I’ve had solar ovens on the brain for a few days (hard to tell, right?) and after one related post the following email arrived:
“Hi-Ya Gord! Been a long time, I know...too long. I've been enjoying your thoughts on solar ovens. I've always wanted a cob oven myself.”
“Oh and, I loved your cartoon of the Fat Economy...so true!”
Signed, Myshell
[Yes, I post the odd cartoon... ‘odd’ being the operative word].
At first, I thought a cob oven was an oven in which you cooked corn or burned dry cobs as fuel. (A friend of mine heats his cottage with a corn stove).
Myshell was referring to something entirely different, i.e., an earthen oven made from cob (a mixture of sand, clay and straw), in which a person can bake pizza, bread, cookies, and much more.
After viewing many photos and reading about the building process I can safely say they are a ton of work (or more) to build, require a healthy wood supply to operate, but last a long, long time.
View a team building effort here.
View several other informative links here.
View Myshell’s first connection with cob ovens here.
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I think cob ovens do serve a very useful purpose. The wood supply, however would be a challenge to maintain for many urbanites.
Thoughts? Opinions?
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