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-Making a retained heat cooker from insulation board: cutting the board with a heated knife.
+_Making a retained heat cooker from insulation board: cutting the board with a heated knife._
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-Another way of doing it – an insulated basket.
+_Another way of doing it – an insulated basket._
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-Adding a pot of food, with lid.
+_Adding a pot of food, with lid._
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-Home-made insulation board ‘haybox’ in use.
+_Home-made insulation board ‘haybox’ in use._
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-Finished meal.
+_Finished meal._
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-A real haybox – i.e. a box with hay in it – used regularly by friends of ours. Put hay underneath and around the sides, add the pot, put hay on top, then a lid - works a treat.
+_A real haybox – i.e. a box with hay in it – used regularly by friends of ours. Put hay underneath and around the sides, add the pot, put hay on top, then a lid - works a treat._
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 ![](https://www.lowimpact.org/wp-content/uploads/retained-heat-thermal-cooker.jpeg)
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-There are commercial ‘thermal cookers’ that continue to cook food for up to 8 hours after being switched off.
+_There are commercial ‘thermal cookers’ that continue to cook food for up to 8 hours after being switched off._
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 **Integrated cooking**
-Retained heat cooking can be used in combination with solar cookers and rocket stoves. This combination enables you to cook at any time, rain or shine, without fossil fuels. See [solar cookers] for more information.
+Retained heat cooking can be used in combination with solar cookers and rocket stoves. This combination enables you to cook at any time, rain or shine, without fossil fuels. See [solar cookers](https://knowledge.growingthecommons.org/doku.php/solr/solar_cookers) for more information.
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+![](https://www.lowimpact.org/wp-content/uploads/retained-heat-fireless.jpg)
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+_It’s not a new idea – this is a vintage ‘fireless cooker’ from the 1920s._
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+</figure>
+</WRAP>
+## Further resources
+- [The Fireless Cookbook](https://www.gutenberg.org/files/60598/60598-h/60598-h.htm) - free book from Gutenberg Project
+- [Instructables](https://www.instructables.com/hay-box-cooker/) - how to make a haybox cooker
+- [Low-tech Magazine](https://solar.lowtechmagazine.com/2014/07/if-we-insulate-our-houses-why-not-our-cooking-pots/) - if we insulate our homes, why not our cooking pots?
+- [Mr D](https://mrdscookware.com/recipes) - retained heat recipes
+- [Our Tiny Homestead](https://www.ourtinyhomestead.com/haybox-cooking.html) - haybox cooking
+- [Solar Cookers International](https://solarcooking.fandom.com/wiki/Heat-retention_cooking) - heat-retention cooking
+- [Thermal Cooker Recipes](https://thermalcookerrecipes.com/)
+- [ThermalCooking.net](https://www.thermalcooking.net/)
+- [Thermos Cooking](https://thermoscooking.com/) - cooking with a thermos flask
+## Specialist curators of this topic