Have any of you built, or seen built, a sixteen-brick rocket stove? I've inserted a photo down below.
I'm thinking about cooking options for when the power goes off. I have an all-electric home and my only other cooking options require propane bottles. I'm guessing that propane bottles would disappear quickly in a national emergency. So, even though I might lose electricity and propane, I will definately have wood. I've got lots of trees.
So, I'm toying around with wood-fired cooking options. At first, I was looking at multi-fuel cooking stoves (like the Volcano), but then stumbled onto the 16-brick rocket stove. Basically, it's a wood-fired stove made from sixteen bricks. There are tons of different rocket stove designs out there and some are very exotic. But the simplicity of a little sixteen stacked brick stove is pretty attractive. With a little stack of bricks and some sticks, one would have a pretty efficient, highly portable wood stove. (Much more efficient than the traditional rock cooking/fire ring.)
Any experience in building these? I'm wondering about the kind of bricks that would work. I've read that adobe bricks work the best. I don't know if the typical hollow construction brick would work. Would a landscaping brick/paver work in that kind of heat? This little stoves produce a ton of heat.
I'm thinking about cooking options for when the power goes off. I have an all-electric home and my only other cooking options require propane bottles. I'm guessing that propane bottles would disappear quickly in a national emergency. So, even though I might lose electricity and propane, I will definately have wood. I've got lots of trees.
So, I'm toying around with wood-fired cooking options. At first, I was looking at multi-fuel cooking stoves (like the Volcano), but then stumbled onto the 16-brick rocket stove. Basically, it's a wood-fired stove made from sixteen bricks. There are tons of different rocket stove designs out there and some are very exotic. But the simplicity of a little sixteen stacked brick stove is pretty attractive. With a little stack of bricks and some sticks, one would have a pretty efficient, highly portable wood stove. (Much more efficient than the traditional rock cooking/fire ring.)
Any experience in building these? I'm wondering about the kind of bricks that would work. I've read that adobe bricks work the best. I don't know if the typical hollow construction brick would work. Would a landscaping brick/paver work in that kind of heat? This little stoves produce a ton of heat.
