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I got me a new stove ..
Something I noticed , over a few years of travel and camping , is that people can get kinda daunted when they are faced with a campfire as their heat source to cook on , but give them a stove , even a couple rocks and a slab of steel with the fire under it , and suddenly its all OK again cooking is no longer challenging or scary again .
after getting hands onto an emberlit , then handing them out to a bunch of friends of mine because they are just the ducks nuts when it comes to one person cooking with the comforts of a stove , i got to thinking about cooking for the family , and was looking into it
I stumbled across these ecozoom stoves .
they are not a ultralight backpackers stove by any means it weighs 10 kg , its full of some kind of refactory ceramic .
they are however , dam good . Mine boils a full kettle faster than my electric stove , with the wind skirt on ( adds allegedly something like 25% efficiency ) it didnt just boil the kettle , it cooked the handle enough it was kinda softened and definitely way too hot to hold , something thats never happened on the stovetop ever
the whole stove isnt real big , the top gives a stable surface for dutch oven or boiler sized pots , the outside doesnt get hot .. all the heat is directed up to the cooking area
the wood get completely burned pretty much too , there is next to no ash left . There is next to no smoke too .
This one has two doors , one to allow wood to be used as fuel , its closed when the stove is burning charcoal tho , only the bottom draught open .
k nuff from me , pics time :
the actual stove I have now
size comparisons : my size 15 hoof next to the stove :
6 yr old who really wanted to be in the picture and just loves messing with fire , and knives , and anything I do really too .. she is awesome tho
looking down on top of it
these stoves are designed for 3rd world situations , to save on fire wood used and to reduce smoke pollution , this one works a treat .
In actual use , all i can say is , its boring .. slightly more interesting to use than a propane cooker I spose since you got to occasionally move the wood up some , but beside that .. it may as well be a regular propane cook top , the heat out put is about as good s a regular stove in a house .. the electric hotplate i have takes longer actually to get up to heat , the fire is there hot and simmering stuff while my hotplate is still warming up
For me , the low fuel use is a plus . low impact , but there are places we go too that fuel is just dam hard to get .. the low smoke too , with family members who have breathing issues also doing the bulk of the cooking , this is definitely a big plus the weight isnt an issue , if its more than just me , Im car camping . Its actually a plus , this is one very stable stove to use .
This is , i guess one of the most boring stoves to use
but thats not a bad thing .
Something I noticed , over a few years of travel and camping , is that people can get kinda daunted when they are faced with a campfire as their heat source to cook on , but give them a stove , even a couple rocks and a slab of steel with the fire under it , and suddenly its all OK again cooking is no longer challenging or scary again .
after getting hands onto an emberlit , then handing them out to a bunch of friends of mine because they are just the ducks nuts when it comes to one person cooking with the comforts of a stove , i got to thinking about cooking for the family , and was looking into it
I stumbled across these ecozoom stoves .
they are not a ultralight backpackers stove by any means it weighs 10 kg , its full of some kind of refactory ceramic .
they are however , dam good . Mine boils a full kettle faster than my electric stove , with the wind skirt on ( adds allegedly something like 25% efficiency ) it didnt just boil the kettle , it cooked the handle enough it was kinda softened and definitely way too hot to hold , something thats never happened on the stovetop ever
the whole stove isnt real big , the top gives a stable surface for dutch oven or boiler sized pots , the outside doesnt get hot .. all the heat is directed up to the cooking area
the wood get completely burned pretty much too , there is next to no ash left . There is next to no smoke too .
This one has two doors , one to allow wood to be used as fuel , its closed when the stove is burning charcoal tho , only the bottom draught open .
k nuff from me , pics time :
the actual stove I have now
size comparisons : my size 15 hoof next to the stove :
6 yr old who really wanted to be in the picture and just loves messing with fire , and knives , and anything I do really too .. she is awesome tho
looking down on top of it
these stoves are designed for 3rd world situations , to save on fire wood used and to reduce smoke pollution , this one works a treat .
In actual use , all i can say is , its boring .. slightly more interesting to use than a propane cooker I spose since you got to occasionally move the wood up some , but beside that .. it may as well be a regular propane cook top , the heat out put is about as good s a regular stove in a house .. the electric hotplate i have takes longer actually to get up to heat , the fire is there hot and simmering stuff while my hotplate is still warming up
For me , the low fuel use is a plus . low impact , but there are places we go too that fuel is just dam hard to get .. the low smoke too , with family members who have breathing issues also doing the bulk of the cooking , this is definitely a big plus the weight isnt an issue , if its more than just me , Im car camping . Its actually a plus , this is one very stable stove to use .
This is , i guess one of the most boring stoves to use
but thats not a bad thing .
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My sense is that the narrowing of the flue above the firebox would intensify the heat very efficiently. Looks insulated as well, like the fuel door. This would give the setting fire the urgency, the draft pull to start rapidly. I very much like the fuel feed rack too. The design is not unlike the boilers, new and old.
