Cob:: earthen oven --Lorena

[Darel Henman]

Yes, as Charmaine discussed below in here e-mail, stoves like this have
been made in the Far East.

The pages are in Japanese but the pictures tell a lot.  Click on a
picture for a larger view.

You can see the opening on the top where pots with a lip around the
upper cicumference holds it.

Not shown in the pictures but, a clever design has the firebox on the
outside so most of the smoke was outside.  But, you had to go out to
feed the fire.

I found a page with pictures of the construction of this type of cob
stove.  See them below:
  
http://www.jade.dti.ne.jp/%7Etakumi/traditional/suginami_kamado/index.htm

And in this bunch is a picture of a cob/brick mold.
  
http://www.jade.dti.ne.jp/%7Etakumi/traditional/hongoudai/kamado/index.htm


Cheers,
  Darel


Charmaine R Taylor wrote:
> 
> Ianto Evans worked on a book called Lorena Stoves, and I have an old
> copy. It is now out of print, and shows the table-like stoves wherein
> the pots sat into the holes, where the fire was underneath,  the problem
> I have heard is they smoked like crazy around the pots, and later rocket
> stoves replaced them.  although I hear many  people still like them.
>  they are a more modern invention.
> 
> the only aspect is that they were a CLAY  hand made table and oven in
> one..so it made it easier to cook on the surface by dropping the pot
> into the hole.
> 
> These may have been used in CHina and Korea as I recall, in another shape.