cookstove

Heat source, meals

A cookstove is a stove designed primarily for cooking rather than heating.

The term often distinguishes a kitchen appliance from a heating stove, or refers specifically to wood-burning or portable stoves used for meal preparation: an old cast-iron cookstove, a camp cookstove.

appliance

range

Extent of variation

  • burnerHeat-producing device component
  • hotplatePortable electric cooking surface
  • hobFlat cooking surface

griddle · oven · broiler · grill · induction · convection · cooktop · salamander · hibachi · tandoor

fuel

wood

Tree-derived building material

kerosene · biomass · pellets · firewood · ethanol · natural gas · coal · dung · peat · briquettes

traditional

hearth

Fireplace floor area

village · smoke · ash · soot · bellows · trivet · cauldron · cast iron · fireside

camping

portable

Able to be carried

lightweight · compact · foldable · MSR · solid fuel · mess kit · backcountry · car camping · bivouac · billy can

humanitarian

indoor air pollution

Airborne contaminants within buildings

global health · development · NGO · rural · subsistence · poverty · women's health · respiratory disease · sustainability · biogas

Categories
Opposites
heat application method

cookstovemicrowave

Radiation-based kitchen heater

microwave oven · induction cooktop · solar oven · raw food

food temperature transformation

cookstoverefrigerator

Food-cooling household appliance

freezer · icebox · cooler · cold storage · ice chest

food preparation vs. raw consumption

cookstoveraw diet

Uncooked food regimen

crudités

Family

cookstoves

Familiarity
Top 200,000
Profile
Used worldwide · Timeless · Concrete · Everyday, not technical · Rated G