections of 4" pipe and an attachable side shelf, and costs less than buying those parts separately. Building your own setup instead? You need the 4" pipe collar (AC03522) and the 4" x 24" camp stove pipe set (AC03521) (8 ft total). Add the small side shelf (AC09208), the 26" long leg kit (VP00493) for a taller cooking height, and the Brick Kit, medium (AC09205), sized for the Black Bear firebox. The stove does not come with firebrick, and the manual recommends firebrick or a BottomSaver steel insert to prolong the life of the firebox.

Cub vs. Black Bear vs. Grizzly

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All three use the same 4" pipe, 12-gauge steel and removable legs. Englander rates them by wall tent size rather than BTUs or burn time, and does not publish a burn-time figure.

Setting it up safely in a tent

• Use it only in a tent made for a stove (a canvas wall tent with a stove jack), never in a nylon tent. Pass the pipe through a rubber military-style stove jack, in both the tent and any rain fly.
• Keep 48" from the back wall, side walls and corners, and 60" from the cooking surface to the ceiling.
• Set the stove on a non-combustible surface, never on the tent floor. In the USA, protection must extend 16" in front and 6" to the sides and rear.
• Run the 4" pipe at least 6" above the tent ridge, fasten each joint with three sheet metal screws, and add a spark arrestor and rain cap. A pipe damper near the stove is recommended.
• Cure the paint with a 2 to 3 hour fire outdoors before the first use in a tent, and always leave a window or door cracked for fresh air. A carbon monoxide detector is strongly recommended.

Camp stoves are recreational appliances for hunting, camping and ice fishing. The manual prohibits installing them in any permanent structure, including a home, cabin or mobile home. For a cabin or garage, see our small wood stoves. For a full buying guide, read our camp and tent wood stove guide.

Why buy from StoveSource

• No Sales Tax in any state.
• Free shipping to the lower 48.
• Authorized Englander dealer, with Englander's one-year limited warranty on the steel and welded seams.
• Price match guarantee.
• Questions about sizing or setup? Email info@stovesource.com or text 1-888-866-8206.