Cooker
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Cooker may refer to several types of cooking appliances and devices used for cooking foods.
A wood-burning iron kitchen stove
A gas stove
Top view of an induction stove
A pressure cooker
Energy poverty and cooking
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One aspect of energy poverty is lack of access to clean, modern fuels and technologies for cooking. As of 2020, more than 2.6 billion people in developing countries routinely cook with fuels such as w
traditional wood-fired 3-stone stove in Guatemala, which causes indoor air pollution
Traditional wood-burning stoves
Solar cookers are nonpolluting and free to use, but require favourable weather and longer cooking times.
Improved cook stoves, such as the ones shown here, burn biomass relatively efficiently but usually still emit toxic levels of pollutants.