April 19, 2017: The efficient kooking place made of 25 bricks and some wood - 1 sheet of paper and dry acacia needles

[People living on the edge of the forest or near many trees or shrubs and want to have a life without electricity and gas and at the same time have no sun, can cook efficiently with this cooking place of 25 bricks]:

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Video: DIY Brick Rocket Stove - Cooking Without Power (24'7'')
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For this cooking place 25 bricks are needed, the cheapest are concrete blocks (cinder blocks) (2'15 ''). You can also use more expensive fire bricks or red construction bricks, each to your liking (2'43 ''). Then you can, if you want, set up a base of stone slabs (2'54 ''). So with such stone slabs you can set up the cooking place on a balcony without causing any damage (3'10 ''). This cooking place of bricks does not need coal, there is no coking, but only needs a little bit of finely chopped wood (3'43 ''), i.e. a small pile of dry, thin branches that can be found in every forest, and that is the wood for a cooked meal in a pot (3'59 ''). [And there are also needed: a lighter like wood wool, and another lighter like a sheet of paper - and a lighter].

The fire place of 25 bricks
Buy 25 bricks, here cinder blocks	If you want, you can lay base stones, this means: small stone slabs, e.g. on a balcony, then everything runs without damage	For a cooking process, you need some chopped wood, a mixture of thin and thick little branches

At the beginning, one of the concrete blocks is cut in half with the appropriate tools, so first a track is made (with hammer with screwdriver, hammer with crowbar etc.) (4'25''). Then hit the track from both sides with the hammer until the concrete block breaks (4'49 ''). Then the first layer is put: U-shape with the halved concrete block in a corner, the opening is the air access from below (5'33 ''). Second layer: U-shape across with side entry for the wood (6'28 ''). Third layer: full circle, and now the access for the wood is ready (7'11 '').

A concrete block is halved 01: The track is laid	A concrete block is halved 02: Hit the trail	And then the concrete block breaks in two halves
Now the first layer is laid in a U shape, with the air access	The second layer is also laid in a "U", but across, with an entrance on the side for the wood	The third layer is a closed circle, and the second access is filled with the wood

Now three more layers of bricks are put so that the combustion chamber is long enough to develop a draft, so that the air will be automatically drawn in and an absolutely efficient combustion takes place (7'57 ''). The fire then roars like a machine (8'1 '').

Now there are 3 more layers, in total the fire channel consists of 6 layers of bricks, in which the fire becomes strong enough and draws air

As a top part to hold the saucepan, one can use a gas stove attachment, the important thing is simply that the air can pass under the saucepan (8'28 ''). If you don't have a gas stove top, you can also attach two bricks at the top and place the saucepan the bricks (8'44 ''). As the last step of construction, a brick is placed in front of the wood access as a base for the inserted wood (8'53 '').

A gas stove top is ideal for the brick cooking place	The gas cooker top is placed on the brick cooking place, for the saucepan	You can also put two bricks for the saucepan
The brick in front of the wood access is the basis for the wood supply

This fire place is ideal for emergency situations when there is no electricity or gas available (9'7 '') [and when the sun is missing]. Now a stew is being prepared (11'26 '').

Now a stew is being prepared

The fire: 1 sheet of paper is crumpled up and placed in the air inlet (12'14 ''). Then small, thin branches are inserted into the wood access (12'19 ''). Then dry material comes in from the top, in this case dried acacia needles (12'55 '').

Start of fire: igniter 01 is a sheet of paper	Igniter 01: The sheet of paper is crumpled up	Igniter 01: The paper ball is inserted into the air inlet
Wood suply: First, only small, thin branches are inserted	Igniter 02: dried acacia needles	Igniter 02: dried acacia needles are put in from the top 01
Igniter 02: dried acacia needles are put in from the top 02

Then the fire is ignited in the air access below with a pipe lighter, the paper first smokes heavily, then air is blown in (13'39 ''). When the paper is burned, the fire becomes smoke-free and highly efficient (13'54 '').

The fire is lit with a pipe lighter in the air hole 01	The fire is lit with a pipe lighter in the air hole 02	The lit paper develops a big smoke
Now one can blow some air into the air access yet	After about 1 minute, a smoke-free wood fire with efficient combustion comes up

The wood supply is minimal, is constantly being replenished (14'4 ''). The air is drawn in through both sides, air hole and wood hole, but most of the air is drawn in through the lowest hole, the air supply (14'48 '').

[The fire is smoke-free and is as efficient as a gas stove with the efficient combustion of gas].

Then the last thing is the gas stove top and the saucepan on top (15'49 '').

Wood supply with smoke-free fire 01	Wood supply with smoke-free fire 02	Wood supply with smoke-free fire 03
The fire in the fire channel, view from above	The fire is running, now the gas stove top is put on the top.

The fire is still more efficient (16'24 ''). Now the saucepan is placed on top and the cooking procedure begins. You have to keep pushing the sticks, because they burn away quickly (17'0''). The branches burn best with a mixture of thick and thin branches (17'19 '').

The cooking process: Sticks are added on and on	Best is a mixture of thin and thick branches so the fire burns best	The fire in the fire channel, view through the wood entrance
The long flames lick the saucepan, like on a gas stove	After 10 minutes the stew begins to steam	The air access is regulated with a brick, half covered or almost completely covered

After 10 minutes the stew begins to steam (18'35 ''). The air access is regulated with a brick, half covered or almost completely covered you can regulate the fire, which then becomes less strong (19'48 ''). And then the rice stew is served (21'24 '').

[If you live on the edge of the forest or near many trees or shrubs and want to cook without electricity and gas, and if there is also no sun, you can cook efficiently with only a small amount of wood].

The rice stew is ready	The rice stew in a bowl
Rice stew is eaten from the 25-brick and wood cooking place

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