noun
Refers to a cooking area, often in a camp, barracks, ship, or institutional setting. Not the typical word for a home kitchen (台所 or キッチン).
キャンプ場の炊事場でカレーを作った。
We made curry in the camp kitchen.
船の炊事場は狭いが、よく整っている。
The ship's galley is small but well equipped.
Compound of 炊事 (cooking) and 場 (place). The reading すいじば follows standard on'yomi for the kanji.