wOOD STOVES IN KITCHENS

Sounds cool..er, warm, to me. A nice little wooburner in there, oh yes. Rick

We have our Liberty in the kitchen. It's about 480 sq/ft with an open sitting area/office on one end that's another 210 sq/ft and a double wide door opening to 120 sq/ft area that includes the laundry area and the main shower. This IS where we need the heat. The stove sits across from the doorway leading to the living room and the rest of the house. When it's low 20's outside, it never gets too hot in this area but we are very poorly insulated. In the early season, sometimes the stove would get a little overwhelming but living rather secluded in the country, the wife was quick to dress down when needed. :coolsmile:

Our T6 is in the kitchen and it's extended trivets are always being used for prewarming dinner plates, keeping food warm (thankgiving all available space on and around it was occupied).

As well as occasionally defrosting, and cooking on the steel top, soups, melting butter etc.

I think any of the 3 units in the Alderlea line would be welcome addition in any kitchen.

madison said:

Our T6 is in the kitchen and it's extended trivets are always being used for prewarming dinner plates, keeping food warm (thankgiving all available space on and around it was occupied).

As well as occasionally defrosting, and cooking on the steel top, soups, melting butter etc.

I think any of the 3 units in the Alderlea line would be welcome addition in any kitchen.

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Yeah, I forgot the whole cooking angle. That's what really makes it fun about having the stove right in the kitchen. I love to eat.

Adirondackwoodburner said:

Well, if the wife and I have get to do an addition to our house, I am seriously contemplating on a small parlor stove in my open country kitchen. I have always wanted a big kitchen with an island and off to the side a sitting room, almost like a den but totally open to the kitchen. I would have a leather couch and recliner with tv and a throw rug etc etc..Anyways, I was also thinking about the placement of a small stove jsut to keep it cozy. thought about a pellet stove but then I thought heck, I already burn wood..But, maybe somebody out there has already done something like what I want to do and has some advice.

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Kind of depends on what your wife wants to do in the kitchen. My wife likes wood cooking, so when I built a new addition onto our 1820 farmhouse - I built a huge kitchen that is also a "hang-out" room. Widescreen TV, large couch, large kitchen table, etc. This kitchen has - one wood 1800s cook stove, two antique LP gas stoves. a Rumsford wood-cooking fireplace, kerosene cook stove, and a wood-fired clay bake oven. Also has the original dug well that this farm used in the early 1800s. It had been in our back yard, and is now in the middle of the kitchen with a hand-pump hooked to it. That was the toughest part of the build-job - working around that well with heavy equipment and not caving it in.

I'm not far from you. We live in Otsego County and drive through Northville past the Sacandaga every time we go up to our cabin in Indian Lake (Hamilton County).

A few photos before it was done. Did it all myself, so it went slow.

I vote to go with a real cook stove. We have one and it makes a lot of sense even for people not solely on wood. It gives you lots of options and food is better cooked on wood. You can get a cook stove that puts out any amount of heat that you need. Whether its a high heat model like a PioneerMaid or one of the insulated cast models. You are then really set for power outages. You can also get "pretty" ones for that country effect

I'd be all over it..my back deck is off of my kitchen, 6 steps down.

I had it built to support the weight of an extension, might even move the kitchen down there ;-)

My Mom had a coal /wood burning cook stove in this house in the 70's, it was awesome.

i say if she is doing her duty and cooking like she is ~supposed to ~ ,you shouldnt need any more heat in that room

Ohhhhh...I get to post a picture of my cook stove AGAIN This is a 90's model Heartland Sweetheart that I picked up on craigslist. I still have to replace the firebrick in it before I use it, but will be ordering that from chimneysweep Tom shortly. This is going to be used for winter cooking and supplemental heat on those cold days <10F. A wood cookstove, if you have the room, is an excellent addition to any homoe, in my opinion.

Just putting the final touches on a kitchen/hang-out room project. We have a 1970's split level. The middle level consisted of a kitchen, small eating area, and living room. I knocked out all interior walls and we now have just one big room that contains kitchen, larger eating area, couch, and Napolean 1150P stove. It has a cast iron top with a couple of burners, but no oven so doesn't qualify as a geniune cook stove. Nevertheless, I would definetly put a stove in your new kitchen, espcially if it's the room where everybody winds up hanging in all the time anyway. My wife LOVES it.

We have our Alderlea T5 in the kitchen - it is an open concept home where the kitchen opens to the living room, front and rear entry, and the bedrooms, so it is a very central location. It is a bonus that the stove has a cooktop - great for warming trays, boiling potpourri, drying mittens alike! We are very happy with the kitchen location, and spend most of our time there, so the stove is really like an interactive piece of furniture that has a multitude of aesthetic and functional purposes!

Mike, nice cook stove. It reminds me of the one my Grandmother had, with a side water jacket, for hot water. It made the best bread, with a nice crust on it. Brings back fond memories of Thanksgiving, when Grams made a Turkey, with a Goose in the same pan and never had dry Turkey doing it that way.

These cookstove images are BEAUTIFUL!

I dream of being able to cut wood on my land and cook all meals on a cook stove with oven. Nothing wrong with a stove in the kitchen... even if it's not a cook stove, you can always cook on top of it and throw a potato or two in!

My T6 is in the kitchen and I love it. Out kitchen is open and the family room is attached so it works great. The cooking angle is good too. I use the trivets for warming plates, keeping soup hot, etc. I used to have a clarion cookstove but it didnt heat as well as the T6. Did I mention how much I love my T6?

Has anyone noticed these guys : http://www.sopkainc.com/

Their most expensive model is $2500 and that includes free shipping in the lower 48 states.

Here is a picture of the top of the range unit: They have smaller stoves down to about $750.

do those cooking stoves give off the same amount of heat as say a reg wood stove?