No device needed.

Smells not a problem if you don't overload with fresh greens.

See "Cmposting at Home"
http://ohioline.osu.edu/hyg-fact/1000/1189.html

Here is a link that might be useful: Composting at Home

I agree that no device is needed. If all you want to compost is a small amount of kitchen waste, just bury it in a garden bed. There will be no smell. Dig a hole fairly deep, like a foot or so, or you might have critters digging it up. I wouldn't recommend dealing with meat products or leftover food this way, just uncooked vegetable trimmings and coffee grounds, that sort of thing. Dig your holes in different spots. Some people who do this rotate where they dig their holes to utilize all parts of their gardens. You can do this year round and over time it can make a real difference in your soil.

it brings in a whole host of new problems, but man are chickens efficient composting machines. anything they don't eat they poop on. things just "disappear" in their run. paper towels last about 3 days in the winter, linger a bit more in the summer.

i dig out their run in the late winter, cover my beds with the soil/straw mix and let the area rest till spring planting. make sure you get some freeze thaw cycles in there before you plant.

Here is a link that might be useful: chicken manure

Thanks for the commments.

I appreciate them.

mac

Worm composting seems to be easy to do in an urban setting and the castings are as good as any other compost.