This is a badge bit (
BB) that is part of the
PEM curriculum. Completing this BB is part of getting the
Straw badge in
Wood Heat.
Rocket technology allows us to heat things very fast with
wood. The best thing ever is a
rocket oven that has multiple uses. Let's build one!
Here's a quick cross sectional
video of the innards of a rocket oven:
Minimum requirements:
- Build a j tube rocket oven using your rocket engine core (or from scratch)
- Rocket engine can be conveniently disengaged to perform other cooking tasks
- Some options could include:
- Portable rocket engine
- Cooktop
- Lorena
- Grill
- The oven portion is a "white" oven where the smoke doesn't mingle with the food
- Large
enough to fit a standard cookie sheet pan
- Able to achieve 500F
Provide proof of the following as pictures or video (<2 min):
- The oven parts you're starting with
- Several points during construction
- Finished rocket oven
- Fire going and proof it can achieve 500F
- Show how the engine is disengaged
- Show disengaged engine performing another task