COBB COOKER

COOK A CHOOK IN LESS THAN TWO HOURS, WITHOUT NEEDING A CAMPFIRE!

WORDS AND PHOTOS BY PETER MORTON

RATED AVAILABLE FROM: www.cobbaustralia.com.au RRP: $220-$230 WE SAY: Great all-rounder; easy to use; cooks a decent meal in quick time! THIS PRODUCT, the name of which is so evocative of Australia’s past, is actually from Africa. The background is quite interesting: In the mid-1990s, environmentalist Ken Hall designed a cooker so that villagers could use dried corn cobs for fuel. Wood supplies were scarce, but there was an abundance of corn cobs in the village as maize was the staple diet. The cookers evolved into the simple but technologically sophisticated, ecologically friendly and attractive productoftoday. Time magazine recognised its significance by naming it one of the 30 most important inventions of 2001. The Cobb is handy both at home and in the bush, and with an increase in campsite restrictions, and a lack of firewood at…

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4x4 Magazine Australia (Digital) - 1 Issue, June 2016

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