Cob Oven project

[Arlie Haig]

In case you haven't seen it, the Aug 98 issue of Sunset Magazine has the
instructions for a Cob-adobe oven which I will build as soon as the rains
stop. I would appreciate knowing about
any other plans anyone cares to mention...
Thanks,
Arlie
-----Original Message-----
From: David Knapp <DMKnapp at mail.rkd.snds.com>
To: coblist at deatech.com <coblist at deatech.com>
Date: Tuesday, March 16, 1999 3:11 PM
Subject: Cob Oven project


Our boy scout troop has been experimenting with solar ovens these past
couple years.  We have had some success, but as with many camping trips the
weather is often cloudy or rainy.

I have proposed to the boys that we do a cob oven project at one of our
favorite campsites in which permanent facilities are present (private land
with pond -- owner is scout friendly).  We do allot of Dutch oven cooking,
so the boys are familiar with some of the high mass, slower cooking along
with the solar cooking too.

Right now we are in the phase of searching the cob archives and hunting down
documentation that the boys can use before final plans are made for the
construction.  I have already given them preliminary talks and we plan to
split the project into several phases.  We can do the first layer of
strawless cob in May after frost danger is past and then succeeding layers
in late August, possibly doing the first firing next year in early spring
depending on the documentation we find.

Dave Knapp
Winnebago, Illinois
http://www.bigfoot.com/~renewables/