Rancho Mastatal rocket stove

The rocket stove at Rancho Mastatal
Project data
Type Rocket stove
Authors
Location Costa Rica
Status Deployed
Years

An adobe rocket stove cooks many of the meals at Rancho Mastatal. The rocket stove was built using the justa stove design. Rocket stoves are improved cookstoves that usually use fuel more efficiently and produce less emissions than a three stone cooking fire.

Components

  • Wood is inserted into the chambers on the side of the stove. The flames rise through a chimney, and the heat escapes through the top opening, where it can be used to cook food.
    Wood is inserted into the chambers on the side of the stove. The flames rise through a chimney, and the heat escapes through the top opening, where it can be used to cook food.
  • This is an image of the grill and chimney.
    This is an image of the grill and chimney.
  • This is an image of the side chamber where the fuel is added.
    This is an image of the side chamber where the fuel is added.
Page data
Authors Dominick Triola
License CC-BY-SA-3.0
Organizations Rancho Mastatal
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