Retained Heat Cooker

The retained heat cooker is a special cooking bag that can cook half-cooked food without requiring additional fuel. The cooking is completed by trapping heat from the pot.

Benefits

• Reduces the fuel consumption required for cooking by 50 percent
• Keeps food hot or cold for up to 10 hours
• Reduces indoor air pollution and woman health risk
• Saves the effort and working hours related to cooking and collecting firewood
• Maintains the nutritional value of the food
• Portable, easy and saves money.

Contribution to Climate Change Mitigation and Adaptation:

• Annually, one cooker can save almost 1.7 trees, 1000 liters of water and 1250 working hours spent in collecting firewood
• Contributes to the prevention of deforestation
• Helps in reducing greenhouse gases.

Regional Feasibility:

• For the families who use firewood for cooking
• For those urban households where the supply of gas is insufficient during cooking hours
• Widely used in refugee camps.

How to Purchase:

Partners of GIZ in Bangladesh are selling this retained heat cooker all over the country. Prospective users are recommended to visit any convenient organization from the list given in this website below. https://www.giz.de/en/worldwide/351.html

Cost: Approx. BDT 750