Old Stove Gallery

  • Bad plancha, lots of wood, blackened pots.
  • When a stove is this bad it would be hard to get excited about cooking.
  • Deforestation is a problem and it will get worse as populations grow.
  • The chimney is non existent or is built so that smoke returns into the home.
  • Look at the waste of wood. She could cook those 3 pots with a lot less fuel on a 2x3.
  • The pot was not made in black.
  • Woodsmoke from this stove contains 29 known carcinogens.
  • Woman and children spend the most time near the stove. She told us she paints her kitchen wall by the stove once a week.
  • In this one room home, the stove shares space with the bedroom. Note, there is no chimney at all.
  • Women do the best they can to have a nice kitchen.
  • No chimney on this stove, but the hole in the wall may help remove some smoke.
  • Lots of wood to cook very little food.
  • A stove can be constructed on almost any surface.
  • Perhaps this chimney is better than none?
  • Traditional stoves need lots of wood. Getting it is often a job for kids.
  • This stove has a chimney that slants out the side of the house, returning the smoke back under the eves.
  • This was the worst we had ever seen until...
  • This one. This was one room separated from the rest of the house and it was so black that we were lucky to get this shot..
  • Almost every home in rural Honduras has a roof that looks like this.
  • Look at the amount of wood and the condition of the chimney.
  • The plancha for a traditional stove is generally the top from an oil drum.
  • Who wouldn't get a few adobe blocks together for a new 2x3 stove?
  • This cook is able to run two stoves and get a double dose of smoke.
  • Note the black roof over the stove.
  • This stove has it all. No chimney, black roof, and oil drum lid for a plancha.
  • You can see this photo again in the Indoor Air Pollution section.
  • The smoke comes out of all sides of this stove, you can see some by her hands.
  • Look at the carbon in this tiny chimney.
  • There are so many more stoves like this one.
  • Oil barrels find new life as stoves.
  • Children are often closest to the cook fires.
  • Another tasty looking meal.
  • No wonder the pots are black.
  • Standing over a smoky stove, even outdoors, is not good for health.
  • An old stove uses lots of wood to boil water.
  • Look at the black walls and pots to the right of this girl.
  • Here's a new wrinkle on a cookstove.
  • Is that really a chimney in the left corner of the plancha?
  • Double the stove, double the smoke, heat, and wood use.
  • The family cut a hole in the wall to help get rid of the smoke.
  • These walls have been painted so often the soot stains just leak through.
  • Look at the size of the log for one pot.
  • A typical meal Honduran Style while she waits for her new 2x3 stove to dry.
  • This stove is outside for a reason, but if you lift the lid on the pot you breathe the smoke, too.
  • Forests in populated areas are under tremendous pressure from agriculture and cooking.
  • What a mess.
  • Stove or marshamallow? Notice the support system and "plancha."
  • Nice chimney. Where's THAT smoke going?
  • A tough place to cook a meal.
  • Look at the amount of wood needed to cook this small pot of food.
  • The ladies care how their kitchens look--even with a stove this bad.
  • This old stove has a chimney, but what a way to cook.
  • Look at the amount of wood she's using to cook a few tortillas and perhaps boil water.
  • Pity the guy who has to collect enough wood to keep this stove going.
  • The stove does have a chimney and the triangular plancha is a new style.
  • The black sooty roof reflected the effects of cooking with this stove, even though it's located outdoors.
  • When this family had a chance to participate in the Dos por Tres project they decided to stay with their old way of cooking.
  • It looks like almost a whole forest in there.
  • This old stove is hard to light and uses as much wood as your fireplace.
  • This stove had a chimney. We wonder what the sunken plancha does for wood efficiency.
  • To cook this one pot of beans uses as much firewood as a 2x3 for 3 meals.
  • Tortilla, beans, and coffee are the diet.
  • This is a nice plancha, but look at the amount of wood they need to burn.
  • Cooking out of doors keeps smoke out of the house, but any cook in close proximity to these pots is breathing it day in and day out.
  • The pots are black from constant exposure to soot and smoke.
  • Soot everywhere and the blackened pots are an everyday occurrence.
  • The stove has a new coat of paint but the chimney tells the real story.
  • Look at the firepower and we think the original color of this pot was blue.
  • Keeping plenty of matches on hand to light this stove.
  • A great chimney for smoke inhalation.
  • An old stove going out of commission.
  • Can you call it a chimney?
  • An unbelievable way to cook.
  • Even the dog runs from this stove.