Why Your Great Granny was Right about the Wood Burning Cook Stove

The Wood Burning Cook Stove

While we meander away with our lives and our modern cooking stoves, have you ever stopped and thought about the old cook stove that your granny used to use…

For many of us, most probably not, but if you have been to the past whether it has been…

On TV or a museum, you might just have seen the pioneer cook stove.

I have seen many of them and they do give you something the modern stoves don’t, and that is also the ability to heat your home or at least the kitchen.

Now the modern kitchen stove does not do this unless you feel the urge to stand next to it on a cool day just to get a little warmth while you have something cooking away inside the stove…

We have all done this at some point or the other…

But what if we don’t have to? what if the wood-burning cook stove could be yours, in your modern home of today.

Well, it can, and I often think of a meal that is cooking away slowly most of the day, or the cast-iron kettle sitting on top of the wood stove ready any time you feel the urge for a cuppa.

Without having to go and turn on your modern kitchen kettle.

Let’s get into this, shall we…

The wood-burning stove or you could say wood burner or log burner as it is said in the UK.

Is in its most basic form described as a heating appliance, with the capability of burning wood as fuel.

Usually, these such appliances consist of solid metal, usually in the form of steel or cast material, a closed firebox, which is often lined by fire bricks.

And also one or more air controls are manual or automatic if you prefer.

Now the first wood-burning stoves were patented in Strasbourg in 1557, a whole two centuries before the Industrial Revolution came about.

The old wood burning stove is connected by a ventilating stove pipe to a suitable flue, which fills with hot combustion gases once the fuel is ignited.

The chimney or flue gases must be hotter than the outside temperature around it to ensure that the combustion gases are drawn out of the fire chamber and up the chimney.

The solid, down to earth traditional looking cast iron, or the gleam of the nickel plating of the cooking stove, can emit such feelings of nostalgia and homeliness.

So enduring is the cookstove’s appeal that manufacturers have made it possible that you can buy new models that are in almost every way replicas of the ones your grandparents and even great-grandparents most certainly would have used.

You would almost find it impossible to find a wood cooking stove that does not look like the same models of the past that you can buy these days.

And why would you, after all, we do have modern design stoves?

If we want an old fashioned cooking stove, we don’t want something looking too modern.

That’s not what it’s all about. Is it?

The Cookstoves combine the stove-top for cooking and let’s not forget the baking, water, and home heating, all in one single appliance that is steeped in tradition and powered by readily available, renewable fuel just outside in the woods.

Yes!

Wood…

Having a stove with so many combination features is so tempting, cookstoves perform each and every function with varying degrees of competence.

But if what many owners of today are saying, such problems that do arise are easily pushed aside.

Is Wood or Coal Better to Burn for a Cooking Stove?

It should be known right from the start that Coal should never be burned in a wood burning stove OK…

Due to the density of coal as a material, the coal will burn longer and than wood logs which is one main advantage, yet the chemicals released from burning coal are certainly worse for the environment.

Not eco-friendly (and you know what we think about that… Don’t we!) and it’s not kind on you either should you inhale it compared to the smoke of natural burning wood.

How Long do Cast Iron Wood Stoves Last?

Well…

Wood burning stoves that are made from the highest quality metal, will be around for a long time.

And according to the best manufacturing practices will last longer than their cheaper counterparts.

So you should think about not getting the knockoffs from around the corner made by the dodgy man with the shifty eyes…

As these wood stoves, apart from feeling lightweight when you pick them up to take home.

Might only last you a few years, some even lasting you as little as 2 to 3 years.

By this time you will be hooked on that wood burning stove and then it falls to bits on you. You have to then go out and buy another.

You might as well buy a good one so as not to get too attached to the cheap one you bought in the first place.

And by the quality of the material, it’s built of by Mr. Dodgy, it will not cook as well as a more expensive wood oven.

Can You Leave a Wood Burning Stove on Overnight?

Now this is a good question and I am sure you are all asking and I don’t blame you.

