The Fireless Cooker and Its Uses 



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considered in estimating the cost of the fuel. If such a fire without 

 replenishment of fuel would complete the cooking process, there would 

 obviously be no saving in fuel effected by the use of the fireless cooker. 

 However, there might be a saving in time and labor, as discussed further on. 



Fig. 65. A COMMERCIAL FIRELESS COOKER WITH UTENSILS 



A slow fire continued for the greater part of the day to boil a ham, 

 for example, may be well utihzed in winter for heating the house, heating 

 water, and cooking other foods; in summer such a fire may be the cause 

 of so much discomfort to the workers in the house that it is wiser to use 

 the fireless cooker for long cooking processes, and to use the stove only 

 during the cool part of the day and for short cooking processes. 



The same is true when wood is used as the fuel, but in this case there 

 is likely to be a greater saving in labor, because a wood fire generally 

 requires more frequent replenishment than docs a coal fire. 



