A simple woodgas cook-stove part I

Just for fun I made a small box of bricks and placed a single LuciaStove in it. The gaps between the bricks provided all the air the stove needed. At the end opposite the stove I left three 1.5 cm gaps in an effort to have the heat be directed along the full surface of the makeshift cook stove. This is my very first attempt at cooking soup, bread, and tea all at the same time with a small gasifying cook-stove. Please forgive the poor video and lighting. The full meal was cooked with 500 ml of wood pellets. As a bonus the room was heated for over an hour and 326 ml of ash free char was produced. I was pretty happy with the results!

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[86thmountmerrion]

That would be great for an emergency kitchen if there was ever a power cut of your kitchen stove failed.

[WorldStove]

Thats a really good idea, thanks. The bricks did a nice job of retaining the heat and if this were a developing world set-up, brick makers and sheet metal workers would have a whole lot of new work too (nice way to create local jobs).

[marthale7]

Hi, I never had wood gas burn that clean, is the secret the pelets that you are using? do you light the stove outside? Thanks for sharing!

[WorldStove]

As for lighting the stove, nope, not outside, that is what the hole you see is for, makes for a handy way to add fuel too. The trick is to have the hole NOT align with the stove so that heat gets distributed to the whole surface.

[WorldStove]

No secret, I promise; and its not the pellets because wood chunks, branches, chipped yard waste even rabbit droppings (see other video) all act about the same. Although I did find that by placing the stove in a semi-closed box, most of the air gets preheated. Since there is no chimney the recirculation burns up most of the emissions. Wish I could say I planed it to do that but Im just lucky I guess.

[benniblueyes]

La piastra riscaldata per cucinare è un'ottima idea... ;-)

Evviva la "LuciaStove"!!

Focacce e pizze per tutti!! :-D

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