Kuniokoa Stove

Target SDGs

Market Suggested Retail Price

$40.00

Target Users (Target Impact Group)

Household

Distributors / Implementing Organizations

Burn Stoves has an extensive distribution network, having partner distributors like Tuskys supermarkets, Pamoja Life and Livelyhoods across Kenya. It can also be bought online through Amazon, eBay and JUMIA.

Competitive Landscape

Direct competitors include EzyStove Wood Cookstove, Envirofit M-5000, EcoZoom Dura, and Envirofit G-3300.

Manufacturing/Building Method

The Kuniokoa Stove is manufactured by a locally trained workforce at BURN Stoves´s Kenyan solar-powered factory. The manufacturing site consists of an assembly line and production batches of each part. For wire and sheet metal, pneumatic bending and clamping jigs along with welding and drilling jigs are used. Additionally, a hydraulic press is used for forming, press brakes for bending, spot welders for assembly and laser etching machine to make customized name-plates. A stamping-tooling developed by a company called Hiparter in China is used for the more complex metal-sheet parts to obtain BURN Stoves specifications.

Intellectural Property Type

Trademark

User Provision Model

Retail shops, middlemen, supermarkets, contracted distributors, partnerships with other product distributors. The main retail spots for shopping for Kuniokoa are supermarkets in Kenya like the Tuskys branches. Users can also obtain the product through the not-for-profit social enterprise LivelyHoods. BURN Stoves has additional chama networks, where the members sell the stoves in their communities for commission through credit options like the chama credit or BURN credit.

Distributions to Date Status

Exact number unknown. However, BURN Stoves has sold more than 400, 000 cookstoves since 2013 between their two main models: Jikokoa and Kuniokoa.

Design Specifications

The Kuniokoa Stove is a natural-draft rocket wood-burning stove and it's design is composed of a radiation shield and solid insulation as well of a high alloy stainless steel feed chamber, combustion chamber and riser. The stove is equipped with primary and secondary airflows to benefit the combustion process.

Specifications:

Maximum Pot Capacity: 7 L

Dimensions (l/w/h): 280/280/320 mm

Product Schematics

Technical Support

47 Nationwide repair stations across Kenya. Full time customer care team.

Replacement Components

Not available.

Lifecycle

3 years.

Manufacturer Specified Performance Parameters

Manufacturers specify a high power efficiency of 37%, high efficiency cook top, light weight construction, 31% less fuel used, reduction of emissions by 72% and 55% of savings on firewood as their performance targets.

Vetted Performance Status

The Department of Chemistry Laboratories from the University of Nairobi conducted the approved simulation of the cooking process, the Water Boiling Tests (WBT). The tests showed above average values for the measures of:

• How efficiently a stove uses fuel to heat water in a cooking pot.
• Quantity of emissions produced while cooking.

• Policy: Providing a conducive working environment promotes women’s participation in the manufacturing industry.
• Education: Gender disparity in technical and skilled jobs needs to be addressed in order to advance the employment of women in different areas of manufacturing.
• Coaching and mentorship is vital in encouraging initiative and confidence in women employees.

Safety

The safety concerns associated with the usage of wood-burning cookstoves are primarily related with carbon dioxide, carbon monoxide and sulfur dioxide emissions.

Another significant safety concern is domestic accidents such as accidental burning or spill-overs.

Complementary Technical Systems

None.

Academic Research and References

Compliance with regulations

Complies with the following cookstoves rating for the International Workshop Agreements as a streamlined process of the International Organization for Standardization (ISO):

• Tier 3 for emissions.
• Tier 2 indoor emissions.
• Tier 3 for safety.
• Tier 2 for efficiency.

Evaluation methods

Water Boiling Test 4.2.3.

Other Information

BURN Stoves also manufactures the well renowned Jikokoa charcoal stove.