![]() Also, where would we get the logs? And how good is it to burn such a fire and contribute to Los Angeles’ already smog choked air? ![]() We started to build the base for one and then began to think about how often we would actually build a fire, especially considering that it has to burn for several hours before a cob oven gets hot enough to cook in. There’s a trend in the eco-world to build cob ovens and we felt a certain pressure to keep up with the eco-Joneses. There’s no need to cut down a tree to cook your dinner–all you need is a few small branches or twigs.īefore we built the rocket stove we considered making a cob oven, a mud domed wood fired oven in which you can cook bread and pizza. The chimney effect creates a highly efficient, largely smoke-free burn. Rocket stoves can be built out of metal or masonry and consist of a L shaped tube, at the bottom of which you place your wood. The rocket stove was developed for use in poor nations where wood used for cooking has led to the vast, wholesale, deforestation of large swaths of the earth’s surface. We liked the idea so much that we decided to build a permanent one just off our back deck for entertaining and as a backup to our gas stove should an emergency take out our utilities. Low-tech is the new high-tech, and the best example of the low-tech revolution is the miraculous rocket stove–a stove that makes it possible to cook with small twigs–no logs needed! Best of all rocket stoves are easy to build.
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