Abstract: A portable stove for burning charcoal and other solid fuel has a continuous vertically oriented insulative side wall. This wall has a continuous bottom edge and its surrounds and defines a hollow fuel chamber. The fuel chamber has an open top. A grate is positioned adjacent the insulative wall proximal to the bottom edge of the insulative wall. As so positioned the grate forms the bottom of the fuel chamber. The insulative wall has a plurality of apertures located along its bottom edge with the apertures spaced around the insulative wall in an array immediately adjacent the grate. A reflector plate is positioned below the grate. An air chamber for channeling combustion air surrounds the reflector plate, the underside of the grate and the bottom most portion of the insulative side wall including the apertures therein. An air control damper is located in the air chamber for controlling the introduction of air into the air chamber.