As I know you really want that stove to be on all night long when it comes to heating the water and keeping your home warm.

Firstly and most importantly, you need to make sure that when leaving your wood stove on overnight it’s safe and does not pose any fire risk.

A Wood burner is far harder to keep burning all night when it comes to burning wood.

As you know, wood burns quicker than coal, we should not be using coal these days anyway as we know better right?

You need to allow enough air to enter the stove until the smoke stops and the fire is up to temperature.

This way you might just get that stove to burn most of the night.

There are other ways to help the wood burn longer, depending on what sort of wood you use and how seasoned it is.

There are many Wood Cook Stoves for sale these days it’s a matter of sifting through them, and getting an outdoor wood burning cook stove.

Wood stove brands might dazzle you but keep your feet on the ground and choose what you think is going to suit you.

I just can’t go past the old-fashioned-looking Wood Burning Cook Stoves myself, the more antique the better.

Well…

You might as well get something that’s going to look good as well as be used to cook on right?

Wood Stove Brands and You

See!

There are wood stove brands out there…

Am I going to drudge you through them all?

No.

But I do have a few interesting wood burning cook stove brands that are what you might be looking for and they look a picture too.

Welcome to the past entering your home.

They are the:

Wood Burning Cook Stove La Nordica”Milly Bordeaux” with Warmer, Made in Italy!

Main Features: Double glass fire door Large oven: 20.6-gallon capacity!

Firebox from cast iron and firebricks Panoramic firebox and baking oven Cast iron cooktop, burner rings, doors, facade Enamelled baking oven Warming oven heated by the chimney Primary and secondary air controls

Made in Italy
Powerful Heating, Cooking & Baking
Warmer Requires Simple Assembly
Maiolica Tiles
Cast Iron Cook Top & Doors
HEARTLAND (Sweetheart Cook Stove)
Several Colors Available: Ivory, white, cranberry,Black, Cobalt Blue. Wood burning, Ash pan on a sliding track, warms 1500 soft 1.7 cu ft, solid cast
iron, options for hot water needs, a 5-gallon copper reservoir with a spigot or hot water jacket. Upper warming cabinet, top or front fuel loading, a
largefirebox for improved efficiency (less chopping and stroking).
Tiny Wood Cook Stove Range

Living lightly off-grid requires a wood stove that has much more potential than just heating your space.

Wood cookstoves have the ability to cook up a banquet of food using their 880 cubic inches of oven space and 221 square inches of hotplate.

But it can also be required to produce the entire off-grid hot water requirements for your tiny home or an off-grid cabin.

The top of the small cook stove is let’s face it, one big stainless steel cooking hotplate.

A stainless steel insert which can be easily removed for cleaning if required and an enamelled black outer also to facilitate easy cleaning.

There is a wide range of cooking temperatures available across the surface of the hotplate makes it very versatile and allows a number of items to be cooked at varying speeds and all at the same time…

The oven door has an inset oven thermometer with stainless steel trim to complement the
stainless steel fittings and rail option.

Made in UK, Burns Wood & Coal

Solid Cast Iron & Steel Construction
Smallest Available Cooking Range for Cabins, Huts, Tiny Homes
Heats up to 800s
Stainless Steel Cooktop

Wood Cook Stove Range”Rosa XXL” by La Nordica: Heating, Cooking & Baking

Main Features: Large enamelled baking oven 85% heat efficiency Firebrick-lined firebox Frame, hearth, plate, doors, and rings in cast-iron wood drawer Specs:

Made in Italy by La Nordica
Firebrick-lined firebox
Cast iron cooktop & doors
Large baking oven & firebox
Heats up to 3000sf!

Well, there are the chosen few to ponder over, and if you have that burning ambition of the wood burning stove right in your kitchen look no further and start to do your homework.

I have given you the necessary ideas to go forth and choosing is where you come in.

Don’t forget to have a look at some I have put down here as they do have the old look going for them and they are quality, not from Mr. Dodgy from around the corner.

