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Eco friendly rocket stove
Clean combustion stove
Rocket elbow stove
The eco friendly Rocket Stoves use the 'rocket elbow' principles to achieve natural-draft clean combustion. The Rocket Elbow resembles an arm bent at right-angles around the elbow, is a configuration of cylinders which allow wood fuel and air to mix in such a way that highly-efficient combustion can take place - releasing much heat and very little smoke.
Chunky, rugged, stable and effective. Engineered to within a fraction of a milimetre, these stoves sit at the pinacle of 30 years of 'rocket elbow' development. Ideal for the barbeques in the garden, camping, or anytime you want almost instant, clean, convenient heat from wood. It also leaves almost no trace; unless cooking for very long periods, the ground beneath it only warms slightly so you won't scorch the grass. The wood stove uses a 'stick support' that feeds the wood into the combustion chamber at the optimum height for clean combustion. The large fuel-opening will admit slightly larger pieces of wood. Heat output can still be controlled by putting more sticks in, or pulling the sticks back, so you can still easily get a small simmering fire.
Heres the science bit...
A rocket elbow is so-called because of its shape; two cylinders forming a right angle. One end is for inserting fuel and drawing in (and pre-heating) air; the other is for combusting the gases and smoke from the wood and emitting the heat. This stove is incredibly efficient, and independent tests around the world have concluded that for cooking a family meal it will use as little as 20% of the wood required by a carefully tended open fire. The thickly-insulated combustion chamber places the pot at the optimum height above the fire to ensure that most smoke has been burned and is ready to give its heat to your pot. An adjustable wind-guard further increases efficiency and means you can use this in windy conditions. You can expect this stove to last: the designers have tested individual stoves for 2700 hours, and they are still going strong. Cooking on this stove feels like cooking on a hob; no wobbly or precarious pot. This stove doesn't flinch at our cast-iron cookware. It's also comfortable to use, with a slightly elevated cooking position about a foot off the ground. The stove gets up to heat very quickly - a little lighting paper, flick of the striker and some twigs and you're seconds away from a remarkably smoke-free and hot flame. Although all open fires present potential danger to small people there's no risk of toddlers pushing it over; the fire is enclosed, and the outside of the stove doesn't become hot enough to burn little fingers due to the thick insulation. So a relatively family friendly option, particularly if you don't like your little ones breathing in smoke. Specifications
23,900 BTU of cooking power.
Rugged cast iron stove top
Easily cleaned steel body
Sturdy, heat-resistant handles
Measurements
Maximum diameter: 26cm Height: 27cm Mass of stove: 6.2Kg
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