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Illustration of Brewer for bulk work and a finishing pan.
Built structures

Brewer for bulk work and a finishing pan

The kettle heats and reduces a large volume of thin liquid such as whey; before it nears the brewer's minimum fill the batch moves to a wide pan for the thick, stirred finish.

Kettles, coppers and boilers
Norway
Historical watercolor cutaway of Gyeongju Seokbinggo, showing its arched stone chamber partly below ground, south stairs, three roof openings and sloping drainage floor.
Built structures · Place

Seokbinggo (Korean stone icehouse)

Gyeongju Seokbinggo is a Joseon-era semi-subterranean stone ice store at Wolseong in Gyeongju, Korea. The surviving stone structure dates to 1738 and was moved to its present site four years later.

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Cold stores and coolers
Gyeongju Seokbinggo
Cutaway schematic of a Korean kimchi-gwang shelter above three spaced onggi jars buried in a soil pit.
Built structures

Kimchi-gwang (Korean kimchi storehouse)

A Kimchi-gwang is a small storehouse built over buried kimchi jars. Korean references describe a framed, thatch-roofed shelter with a tight side entrance, mainly in Gyeonggi-do.

Cellars, caves and ripening rooms
Gyeonggi-do
Watercolor illustration of brown onggi jars of different sizes on a raised stone jangdokdae platform in an outdoor courtyard.
Built structures

Jangdokdae

An outdoor platform where households arrange onggi jars for fermenting, aging and storing Korean jang sauces. Platform materials and layouts vary; no single standard design is established.

Terraces, platforms and stands
Republic of Korea
Silver two-compartment kimchi refrigerator shown open with removable lidded bins inside
Equipment

Kimchi refrigerator

A Korean kimchi refrigerator uses separate cooled compartments and removable lidded bins to ferment or hold kimchi. Models vary; it is a modern appliance, not an onggi or buried crock.

All-in-one appliances
South Korea
Interpretive rendering of a continuous-flow food ohmic heater with a guarded vertical chamber, spaced electrode connections, lower pump and food-grade piping.
Equipment

Ohmic heater

An ohmic heater passes electric current through conductive food so electrical resistance generates heat inside the product.

Industrial and laboratory plant
United Kingdom
An unbranded electric rice cooker with its lid open and inner pot seated in the base, photographed on a warm ivory background.
Equipment

Rice cooker

A modern electric pot that cooks rice and may provide a model-specific keep-warm stage. Documented Japanese and Korean recipes use it for koji amazake, sikhye and ssal-jocheong; measure warm settings rather than assume.

All-in-one appliances
Japan
Historical illustration of a rounded Korean onggi with its body below an approximate soil cutaway and lid accessible at the surface.
Equipment

Buried winter kimchi jar

A traditional Korean onggi used in winter kimjang for kimchi storage could be buried to moderate temperature. The sources support the practice but not one standard burial depth or jar profile.

Jars, pots and crocks
Korea
Editorial watercolor illustration of a large glazed Korean onggi jar on a stone household platform; an interpretive image, not a photograph or exact historic specimen.
Equipment

Onggi

Korean earthenware jars, glazed or unglazed, used to ferment and store kimchi, soy sauces and pastes. Their form and wall properties vary with the potter, firing and intended use.

Jars, pots and crocks
South Korea