We have had our rocket stove for a few years now. We bought it for the main purpose of having another back up cook source. Patrick used it on a fishing trip for cooking up a pot of chili but that was about it for the first couple of years. Last summer, I decided it would be a good idea to pull it out and get more familiar with it, just in case. Well, I became hooked and found myself wanting to do everything with it and I even did a bit of canning on it.
The thing that makes the rocket stove so great is its efficiency. You can use just about anything as a fuel source. Typically for us, it is wood scraps from Patrick's shop, but I have used twigs, leaves, and other garden waste, one can also use tree cones, charcoal, or whatever. The trick though is that you do have to keep feeding it so watching it closely and constantly is important to keep the fire going.
This year, we had to put a finish on our deck so I could not get it out as soon as I would have liked but it is set up now and Patrick came up with a new, rather temporary idea, for setting it up to make it more user friendly and safe. We do have plans for a more permanent outdoor kitchen set up but for now, we are keeping it simple.
So on to breakfast, I started the day off by brewing a pot of coffee and heating the water and milk for the "Jet Fueled Latte" (my own recipe) that we like to have first thing in the morning while I was watering the garden and tending to the chickens.
Then it was on to making the biscuits and gravy. Mr. Rain took over tending to the food on the rocket stove after I had it made up as I was busy doing several other things, plus taking some photos.
How I cook biscuits on top of a wood stove or rocket stove is to simply use a cast iron skillet with a lid and half way through the baking process, we flip them to get them browned on each side. We bought the cast iron griddle you see the pans sitting on for the sole purpose of extending the cooking area on top of the rocket stove and it really works great. Patrick also found a thick chunk of steel in his shop last year that we use as a trivet for putting under the things we simply want to keep warm like the coffee or the pan of gravy seen to the right.
We did cook up some beef bacon but I did not get a photo of that, however, you get the idea. The eggs here were some I had bought from some locals a year ago, scrambled up and froze to see how they would turn out. It is a decent way to store extra eggs for baking but not the best in flavor for cooking like this. But hey, we tried! haha
Here is a link to the rocket stove we have. Note, it is made right here in America:
Stovetec Rocket Stove: http://amzn.to/2r8ZJQX
Thanks for dropping in and I hope you enjoyed this post. Have a great day all! ~Heidi
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