Kevin, thanks for stirring the pudding. I believe we are using “Cooking Stoves” as a term that covers all cooking appliances like ovens, griddles, grills, roasters, vat cookers and other types of cookers.
If you said “cooking appliance” many people would not know what you were talking about, but “stove” is well known word that translates well. The word “cooker” would cover stoves, food cooking appliances, as well as non food, industrial type cookers, so “cooker” may be a good word to toss in when talking about “stoves”. Just to confuse things, would you call a pig on a stick, over a fire a stove? Lanny ----- Original Message ----- From: Kevin To: Discussion of biomass cooking stoves ; Frank Shields Cc: 'Jim Jetter' ; 'Hugh McLaughlin' ; 'Discussion of biomass cooking stoves' Sent: Tuesday, April 30, 2013 12:50 PM Subject: [Stoves] Stove Definition Dear List Just what is a "stove?" I would suggest that it is important that we all know what a "stove" is, when we attempt to determine the difference between a "good stove" and a "poor stove.' When we ask Mr. Google, we get more than 7 million hits. However, the most common definitions seem to be typified by the one at http://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/stove " 1a : a portable or fixed apparatus that burns fuel or uses electricity to provide heat (as for cooking or heating) " At http://stoves.bioenergylists.org/ , the stated purpose of the site is: "Our site is dedicated to helping people develop better stoves for cooking with biomass fuels in developing regions. " What about accepting the Merriam-Webster definition for a "stove?" Would anyone have a better definition for a "stove?" Best wishes, Kevin ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ _______________________________________________ Stoves mailing list to Send a Message to the list, use the email address [email protected] to UNSUBSCRIBE or Change your List Settings use the web page http://lists.bioenergylists.org/mailman/listinfo/stoves_lists.bioenergylists.org for more Biomass Cooking Stoves, News and Information see our web site: http://stoves.bioenergylists.org/
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