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Lecturer invents unique stove
07 Sep 2017 at 09:45hrs | Views
A MUTARE Polytechnic College body work lecturer has invented a unique four-in-one charcoal or sawdust powered stove.
Named Brastogen, a hybridised term for being a braai stand, stove, geyser and oven, the appliance found fame at the Zimbabwe International Trade Fair (ZITF).
It has two water tanks on either side that act as geysers, an oven, and a three-plate stove whose top can be removed to make it a braai stand.
"I took the idea from the Dutch-ovens which we used to build in the rural areas, but were immovable," the inventor, Magetsa Paundi, told the Daily News.
Magetsa said he was already taking orders and made supplies to Botswana.
"We have been receiving orders since our exhibition at the ZITF," Paundi said.
The appliance is a low budget product made from scrap metal and can be powered by burning saw-dust, which is cheap and abundant in Mutare.
The innovation is also ideal for Zimbabwe in general.
Apart from reducing fuel consumption, the device also significantly reduces cooking time as well as heating water, as it would perform numerous processes simultaneously using the same heat source.
Paundi, however, said although they are currently using scrap metals, the device efficiency could be improved by using cast-iron, which is also a low cost material.
At the moment, the device is retailing at around $600 and is mass produced.
Paundi has previously produced a four-in-one garden tool that could be used as a spade, axe, hole and mattock.
"It was not mass-produced like we are now doing with this," he said.
Named Brastogen, a hybridised term for being a braai stand, stove, geyser and oven, the appliance found fame at the Zimbabwe International Trade Fair (ZITF).
It has two water tanks on either side that act as geysers, an oven, and a three-plate stove whose top can be removed to make it a braai stand.
"I took the idea from the Dutch-ovens which we used to build in the rural areas, but were immovable," the inventor, Magetsa Paundi, told the Daily News.
Magetsa said he was already taking orders and made supplies to Botswana.
"We have been receiving orders since our exhibition at the ZITF," Paundi said.
The appliance is a low budget product made from scrap metal and can be powered by burning saw-dust, which is cheap and abundant in Mutare.
The innovation is also ideal for Zimbabwe in general.
Apart from reducing fuel consumption, the device also significantly reduces cooking time as well as heating water, as it would perform numerous processes simultaneously using the same heat source.
Paundi, however, said although they are currently using scrap metals, the device efficiency could be improved by using cast-iron, which is also a low cost material.
At the moment, the device is retailing at around $600 and is mass produced.
Paundi has previously produced a four-in-one garden tool that could be used as a spade, axe, hole and mattock.
"It was not mass-produced like we are now doing with this," he said.
Source - dailynews
