We build our own Fogão a Lenha cooking stove

Just completed building our first Fogão a Lenha – i.e. Brazilian wood burning cooking stove. With a hint of the rocket mass heater / stove thrown in.

Our finished Fogão a Lenha with chimney over on the right in the corner

Three pots on the Fogão a Lenha

Flames showing that heat and smoke are drawn along the stove to the chimney

Didymus the builder

Boiling 20L of water

Wheel drums form the rings

Learning how to position the wok

To allow maximum heat!

Fire from the entranceway can be felt on the third ring in – drawn along by the draught from the chimney.

We like it!

Eastern Highlander