A Rocket Mass Heater in a Swedish Outdoor Kitchen.

This is a rocket mass heater for an outdoor kitchen built during a 3 day workshop of 12 participants lead by Joshua at Permaculture Stjarnsund in Sweden. All the materials for the rocket mass heater were free and recycled apart from 5 Euros spent on the flue pipe.

A rocket stove can easily push hot gas up to 40 feet (12m) of pipes, storing heat in the interior walls, floor or seating. The cob bench then slowly releases the heat staying warm while the stove is not burning.

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Rocket stoves have very efficient combustion, where the furnace temperature ranges from about 1000C up to 1100C. This type of stove, with a cob bench that carries the heat from the stove through pipes. If you would like to build a rocket stove we recommend the book, right, available direct from the author.

You can find rocket stove workshops via our natural buildings workshops listings.

This book by Ianto Evans and Leslie Jackson is without doubt the best guide you can find to building your own rocket mass heater.