The four-use stove

Many families in this region of Brazil still cook with wood stoves. They take dead wood from the forest outside and use it to cook their food. But they don't simply use their wood stoves for the fire. Instead, they get four uses out of the fire.

1. Stove
2. Oven, which is located behind the stove.
3. Hot water heater - Either there is a tank of water or the water pipes for the shower run through the chimney area.
4. After the fire is out, they take the wood ash and sprinkle it on their garden beds because it is a great soil additive.