Woodgas camp stove?
Submitted: Sunday, Jul 13, 2008 at 12:17
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Scubaroo
Anyone got one of these? It's a design that uses "flaming pyrolysis" to generate gas from wood, sticks, twigs - almost anything that's combustable. Burning the gas is what produces the heat for cooking, and what's left over is generally pure charcoal. There's natural convection models, and a fan-forced one that uses AA batteries. Under $100.
Looking at importing one - has anyone in Aust already got one and tried it? They're supposed to be super-clean burning with little to no smoke, and should burn almost anything.
Reply By: Mike Harding - Sunday, Jul 13, 2008 at 13:07
Sunday, Jul 13, 2008 at 13:07
I hadn't heard of them until your post; a bit of a Google finds some info.
They look pretty limited to me, only two heat settings - high or very high. OK for boiling
water or similar but not much good for most cooking. Their main market seems to be with the US weekend
camping brigade who survive on hamburgers.
Battery life for the fan is not great at about 10 hours and I wonder how the fan would stand up to the heat, over time?
Let us know how it goes if you get one, please.
Mike Harding
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Follow Up By: Scubaroo - Sunday, Jul 13, 2008 at 13:42
Sunday, Jul 13, 2008 at 13:42
Yeah - kicking the idea around - there is a solar battery recharger option that takes two rechargables instead of alkaline AAs.
One of the interesting things about them is that according to some sources, the byproduct is biochar - which has some gardening applications. Mini carbon sequestration in your backyard!
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Reply By: samsgoneagain - Sunday, Jul 13, 2008 at 21:29
Sunday, Jul 13, 2008 at 21:29
have a look at these little beauties. they look
well made.
www.littlecracker.co.nz
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Follow Up By: Scubaroo - Monday, Jul 14, 2008 at 11:41
Monday, Jul 14, 2008 at 11:41
Yeah.... that's just a wood stove for your house.
I was referring to portable stoves for
camping use, like at
http://www.woodgas-stove.com/ that is designed to produce "wood gas" from biomass. The wood gas is the actual fuel burnt for producing heat.
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