wood oven?

[jdboy9]

anyone use a wood oven/cooktop type stove to cook with? I hate paying for propane all the time. I could imagine regulating heat on a woodoven would be hard but maybe someone knows for sure.

 

[Marc]

anyone use a wood oven/cooktop type stove to cook with? I hate paying for propane all the time. I could imagine regulating heat on a woodoven would be hard but maybe someone knows for sure.

No, but I'll sell you a Household Honest B enamel over cast iron if you want one

 

[habanero]

There's somebody on here that talks about using one all the time, but I can't remember his handle. Seems like he's from Maine, IIRC.

I want one for my planned summer kitchen. I wouldn't want to use it all the time, but it'd be handy for canning and such to keep the heat out of the house in the summer.

 

[mimilkman1]

There's somebody on here that talks about using one all the time, but I can't remember his handle. Seems like he's from Maine, IIRC.

I want one for my planned summer kitchen. I wouldn't want to use it all the time, but it'd be handy for canning and such to keep the heat out of the house in the summer.

I think you mean Zodiac 45.

Kyle

 

[jdboy9]

I posted a few months ago about becoming more self sufficient and everyday makes me want to do that more and more. Only reason I thought about having this type of woodoven for a backup or suppliment.

 

[b1rdman]

anyone use a wood oven/cooktop type stove to cook with? I hate paying for propane all the time. I could imagine regulating heat on a woodoven would be hard but maybe someone knows for sure.

We use one and we love it. Regulating the heat isn't exactly "hard" but it does take practice. The older stoves, like mine linked below, have a variety of dampers that help
get the job done.

Don't worry about the cooktop...that's easy. It's the oven that's the real trick especially if you want to do some baking. Bake a decent loaf of bread and I'd say you've got it figured out.


http://www.arboristsite.com/showpost.php?p=540829&postcount=36

 

[jdboy9]

b1rdman thanks for the info that thing is just cool

I went here a few years back and ever since I was there I always wanted to go back and buy one.

http://www.lehmans.com/jump.jsp?itemID=809&itemType=CATEGORY&iMainCat=671&iSubCat=809&i1Cat=671&i2Cat=809&i3Cat=0&i4Cat=0

 

[Kate Butler]

Here's Mine

And I use it all the time.

 

[habanero]

I think you mean Zodiac 45.

Kyle

Yep, that's the guy I was thinking about.

 

[Zodiac45]

I think you mean Zodiac 45.

Kyle

Yep that would be me! Here's a pic of mine. It's Glenwood C model and I don't know what I'd without it. Honestly it's very handy. throws allot of heat and cooks great. You need a little more patience cooking and baking but it does just fine. The first time you have a power outage is where you really start too appeciate it. We had a big ice storm about 10yrs ago and power was out for 2 weeks. Just about camped in the kitchen that time. The only drawback is that they require more frequent tending due too the smaller firebox. Once you get into the swing of it, it's second nature too walk by, throw in a stick..etc..
It's a bit foggy and damp on the coast this morning so I sparked it up for a few hours too take the chill off.

 

[jdboy9]

That's pretty neat I'm going to get one for sure I'm done thinking about it

 

[max2cam]

I cooked on top of an old Fisher woodstove all winter. It would cook better/faster with the removeable "portholes," but it does get the job done.

We also have 2 rock baking ovens to make bread, pizza, and baked dishes in. One is inside for winter use and the other (new) outside for summer use. These cost almost nothing to build and work great!

 

[Cowboy Billy]

What I would like would be a wood stove with a glass front door and a cook top. We have 120 up in the woods and are going to build a little cabin this fall. It would be nice to have some light from it and be able to warm food up on it too. I am thinking of making a air tight one with a 1/4 or 3/8 plate top. But if someone makes something like that I would like to know.

Anyone know how to make a stove turbo burn. I haven't seen one. I was thinking to make a chamber at the top of the stove under the top deck and adding air to it.

Oh well still playing with ideas for it.

Billy

 

[jdboy9]

cowboy billy,

Is this kinda what you are looking for?

http://www.fireplacesandwoodstoves.com/product-directory/bakers-oven.aspx

 

[Cowboy Billy]

Cool JDboy9

Thats what I am thinking about. It looks great. A little bigger fire box would be nice. But I like it!!!

Billy

ps I added a + to your rep

 

[Wood Scrounge]

Those stoves are awsome I wish I had the space for one of those.

 

[Wood Scrounge]

Can you use it in the summer or does the house get to hot?

 

[woodbooga]

New member here from central NH. My first post. Actually, this discussion got me to join as a dedicated cookstove guy.

We live in a drafty old farmhouse and use our ca. 1900 cookstove for heating and cooking. True about the limitations of the firebox, the small size of which prohibits an overnight burn.

However, we have not used our gas range since last September for cooking. Since then, we've made everything from English muffin pizzas to Thanksgiving supper in the stove's cookbox.

One thing to be mindful of: If you feel that splitting is a chore, a cookstove is not for you. Because of the size of the firebox - and given the need for small pieces for a hot burn for cooking - you'll need a large on-hand supply of finely-cut firewood. I love splitting - much more so than cutting and stacking - so managing the woodpile is a joy. BTW, the old timers round these parts call wood finely split in this way "biscuit wood" since it's what you want to have handy come time for baking.

In terms of getting a handle on how to cook with these things, it's trial and error. The temp. gauge needle on ours is seized, so we can't scientifically tell how hot our oven is - but we get by. Stovetop cooking is straightforward - surface directly over firebox=high; next pair of stove lids down=med.;furtherst away is low/sim.)

 

[Crofter]

Am just in the process of ordering a Kitchen Queen cookstove. It will heat the domestic hot water too. I agree with the dinky fireboxes on most cookstoves making them pretty useless for heating. It is nice to come into the house on a fall day and feel the radiant heat of a stove and smell soup a simmering.

http://www.kitchenqueenstoves.com/

 

[jdboy9]

Welcome woodbooga!!

I'm glad to see more and more people that actually cook this way. I live by a lot of amish and they all pretty much cook this way but then again they do a lot of things I wouldn't do also

I really am excited about getting one now I just have to figure out which one I want.