Indigenous Canadian from northern Ontario. Believe in equality, Indigenous rights, minority rights, LGBTQ+, women’s rights and do not support war of any kind.

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  • We’re in northern Ontario in Canada and over the years we’ve had power go out. A few times it lasted more than a few hours … it was then I realized, I needed something to heat food and water. I do a lot of camping but we have so much wood in the north that I don’t use small bottle camp stoves … when you get out in the bush here, if you know what you are doing and are comfortable with it, it’s relatively easy to just build a quick fire. I grew up in the bush with my family and it’s just normal for me to just build a fire.

    But when you live in a town, it’s kind of hard to make a fire in your backyard. So the best solution was to have a barbecue with a side burner … I recommend it to everyone I meet who is thinking of buying a new barbecue … it’s a survival tool when the power goes out.


  • This is the main reason why everyone should get a barbecue with a side burner. I know that many people don’t have that option but if you ever do get an opportunity to buy a barbecue, get one with a side burner. The barbecue with a side burner becomes a survivor tool when the power goes out.

    When the power goes out for a length of time, you begin to realize that one of the things you need is to heat water and food. Heating water to make instant soup, heating food to make meals. You can plug in electric units to your power supply but its pretty demanding if you have limited storage. And small camping fuel canisters can be fairly limited as well, as they are designed to make small meals at a time.

    A tip for people who are able to get a barbecue for their house / apartment / living space … buy one used from buy/sale websites. I bought mine for $50 and it’s a model that is about ten years old but it was originally sold for probably $500 because it has a large burner space, a side smoker and a side burner. Every barbecue is a fairly basic unit with basic parts and if you know how, they are simple to fix and repair.