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This is a badge bit (BB) that is part of the PEP curriculum. Completing this BB is part of getting the wood badge in Rocket.

This BB requires you to build a j-tube style rocket oven.


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These are some potentially useful resources:
  - Rocket Ovens
  - Introduction to Rocket Ovens and What You Need to Know Before You Build
  - My First Rocket Project - Rocket Oven in Stages
  - The Rocket Powered Oven
  - Roket Oven 2018 Plans

To get certified for this Badge Bit you must provide:
  - 5 pics of build in progress
       o Including inside of stratification chamber
  - 3 pics of completed product
       o Overview picture
       o J-tube
       o Inside of oven with door half open
  - 2 minute video of starting the fire and proving there are no smoke leaks
  - pic of uncooked food going in
  - pic of cooked food coming out
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I built a rocket oven!

It's a 42sqin j-tube with a 6in exhaust. It has a full size feed, 16in, and a 48+in riser. The back door has 1in of insulation and is a functional cleanout. The oven door also has 1in of insulation (above and below the hinge). I insulated the riser with perlite enclosed in a cob/mesh cylinder. The brick provides structural support for the oven and adds some aesthetic benefits. The cob around the oven isn't really providing thermal mass storage since there's 1+inches (depending on location) of insulation but also weighs down the oven keeping the oven in place (it wasn't necessary to strap it down after cobbing).

On the first test run I struggled to keep the temp low at 350degF to bake the zucchini bread -- definitely needed larger pieces of wood than what I used.  On a subsequent run, I was able to get to 550degF in <30 mins (without trying to get it to temp quickly and without really keeping track of the time) and cooked 20 pizzas in <90mins. Once the oven got to 550degF it could bake a pizza in 3 mins. The max temp I reached was 650degF but I wasn't trying to exceed that temp - I'm sure I could have gotten this oven much hotter if I used matchstick sized pieces of wood. I wonder how quickly the oven could get up to temp at startup if I tried to make it fast; I think I could get it there in <15mins if I had split the wood more. At around the 6th pizza, the oven temp was 650degF and the pizza stone cracked.

I highly recommend watching Paul's Rocket Ovens Movie, getting the "Unofficial Companion Guide to the Rocket Oven DVD", and getting Tim Barker's Rocket Powered oven book before getting started.

edited to add youtube link to video instead of having to download it


In-progress_1.JPG
laying the combustion chamber brick
laying the combustion chamber brick
In-progress_2.JPG
continuing to lay the j-tube brick
continuing to lay the j-tube brick
In-progress_3.JPG
I'm happy with the height of the riser
I'm happy with the height of the riser
In-progress_4.JPG
filling the insulation around the riser
filling the insulation around the riser
In-progress_5.JPG
the first cuts of each barrel
the first cuts of each barrel
In-progress_6.JPG
installing the juice box exhaust
installing the juice box exhaust
In-progress_7.JPG
installing the hinge
installing the hinge
In-progress_8.JPG
the welded patch around the riser opening - so pretty!
the welded patch around the riser opening - so pretty!
In-progress_9.JPG
welded the bolts for insulated back door so that the door is a functional cleanout
welded the bolts for insulated back door so that the door is a functional cleanout
In-progress_10.JPG
welding the oven shelf mounts
welding the oven shelf mounts
In-progress_11.JPG
figuring out how to mount the door latch
figuring out how to mount the door latch
In-progress_12.JPG
insulating the oven and wrapping with mesh
insulating the oven and wrapping with mesh
complete_door-open.JPG
door ajar
door ajar
complete_j-tube.JPG
side view
side view
complete_overview.JPG
oven view
oven view
Filename: 2min-video_starting-the-rocket.MOV
File size: 417 megabytes
food_in.JPG
about to cook the zucchini bread
about to cook the zucchini bread
food_out.JPG
zucchini bread finished baking
zucchini bread finished baking
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Paul Fookes approved this submission.
Note: I certify this BB complete. Zuchini bread looks fabulous.  Great pictures Alexandra

 
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