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Yes Glenn, I think tjis is probably where the confusion came in! Tjanks for ypur reply

Yes Judith, although it's portable so you could move it outside.

I understood that the basic rocket stove was designed for people in ' third world countries'
where we cook indoors on open fires which cause the associated illnesses - a very economic stove that causes little if any smoke.
Have I got it all wrong???
Thanks for the replies

Thanks for the replies,
The stove is for cooking indoors.
They might want to use it for heating as well. I'll have a look at the "institutional stove".
I also have to look up F - °C convertions.

It doesn't smoke THAT much - but certainly too much for indoors without a chimney.

So, it might indeed be that the chunks of rotten wood did not burn hot enough?

Good morning all the permies
I'm constructing a fantastic heavy duty rocket stove - confidently convincing everyone here that I'm building a wonderful machine that you could on, in the house, with no chimney - because it doesn't smoke. It was a little embarassing when we tedted it last night and... IT SMOKES!!!
I used a metal drum, stainless steel tube, and expansive clay for insulation and sheet metal plate as a lid. It draws well, but definately smokes.
Am I wrong in thinking that it could be used indoors without a chimney? - I thought this was the whole intention of the clever design.
Or did I screw up somewhere?
We used some fairly rotten fig branches upto 5cm diameter.
HELP! HELP! HELP!