outdoor biofuel cooking product now available from cleardome solar thermal. . .
but we decided to respond to a very common question asked by them and many people that don't yet own a solar cooker: how do you cook or pasteurize water outdoors at night or on overcast or stormy days in remote areas without the sun? how about a dry biofuel portable cooker?
after nearly two years of experimentation, trial and error and a little luck, we finally invented the perfect answer. instead of using expensive and polluting charcoal, wood cut from a forest, or non-renewable gas or oil, we've discovered a unique way to use a waste product that would otherwise be hauled to the dump or dug into the ground.
this unique solid fuel is called compressed wood pellets, and to learn more about them and how they are used, please click on these two links: please click here for the usa pellet fuels institute. and for good general information about wood pellets please click here. you'll notice that very little information is included about portable pellet cookers because until recently, the term "pellet stoves" has only referred to home heaters that use wood pellets as fuel. the introduction of our lightweight portable pellet cooker that does not use a fan is a new innovation.
the sunset beach photo above, taken at mission bay park san diego, california in shows our prototype wood pellet camping and survival stove cooking a quart of chile beans on the sand. we made the small carrying handle on the right side of the stove larger in the first production cookers, shown below. also notice that the right side with the handle does not have vent holes because this side faces the wind to reduce wind disturbance when cooking.
here's the ideal way to keep on cooking, baking, and pasteurizing water long
after the sun goes down, or during a major emergency or in developing nations
where fuel is scarce or too expensive. it's also perfect for use at home in any season or temperature, on picnics,
camping and backpacking trips because of the small size and portability.
this very durable wood pellet cooking stove is not like the large, expensive
pellet stove home heaters and small cookers that require wall or battery power
for the fans, and computerized controller that tells an motorized auger how fast
to feed pellets into the fire. since ours needs no power, fans or auger it's
more reliable in the most remote and extreme locations where no external power
is available, and boils a quart of water in about 7-9 minutes with only one cup
of pellets or two to three quarts in 12-15 minutes with only two cups of wood
pellets once it's at full flame.
it also cooks on light rainy and windy days, shown in the photo below, on
right. it only weighs two pounds and measures 5" by 7" tall but cooks nearly as
fast and as hot as any conventional gas stove. it is very sturdy and can
actually support over 150 pounds, so you'll be able to pellet cook for many
years. we even have a collapsible verson for backpacking and hiking trips that
weighs about two pounds. it collapses nearly flat to less than 1", shown in the
photo below, and like the non-collapsible version, will burn pellets and nearly
any other type of dry fuel listed below in just lightly more time.
this the first commercially produced portable wood pellet cooker
in the world that does not require fans and a power supply to properly burn the
pellets.
sorry, our collapsible wood pellet cooker is temporarily unavailable.
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