Wood cook stoves

Anybody still use a wood cook stove? There is one in my grandparents old farmhouse, Grammy used to cook the turkey for thanksgiving in it. I’m thinking id like to put one in the kitchen for display. Some take up mucho realty tho.

 

There's one at my dad's camp.. Firebox is really small but holds 4 gallons of water and has a warmer drawer etc etc

 

I’ll have to get some pics over thsnkgiving. Two family members have them in there homes. Mostly collect junk tho.

 

Yeah turkey cooked with cherry was yummy.

 

Doesn't Scotty Overkill have a wood cook stove?

 

I see them all the time Scotty Overkill and sometimes at decent prices. I once saw a VERY nice stove for $650 and another for $1100 with water heater and all. I am not sure what exactly you are looking for (in regards to style) or your price range (I understand that well enough), but if you are willing to travel to Maine, I can let you know when I see a good deal on one.

Katie gets absolutely giddy with old stoves.

 

I'd like to have one outside, maybe on an open porch ( insurance is tough with stoves without tags around here ) to cook on/ bake in outside in the Summer rather than a gas grill.
Just one more way to use up the overabundance of pine we have here, and not use purchased electricity or fuel.

 

We got a pretty good deal on our antique propane cook stove because of insurance companies.

The woman that ran the antique stove shop was getting out of antique gas appliances because she had sold (2) stoves to people who could not find gas companies to hook them up, so in one weeks times she had to take back (2) stoves. The gas companies all cited liability as an issue. Myself, I can hook up my own stoves, so it was no big deal to me, but for other homeowners, it can be really hard to get the nice stuff they want.

Still, after being on the internet and realizing how manipulative insurance companies can be on almost every aspect of a homeowners life, I am realizing just how freeing it is in not having them in my life.

 

That is our only heat source. Started with wood, went to coal, needed something with larger cook top, water heating capabilities and oven to prevent using propane. Any stove should be in the center of the house radiating in all directions and this stove rated for up to 3000 sf does great with 2000 sf. I reduced the 7 inch required pipe and chimney to 6 since I knew we didn't need the full capacity of the 7 inch original requirement. Glad I did, the new Kitchen Queen has been retested and passed with 6 inch outlet.
I added a thermostat and a few other modifications that the builder offers the Amish customers that are not concerned about UL listing and insurance regulations.
Shown below is our 480 Kitchen Queen. The newly designed Grand Comfort cookstove has a thermostat with secondary burn technology as well as glass doors.
http://www.kitchenqueenstoves.com/home/21-grand-comfort-wood-cook-stove.html

 

That thing is sweet!

 

I have been looking at the Sopka magnum. However the 3k price tag is a big lump to swallow.

 

I’ve been looking for one as well (that I don’t have to drive 2k miles to fetch) and I attended a party recently and saw this gorgeous stove:

 

I just began using this in my garage . Heats pretty well but it does take a while with the small firebox. Does anyone have advice about controlling the oven temp? It has the damper that circulates the exhaust around the oven. It has an air vent below the firebox and also one above the firebox. I’m not really sure how much air I should let in through the top one. Thanks

 

Just to clarify, I can get the oven to 350 degrees but it takes a few hours. I don’t think they had to wait that long in the old days, but not sure. I burn a lot of small diameter branch wood and small splits, very dry well seasoned wood.

 

"In the old days" they probably wouldn't have had to wait at all, because the fire would have been kept going all the time.
Maybe Backwoods Savage and Judy could give us some info. Pretty sure they both grew up with cook stoves in their homes.

 

BrianK , did you fire up that old cookstove yet?

 

Started a fire at 9:30. It took a full half hour to stop smoking back. It was pretty alarming at first, but I realized I didn’t have the two flue dampers wide open. But now the stove (cook) top is up to 500• and the oven about 2:50 so far.

 

better preheat the flue with a propane torch next time. Or bring in some hot coals from one of the other wood stoves.
Is it raining and dreary there? I wouldn't have thought it would be that bad to get a draft going!

 

I burned a whole Supercedar at the base of the flue before I started the fire. I thought that would do it but I still had the dampers partially closed. It’s a tall old manor and this thing hasn’t been burned in decades. I’m sure there a was stubborn plug of cold air in the chimney. It’s is about 28• now but was around 25• when I started, and we’re just now getting some freezing rain.