[Stoves] Bread Question

[Harmon Seaver]

On 5/9/06, Dean Still <dstill at epud.net> wrote:
> Dear Harmon,
>
> An un-insulated retained heat bread oven is inefficient in two important
> ways. Wood is usually burnt inside the oven causing large amounts of
> pollution. Both heat and smoke go out the door. The heat that is retained in
> the mass travels through the mud fairly quickly because there is usually no
> insulation on the outside.
>
> Both problems can be addressed but the common beehive oven is both very
> wasteful of fuel and has poor combustion.
>
>

     The only two I've seen were both insulated, and also seemed to
burn pretty cleanly. It's definitely on my "to do" list.

--
Harmon Seaver