Post by onidah on Feb 27, 2014 21:25:32 GMT -7
I agree with Cowgirlup. If you've got the space, go with a cook stove. The Pioneer Princess or the Bakers Choice on the following website would be my choices, based on experience that family members have had with these stoves.
Cookstoves
We, unfortunately, didn't have the space for a cook stove, so we ended up going with a Jotul F 400 Castine. It does a great job as a primary heat source for our house. Rather than a catalytic option, it uses what is basically a woodgas stove effect in the top of the stove to get the most out of the fuel. It preheats secondary combustion air traveling up the back of the stove and injects it through small vents in the top of the burn chamber. Very efficient with long burn times. The primary air adjustment allows us to fine-tune the temperature output. A removable ash pan in the bottom of the stove is one of the main reasons we went with the Jotul stove over the Lopi stove.
Jotul Castine
We keep a pot of water on the stove to help humidify the air and to provide hot water when needed. We can use cast iron cookware to cook on the stove and have used the following oven on our stove with great success for things like baking bread.
Oven
Whatever stove you are going to get, I'd get it soon. The current price of propane and the pending changes to EPA standards are going to drive the demand for prices of wood stoves sky high soon, if they aren't already there.
EPA Regulations Article
Onidah
Cookstoves
We, unfortunately, didn't have the space for a cook stove, so we ended up going with a Jotul F 400 Castine. It does a great job as a primary heat source for our house. Rather than a catalytic option, it uses what is basically a woodgas stove effect in the top of the stove to get the most out of the fuel. It preheats secondary combustion air traveling up the back of the stove and injects it through small vents in the top of the burn chamber. Very efficient with long burn times. The primary air adjustment allows us to fine-tune the temperature output. A removable ash pan in the bottom of the stove is one of the main reasons we went with the Jotul stove over the Lopi stove.
Jotul Castine
We keep a pot of water on the stove to help humidify the air and to provide hot water when needed. We can use cast iron cookware to cook on the stove and have used the following oven on our stove with great success for things like baking bread.
Oven
Whatever stove you are going to get, I'd get it soon. The current price of propane and the pending changes to EPA standards are going to drive the demand for prices of wood stoves sky high soon, if they aren't already there.
EPA Regulations Article
Onidah
