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StoveTec Greenfire Wood & Charcoal Combination Rocket Stove

$Wood & Charcoal - what\'s in the box$

$The principles of a rocket stove \'elbow\'$

State-of-the-art, robust, highly-efficient and clean-burning ceramic & cast iron rocket stove. Designed by StoveTec, USA.

£59.95 [In Stock]

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Product description

Chunky, rugged, stable, and effective. Engineered to within a fraction of a milimetre, this stove sits at the pinacle of 20 years of 'rocket elbow' development. Ideal for camping and caravaning, or anytime you want almost instant, clean, convenient heat from wood. It also leaves almost no trace; the ground beneath it only warms slightly.

Charcoal and wood model

This model is able to burn wood and other dense biomass as well as charcoal, which allows for a little more control and flexibility. There's a ceramic brick provided to change the configuration of the combustion chamber & protect the metal door when burning charcoal. You can also use the charcoal burning phase for simmering after using wood; snap off the charcoaled ends of your sticks, insert the brick and slide in the doors, and harness the remaining heat for a surprisingly long simmer. Control the heat using the bottom door air inlet. Further enhance the efficiency by using the adjustable wiind-shield (included) which fits snugly round pots. The 4 L Dutch Oven is a particularly good fit.

While we work on our own clip of this stove, here is an independent review from Tactical Intelligence. Note it is operating here at below freezing!

The science

A rocket elbow is so-called because of its shape; two cylinders forming a right angle. One end is for inserting fuel and drawing in (and pre-heating) air; the other is for combusting the gases and smoke from the wood and emitting the heat (see diagram under tha main photo).

This stove is incredibly efficient, and independent tests have shown that for cooking a family meal it will use as little as 20% of the wood required by a carefully tended open fire. The thickly-insulated combustion chamber places the pot at the optimum height above the fire to ensure that most smoke has been burned and is ready to give its heat to your pot. An adjustable wind-guard further increases efficiency and means you can use this in windy conditions.

You can expect this stove to last: the designers have tested individual stoves for 2700 hours, and they are still going strong.

What do Wild Stoves think?

Cooking on this stove feels like cooking on a hob; no wobbly or precarious pot. This stove doesn't flinch at our cast-iron cookware. It's also comfortable to use, with a slightly elevated cooking position about a foot off the ground. The stove gets up to heat very quickly - a little lighting paper, flick of the striker and some twigs and you're seconds away from a remarkably smoke-free and hot flame.

We have a toddler, and although all open fires (or cookers for that matter) present potential danger to small people, she is often around when we cook on this. There's little risk of her pushing it over; the fire is enclosed, and the outside of the stove doesn't become hot enough to seriously burn little fingers (or ours) due to the thick insulation. So a relatively family friendly option, particularly if like us you don't like your little ones breathing in smoke.

The build quality is great, if rugged; this stove was built for performance, not sitting on the mantlepiece. The doors can be a little stiff, but minor adjustments to these make them open and close easily.