This morning, I started making a rocket stove. I learned that this rocket stove is a revolutionary stove from a book I read by chance. The only fuel is wood. Since this is a woodworking shop, we have a lot of furniture scraps and branches. This means that the fuel cost is free.
To give you a brief explanation of the process, I got the pail cans for free from a gas station, and the stainless steel chimneys for 2,500 yen x 3 at a home improvement store. After that, I put in gravel and stones and it's complete. It took me about an hour to make it. It's super easy to make. Oh. It's also useful to have metal snips to cut out the pail cans ♪ These are sold on Amazon for about 3,000 yen.
First, scrap wood from a furniture factory is put into the low chimney. Then, a fire is lit. Then, the air flow moves to the higher part, so the fire burns vigorously.
No! No, there's no point in getting mad at me. lol
The photo is a little blurry, but the flames should rise vigorously from the top of the pail. This photo shows the fire a little closer to the front. After this, the fire started from the pail. But this still seems to have been a success.
Start cooking right away
The great thing about this rocket stove is that it produces a lot of heat with only a small amount of fuel (a little wood). In other words, it is better suited for quick cooking than for keeping warm.
First, let's make pork soup. If you put the scrap wood in from the bottom like this, the heat will flow towards the pot on top. It's a good way to put wood in. This photo is a good example. The heat goes up to maximum in an instant! It starts boiling in about 10 minutes.
Boiling! That's fast! The fire heats up quickly, but if you don't keep adding wood, the fire will burn out quickly. And because this rocket stove uses secondary combustion, it doesn't produce much smoke.
So what's so good about this rocket stove? It can cook rice, boil water, and do all kinds of cooking using wood, a sustainable energy source, without using gas. It's also portable and only requires a small amount of wood. It has a high heat output, so it's recommended for when you want to cook outdoors. Is there a situation like that? There is!
For example, during a disaster.
Even if a disaster occurs and infrastructure stops, various lifestyles become possible by stocking up on wood fuel. Nowadays, firewood is also sold for around a few hundred thousand yen. Buying a firewood pile, cutting it down and storing it can replace gas and heating in the winter. These days, we are starting to gradually switch from petroleum fuel (imported from overseas) to wood (which is domestically produced, sustainable, and eco-friendly).
And this week, I'm going to take this rocket stove I made to the factory and try making it for work (^^♪
Today, I made rice, pork soup, boiled water, grilled meat, and grilled bonito over straw. All of this can be done with just the scraps from one orange container, so it's incredibly energy-efficient (^^♪
By the way, if you put straw in it, it's a disaster... It gets pretty smoked... Harada-san said it was smoked too... (laughs) Oh, and it produces soot, so you can't do it at home. It's really useful when you're cooking outside. Until next time. Next time, I'd like to show you how it's cooked in a factory *