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So, what is a rocket stove? It's a stove that creates a very hot, smokeless fire. They can be any size from small enough to pack as a camp stove, up to large enough to heat a living area. Large ones are often insulated with cob (mud and straw) to absorb the intense heat and release it slowly over a longer period of time.
Souffle, Anyone?
Using the rocket stove to cook
I don't really know if you could make a souffle (that's a baking thing, right?), but I'm sure you could whip up a mean pot of beans. Lentil soup, anyone?
TWP / AHDESA, Honduras, Fuel-efficient stoves
Rocket Cooking Stoves In Use
Because we're not all fortunate enough to have a six burner gas range.
Cooking with the Standard Pot in Darfur
Aprovecho Research Centre, Southern Africa, Rocket Stoves
Cooking Beans on the SixBricks Rocket Stove in Hut
How to Make a 16 Brick Rocket Stove
Cooking with corn cobs on Cedesol rocket stove
Mmmm, Toasty
Stoves for warming rooms...and people :)
Check out this video of a couple of rocket stoves in people's homes. For more info on cob (talked about in the video) visit my cob lens.
DRTV: Rocket Stoves
Rocket Stoves In The Real World
See? I'm not just making this stuff up.
Here are some pics of different types of rocket stoves, made out of everything from earth to saltine cans. Some are beautiful additions to homes and gardens, while are others are, um, well...purely functional.
Rocket Stove inside the garden cabin. Rocket stove runs through and heats a Cob...
rocket stove and cob oven built at phillies bridge farm project september 2008
Adding newspaper to the air inlet (it will ignite the other newspaper).
There stoves are used to make the fortified porridge that the children receive a...
Heat efficient, hand-made stove
The basic (somewhat crude) setup.
So, You Want To Build One, Huh?
I know I sure do!
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"The rocket stove's main components are:
Chimney: a metal box (such as a 5-gallon tin can) or pipe standing vertically and supporting the cooking vessel
Fuel magazine: a short length of steel or ceramic pipe fitted horizontally into the base of a chimney
Fuel shelf: a flat plate to hold the fuel clear of the bottom of the magazine to allow air to flow underneath
Heat exchanger: a tubular metal shield that forces hot gases from the chimney to pass over the sides of the cooking vessel
The chimney and magazine are joined at a right angle, forming the 'rocket elbow', and it is at this junction that primary combustion occurs."
Diagram found here.
Building A Rocket Stove - In Detail
For when you need more than just an article and a diagram.
Rocket Mass Heaters: Superefficient Woodstoves YOU Can Build
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Rocket Stoves to Heat Cob Buildings: How to Build a Super Efficient Wood Fired Heater
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Building A Rocket Stove - In Motion!
A couple of instructional videos
How to build a Rocket Stove
The principles of a rocket stove and how to build one.
Workshop Opportunities
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Online Resources
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The Institutional Rocket Stove (pdf)
A pdf on how to build a large cooking stove.0 points
The Double Burner Rocket Stove
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Rocket Stoves
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Rocket Stove Design
This website has a design tool to help you build a more...0 points
House Construction
A blog with an entry on building an indoor rocket more...0 points
Make or Buy a Rocket Stove
Make or Buy your Rocket Stove -- It Could Save You more...0 points
Do You Rocket?
Hey, It Works!
Home made rocket sroves
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