They may sound high-tech, but rocket stoves (named for the way air moves through them) are anything but. Designed to increase fuel efficiency without increasing harmful emissions, rocket stoves are ...

Primitive cooking on the floor in the hut is inefficient and dangerous, prompting the construction of an adobe rocket stove.

Rocket stoves are an interesting, if often overlooked, method for cooking or for generating heat. Designed to use biomass that might otherwise be wasted, such as wood, twigs, or other agricultural ...

Campers, adventurers or anyone else looking for a portable, lightweight cooking set may be interested in a new piece of kit created by Arnaud, called the Kombuis. Which takes the form of a portable, ...

November 19, 2011 Add as a preferred source on Google Add as a preferred source on Google We've previously covered larger rocket stoves designed to heat your home, but now we have a portable version ...

In this video, a potato and scrambled egg are cooked on a clay hot plate, known as a "comal," placed atop an adobe rocket ...

[Simon], a gardener in the United Kingdom, created this super cheap and easy to build rocket stove. The great thing about this little guy is that the methods and materials used to create it are so ...

Jaymi Heimbuch is a writer and photographer specializing in wildlife conservation, technology, and food. She is the author of "The Ethiopian Wolf: Hope at the Edge of Extinction." LifeHacker brought ...

It’s easy to forget how comfortable our lives have become. When we cook food with the twist of a stove knob or heat our homes with the nudge of a thermostat, we fail to recall that in the not too ...