Rocket Stoves have served as an easy to approach, do it yourself style, appliance that can be optimized for things such as home heat or cooking cleanly and conservatively with wood. The origins of Rocket Stove innovation are rooted in empowerment, the "radical" idea that everyone should be able to heat their home with a little knowledge and the biomass provided by the world outside their door. The humble beginnings of these stoves allowed tinker-ers of all walks of life to play with the design and adapt it. There are now many iterations of Rocket Stoves, Tallgrass has specialized in offering 'To Code' Rockets that meet North American safety standards for Masonry Heaters. Workshops are still offered from time to time and custom drawings are available for clients wanting to follow in the tradition of radical self empowerment, while safely bringing fire into their home.
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A client warms his bones by this double bell rocket masonry heater. The sculptural details and sharp definitions are created using local clay soils processed into a luxurious plaster that begs to be sat upon. This one services a friend's Straw Bale home in Central Iowa where he keeps the interior at a pleasant 70 degrees with around 50 lbs of wood every 2-3 days. Earthen floor and plasters in this home were also done by Tallgrass in collaboration with the home owner.
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The Rocket Cabin Stove, Inspired by the work of Max Edleson and Lasse Holmes amongst others. This stove was conceived as an elegant, clean burning system designed to mimic the function of an antique cast iron cookstove but with added internal masonry channels to store heat before its departure. The bypass damper can be engaged to just heat the cooktop when the mass heat of the bricks is not desirable. The perfect space heating solution for your tiny home.
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This classic style J-tube rocket stove feeds a long heated bell bench on the Pine Ridge Reservation at OLCERI. This stove was built in tandem with a rocket cookstove to serve as a demonstration model of cheap and efficient designs that can be implemented with a limited budget. A structure has since gone up around this stove deemed the "stove house"
Photo by Sydney Woodward
Photo by Sydney Woodward
An experiment in motion, a multi purpose boiler/cookstove/canning stove that can double as a retort charcoal kiln. More to come with this experiment, funded by the Great Plains Biochar Initiative grant through the University of Nebraska. Tallgrass has an eye on gasifying masonry heaters that can create charcoal while heating space. Keep checking back for progress reports, or follow us on social media!
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A valued customer waits patiently for the firebox to burn down and send its heat into the bench for her planned afternoon nap.
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