Tandoor
device · 3000 BC · Ancient world
A clay jar-shaped oven.
What it is made of
- Clay tandoor jar — has part. A clay bulb heated red-hot from inside.
- Firebox — has part. Coals at the bottom.
- Insulating clay coating — has part. An outer layer of clay with salt and wool.
Principles and materials it uses
- Clay — is made of. Clay.
- Combustion — uses. Fire heats the walls of the tandoor.
What it is a kind of
- Oven — is a kind of. An oven.