In the past two weeks I’ve written about wood stoves and pellet heating. This week I’ll focus on another way to burn wood cleanly and efficiently: using a masonry heater. A masonry heater, also called ...

Masonry heater core and wall. Today I’ll be discussing construction styles, not channel layouts or firebox designs, but here I will give a brief overview of some ways that masonry stove durability has ...

In less than two minutes, you can learn how to build a rocket stove using only cement blocks. Just watch this brief video, “The 6-Block Rocket Stove,” for the easy instructions. The video’s clever ...

Watch how simple bricks are arranged into a functional stove design perfect for basic outdoor cooking setups. Barron Trump ...

It features a masonry heater with a flue that runs horizontally and doubles as a bench. The building can apparently be heated for 24 hours following a single, hour-long burn. Masonry heaters are ...