Now we're really cooking.

[Admin]

Anyone that's been around this forum for a while knows that I heat and cook with wood. Lord knows I've posted enough pics of my antique Crawford and always spoke highly of it. Last spring I bought a Kitchen Queen stove off the Amish but never hooked it up because I wanted to finish the floor and do all the brickwork before moving the behemoth into place. The stove weighs over 800lbs so I didn't want to move it twice.

Well due to lack of funds and time I decided to tackle the task today, which meant disable the Crawford, move it out, move in the KQ and hook it up. The project went smooth and she's burning as I type and supper is in the woodfired oven. It's got a stainless steel water tank but for the time being I'm just using kettles until I can run the plumbing to it.

When I have the cash to finish the floor and brickwork I'll have to move it once again.

The old Crawford was certainly a gem, but the Kitchen Queen sure is sweet with the huge firebox, Huge oven and water heating coil running through the firebox.

C'mon Winter.

[barkspud]

That's a sweet looking stove old boy I can smell the griddle cakes and bacon cooking as the snow falls this winter all ready. Grew up eating meals cooked on a cook stove surely do miss it. I will have one in our kitchen as soon as the kids are grown and we get building our cabin.

[maritimer]

;D Looking good JC.

[paddyg441]

;D

Good work "JC", it looks like a beauty indeed, Franklin seems to be pleased and concurrence with your decision.

[trapperandhunter]

man looks good !

[yooperdug]

We have the identical twin to your dog ;D

[patricimo54]

Looking real good JC ;D

[woodsman416]

That looks great! ;D Do you keep it burning full time in the winter as a heat source or only when you're cooking?

[Deleted]

That is nice ;D

[TRAPnHUNT]

Since you moved the Crawford out of the way, what are your plans to do with that?

[fishleclair]

He gunna put Vianna sausages into it and set traps around , Crawford set!!!




Nice lookin cooker Boss

[minktracks]

That looks nice. Never cooked on a wood stove, but I have had a Franklin for heat when I lived in farms with no heat. There are nice.

[Admin]

I'd be lost without wood heat, and pretty unhappy too. One fire does it all in this house, heat, hot water and cooking, not to mention ambiance.

[rhyla]

Very nice JC. The next place I live will definitely be wood heat. Looks like a good set up you got there.

[Canadian trapper]

I bet that thing would cook a great tasting loaf of bread.
The Canadian Trapper

[Admin]

Oct 21, 2012 19:19:56 GMT -5 yooperdug said:

We have the identical twin to your dog ;D

Yooper, I didn't know you had a border collie. Does he play volleyball? Frankie needs a partner. He kicks my butt in this game.

www.youtube.com/watch?v=2A6vAk8UHdg&feature=relmfu

W416, We keep the stoves going 24/7 in the winter. The Crawford had a small firebox so it had to be fed all the time but this thing has an ENORMOUS firebox, even bigger than my livingroom stove. This one can heat the whole house all on its own. The Kitchen Queen has a pipe inside the firebox that circulates water in the holding tanks, but eventually I will hook this to my domestic hot water also in conjunction with a solar water heater for the warm months. We'll be styling then. ;D

CT, Nothing like bread baked in a woodfired oven. Lots of loaves been cooked the Crawford but this stove will carry a more constant heat since it burns bigger wood.

TnH, The Crawford will eventually go in the cabin but I will have to add on to it first. The Crawford is a classic and stoves of this vintage and in this condition are worth around 4 grand now. It was a hard decision to take it out of the house but the functionality of the KQ is top notch.



Here's one for CT.

[yooperdug]

Thats is too cool JC!
I cant believe how much my dog and Frankie look a like!
I dont think I've ever seen a smarter dog! Typical of the herding breed,they've got everthing figured out around them 24/7. If its out of place,or not the norm,they will see to it that it gets taken care of! ;D
Yet all the brains and intel didnt help out my Hanna when she got sprayed by a stinker right betwixt the running lights this summer. I swear she had a pale green diamond between her eyes cause she got so close! For a quarter mile down our dirt rd,she commenced to plowing gravel with her face
What a breed though ,eh? I could put a big pile of 100 dollar bills on the front porch,and know that every bit of it would be there when I got home,as long as that dog was alive.
Thanks for sharing that video!! ;D ( i will get a pic as soon as I find the wifes camera...)

[Admin]

No joke about them having everything figured out. They are very hard to fool. When Frankie was around 2 years old, he had a quirk where he'd jump in my spot as soon as he saw me getting ready for bed. Up at my pillow he'd jump and curl up. Every night the same game.
Well this dog is toy crazy and owns dozens and knows every single one by name, so to get him off my spot one night I told him to go find his mini ball, so he jumped out of bed and I jumped in. He knew I outsmarted him so he went back to the dining room and started barking at the sliders. I told him to shut up and he kept barking. I got out of bed to see what he's barking at and he shot past me and jumped back in my spot.

You can only fool him once. Their intelligence is maddening

[yooperdug]

Oct 23, 2012 17:15:43 GMT -5 Admin said:

No joke about them having everything figured out. They are very hard to fool. When Frankie was around 2 years old, he had a quirk where he'd jump in my spot as soon as he saw me getting ready for bed. Up at my pillow he'd jump and curl up. Every night the same game.
Well this dog is toy crazy and owns dozens and knows every single one by name, so to get him off my spot one night I told him to go find his mini ball, so he jumped out of bed and I jumped in. He knew I outsmarted him so he went back to the dining room and started barking at the sliders. I told him to shut up and he kept barking. I got out of bed to see what he's barking at and he shot past me and jumped back in my spot.

You can only fool him once. Their intelligence is maddening

HAHAHA!!!!!!! The wife and I gotta good laugh out of your story, because we put up with similar stuff.Too Funny,eh?!

[Admin]

Too funny.

It would be a hoot to get 2 border collies to play volleyball all on thier own. I'd really be spittin beer on that day.

Is your dog crazy about toys? I've never seen a dog more obsessed with toys than this one. His favorite place in the world is Tractor Supply. For Christmas I take him in th store and he picks out all his own toys. He gets the whole store rolling.

[yooperdug]

Hanna has her bedroom slippers(her own pair). She will fetch her slippers all day. Other than that,shes not into toys too much.
I tell you what too--she has got a great nose! Patridge,Deer,you name it.She chased a big ole ground hog up into the engine compartment of my wifes truck this summer. I had no idea why she sat and just stared at the front of the truck,figured she had it out for the vehicle or something.Then I heard the critter crying and I knew what was up.