Wood Cook Stoves

[wanttobetraping]

Looking for a little advice. Always wanted a wood cook stove and there seems to lots of old used stoves around. People will give them away for free What types are better than others? Is it worth wreslting with an old one or should I look for a new or nearly new. What does everybody else have? any pics?

[wanttobetraping]

posted the tread on here then went to you tube and found jc,s vid he answered a lot of questions with another awesome vid thanks jc! how much would your stove run when thay are used?

[daswolter]

Yep! JC should be a spokesperson for wood cook stoves. He sold me on getting one. I have only found 2 modern wood cook stoves and the kitchen queen like JC has is the better of the 2 price wise and options wise.

[Admin]

Just now seeing this thread.

I bought my stove used from the Amish for a grand. It's well worth it. There's pros and cons to the old and the new. If you can grab old cookstoves for free by all mean grab them. I'll take what you don't want.

I have been cooking with woodburning ovens my whole life, Here's some pros and cons from my experience with them.

The antiques:

Small firebox: Not good for primary heat source but if you have another heat source the antiques are great. They heat up quick and will boil water in no time, especially when you remove the rings and put your pot directly over the flame. You can also find them with gas and wood combos.

Tons of heat from mostly branch stock that most people leave in the woods. 1 to 4" diameter.

There's a learning curve to baking with the oven due to the hot spot on the upper left. A loosely placed piece of tin foil will disperse the heat but you will still need to rotate your food. No set it and forget going on unless you like charcoal.

Very ornate stoves and add a lot of nostalgia to a homestead.

Not airtight so occasional downdrafts will get them smoking.

Can find them cheap

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The new ones like my kitchen Queen:

Huge firebox, no need for another stove in the house.

Air tight so no downdrafts and the oven bakes very evenly. Everything comes out awesome. Not much of a earning curve.

The huge firebox is also a downfall because you need to fill it to get that oven up. This stove eats wood. No burning branch stock in this hog. I've thrown in full round 10" in diameter. Lots of wood but its worth it. The stove is an awesome cooker.

Many options for heating water.

Hard to find used ones and the new cost around 2500 to 3000 (I think)

I'm going to buy a Vermont Bun Baker for the cabin primarily because I like to watch the fire while I have my coffee www.woodlanddirect.com/Wood-Stove-and-Accessories/Wood-Stoves?state=Vermont_Bun_Baker&gclid=CPS0t7-XrLwCFQIOOgod8nMAIw

[wanttobetraping]

Thanks for the reply JC! I remember my great uncle having a huge pile of 1"-4" limb wood at his farm just for the cookstove.