Invest in a good wood burning cook stove and you will be enjoying it for many years to come.

Why Your Great Granny Was Right About The Wood Burning Cook Stove

While we meander away with our lives and our modern cooking stoves, have you ever stopped and thought about the old cookstoves that your granny used to use…

For many of us, most probably not, but if you have been to the past whether it has been…

On TV or at a museum, you might just have seen the pioneer cook stove.

I have seen many of them and they do give you something the modern stoves don’t, and that is also the ability to heat your home or at least the kitchen.

Now the modern kitchen stove does not do this unless you feel the urge to stand next to it on a cool day just to get a little warmth while you have something cooking away inside the stove…

We have all done this at some point or the other…

But what if we don’t have to? what if the wood-burning cook stove could be yours, in your modern home today?

Well, it can, and I often think of a meal that is cooking away slowly most of the day, or the cast-iron kettle sitting on top of the wood stove ready any time you feel the urge for a cuppa.

Without having to go and turn on your modern kitchen kettle.

Let’s get into this, shall we…

The wood-burning stove or you could say wood burner or log burner as it is said in the UK.

Is in its most basic form described as a heating appliance, with the capability of burning wood as fuel.

Usually, these such appliances consist of solid metal, usually in the form of steel or cast material, and a closed firebox, which is often lined by fire bricks.

And also one or more air controls are manual or automatic if you prefer.

Now the first wood-burning stoves were patented in Strasbourg in 1557, a whole two centuries before the Industrial Revolution came about.

The old wood burning stove is connected by a ventilating stove pipe to a suitable flue, which fills with hot combustion gases once the fuel is ignited.

The chimney or flue gases must be hotter than the outside temperature around it to ensure that the combustion gases are drawn out of the fire chamber and up the chimney.

The solid, down to earth traditional looking cast iron, or the gleam of the nickel plating of the cooking stove, can emit such feelings of nostalgia and homeliness.

You would almost find it impossible to find a wood cooking stove that does not look like the same models of the past that you can buy these days.

And why would you, after all, we do have modern-design stoves.

If we want an old fashioned cooking stove, we don’t want something looking too modern.

That’s Not What It’s all About. Is it?

The Cookstoves combine the stove-top for cooking and let’s not forget the baking, water, and home heating.

All in one single appliance that is steeped in tradition and powered by readily available, renewable fuel just outside in the woods.

Yes!

Wood…

Having a stove with so many combination features is so tempting, cookstoves perform each and every function with varying degrees of competence.

But if what many owners of today are saying, such problems that do arise are easily pushed aside.

Is Wood or Coal Better to Burn for a Cooking Stove?

It should be known right from the start that Coal should never be burned in a wood burning stove OK…

Due to the density of coal as a material, the coal will burn longer than wood logs which is one main advantage, yet the chemicals released from burning coal are certainly worse for the environment.

Not eco-friendly (and you know what we think about that… Don’t we!) and it’s not kind on you either should you inhale it compared to the smoke of naturally burning wood.

How Long do Cast Iron Wood Stoves Last?

Well… wood burning stoves that are made from the highest quality metal, will be around for a long time.

And according to the best manufacturing practices will last longer than their cheaper counterparts.

So you should think about not getting the knockoffs from around the corner made by the dodgy man with the shifty eyes…

As these wood stoves, apart from feeling lightweight when you pick them up to take home. Might only last you a few years, some even lasting you as little as 2 to 3 years.

By this time you will be hooked on that wood burning stove and then it falls to bits on you. You have to then go out and buy another.

You might as well buy a good one so as not to get too attached to the cheap one you bought in the first place.

And by the quality of the material, it’s built of by Mr. Dodgy, it will not cook as well as a more expensive wood oven.

Can You Leave a Wood Burning Stove on Overnight?

Now, this is a good question and I am sure something you are all asking and I don’t blame you as I know you really want that stove to be on all night long when it comes to heating the water and keeping your home warm.