[Stoves] Question on Choice of Designs and Available Resources for a Small Outdoor Stove

[Kevin Chisholm]

Dear Niels

There are many stoves and many cooking circumstances. The more specific you 
are with your request, the more likely the List can contribute points 
relevant to your situation.

Is electric power available at the site?
What kind of fuel is available?
What kind of cooking is required? (Griddle, pot, oven, etc)
What heat output is required for the cooking and the heating application?
Where is the general area of use? (Tropics, temperate region, freezing 
region, etc.
How much can the end user afford to pay for the stove (stoves)
What local materials are available?
What local crafts or skills are available?
How many such stoves so you need?

Answers, or insights, into these general questions would be a big help 
toward getting "suggestion effort" into a higher zone of helpfulness..

Best wishes,

Kevin

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Niels Corfield" <mudguard at gmail.com>
To: <stoves at listserv.repp.org>
Sent: Tuesday, November 14, 2006 1:06 PM
Subject: [Stoves] Question on Choice of Designs and Available Resources for 
a Small Outdoor Stove


> Hi all,
>
> Have some quick questions regarding stoves and design options for cooking.
> Further to this would like to get some tips and a design if possible.
>
> The stove(s) will be in use in a semi-outdoor situation and we would
> like to be able to cook efficiently and to provide an efficient
> alternative to an open fire for heating purposes.
> I can see that we might want to use more than one device for the
> different applications.
>
> I have seen the vid for the VITA stove, this looks like the kind of
> device suitable and also I am interested in experimenting with pocket
> rocket type devices.
> Are there available resources or designs for suitable devices?
> I have the excellent booklet on space heating but it would be nice to
> some projects/step-by-step designs for a device or two. Perhaps giving
> options for the use of natural materials.
>
> Hope this isn't too vague.
>
> All the best,
> Niels Corfield
>
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