The Rocket Stove is a variety of wood-burning cooking stove. It
is easy to construct, with low-cost materials. These are low-
mass stoves designed to burn small pieces of wood very
efficiently. Cooking is done on top of a short insulated
chimney. The stoves are typically constructed out of trash: tin
cans, old stovepipes, etc. A skirt around the pot will help hold
heat in, increasing the efficiency. Rocket Stoves use branches,
twigs, small wood scraps, or just about any small combustible
material. The pieces of wood or other material burn at their
tips, increasing combustion efficiency, creating a very hot
fire, and eliminating smoke. The low-mass stove body and
insulated chimney ensure that the heat goes into the cooking
pot, not into the stove. Rocket stoves used in conjunction with
hayboxes can save enormous amounts of fuel, cooking complete
meals while using very few resources. A related design, the
Rocket Bread Oven, is constructed using two 55 gallon drums, one
inside the other. The outer drum is split o