The rocket stove : A Christmas Gift of Self-Reliance in Cooking

It is Christmas time again, and we decided to give our staff a generative gift- one that can improve one's life, help our planet, provoke a new way of thinking or trigger  a change of behavior in others.

For our company, this year, we chose to share the gift of self-reliance in cooking through the Rocket Stove. What is a rocket stove? The 'rocket stove' is an innovative, fuel-efficient stove design that significantly reduces smoke production and can be manufactured by local stove builders. (rocketstove.org)  Thanks to the design of Dr. Larry Winiarski and Aprovecho Research Center, we improvised our own home made version.

The Rocket Stove Principle:

We call our version The KGZ Rocket Stove because we developed it through the Kamagayan Green Zone Project (An Urban Permaculture Project located in Barangay Kamagayan , P.del Rosario St. Cebu City, Philippines, Funded by Mayflower Realty, Inc and its affiliate companies: Elicon House, West Gorodo Hotel, Mayflower Inn, Gelato Eliseo and Katunggan Permaculture Adventure Farm).

Our own maintenance team cut the parts for the chimney, combustion chamber and accesories, while the gift recipients will assemble the stove.

The housing for the combustion chamber is made from recycled tin roof.
We cut a hole to accomodate the wood chamber.

We used two pcs of c purlins as wood chamber and attached a 31/2 pipe as chimney.

We insulated the sides with wood ash and will try out dolomite.

The KZ Rocket stove with its accessories- pot skirt and extenders, pot ring, wood grill and ashtray.

Testing the KGZ Rocket stove.

1 1/2 cup rice cooked in about 10-15 minutes.