Bringing traditional earth-pit cooking straight to domestic stovetops, this Turakina specialist supplies cookware designed to produce authentic hāngī flavours at home without digging a pit. Founded by Ruka Broughton, the range centres around triply 10-litre and 20-litre cooker kits, standalone cooking baskets, recipe books like Te Puka Tohutaute Tuatahi, and specialised freezer-stored flavour sticks that impart smoky earth character during cooking. The system operates without oil on induction, electric, or gas stoves indoors as well as outdoor burners, cooking a six-person whānau meal in roughly an hour.
Customers regularly praise how simple the setup is compared to traditional ground cooking, highlighting the moist, flavourful results without the heat, steam, and hard physical labour of handling pit rocks. The reusable baskets and wood flavour packs receive frequent mention for their convenience across family dinners of all sizes. Based in Turakina in the Rangitīkei district, it is a uniquely practical stop for anyone wanting classic hāngī without the ground work.