[Stoves] Cooking by conduction - plancha stoves

[Kevin Chisholm]

Dear Harmon
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Harmon Seaver" <hseaver at gmail.com>
To: "Stoves-List" <stoves at listserv.repp.org>
Sent: Saturday, June 17, 2006 10:18 PM
Subject: Re: [Stoves] Cooking by conduction - plancha stoves


> On 6/17/06, Kevin Chisholm <kchisholm at ca.inter.net> wrote:
>> Dear Rogerio and Sebastian
>
>   (snip)
>
>> I would suggest that any stove that is capable of cooking a meal for 30
>> people is inappropriate for a small family. The Ecostove seems to be more 
>> of
>> a commercial cooker or "small institutional" cooker, rather than a Family
>> Cooker. Obviously, if it is big and fast enough for a commercial or small
>> institutional application, it is oversized for a small family 
>> application.
>>
>
>    Where do you get that idea, Kevin? Have you actually looked at the
> stove, at their website? Frankly, the Ecostove looks like a really
> nice sized little cookstove for camping or a vacation cabin. I want
> one!
>     The commercial people seem to be using two, three, or four of
> them lined up side by side.

Rogerio indicated that the Ecostove prepared a feed for 30 unexpected NGO 
personell. If it has the capacity to do this, then it could be oversized for 
single family applications.

Best wishes,

Kevin


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