[Stoves] Cooking by conduction - plancha stoves

[Hank]

Dean,

Do really have a combination stove such as described below?  It sounds like
a great idea!

I have been working on the idea of a solar cooker (not oven)  with a burner
unit to put under the pot if the sun goes away. The burner might be a
charcoal unit or a small stove like Tom's Camp stove.  We often have storms
develop in the afternoon that hide the sun before dinner is cooked!!

Hank in the high desert of Oregon

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Dean Still" <dstill at epud.net>
To: <STOVES at LISTSERV.REPP.ORG>
Sent: Friday, June 16, 2006 9:12 AM
Subject: RE: [Stoves] Cooking by conduction - plancha stoves


> Dear All,
>
> Yeah, cooking with conduction is great! Once the griddle is hot the 5
liters
> of water in the International Testing Pot boiled in less than 30 minutes
> while food cooked all around it. A big heavy griddle stays flat so
> conduction works better.
>
> Cooks at Aprovecho use the Ecostove everyday and love it. At Summer Camp
> this year let's cook lunch on it! My favorite combination is: a griddle
> stove with a sunken pot stove with a really efficient low mass bread oven
> with a solar oven.
>
> Best,
>
> Dean