Vita Stove

Building a VITA Stove
http://stoves.bioenergylists.org/aprovita

  A step-by-step visual guide to constructing a VITA stove. The VITA stove is a single pot stove that can be constructed easily from sheet metal. It is inexpensive to build and is suitable for cooking outdoors and in refugee situations. The video can be watched or downloaded on the Aprovecho web site ---CONTINUED---

PDF Insturctions can be found here: http://stoves.bioenergylists.org/stovesdoc/apro/VITA/vitastove.pdf

How to build a VITA stove

The VITA stove was designed by Dr. Sam Baldwin. It is the result of a great deal of study to inexpensively reduce the fuel used to cook food.

The VITA stove is made from sheet metal that creates an appropriately sized gap between the pot and stove body. A grate holds the wood up over the floor, allowing air to pass through the fire. The pot is held up by three sturdy supports. Since the pot is contained within the cylinder of sheet metal, both it and fire are protected from the wind. The stove will work well only with the intended pot. The stove is durable, lightweight and portable.

Dr. Baldwin's book Biomass Stoves: Engineering Design, Development, and Dissemination is an important work that describes practical methods to improve heat transfer and decrease the wood used for cooking.