I found an old antique stove top oven that I bought off e-bay earlier this year. Haven't had a chance to try it out yet but was wondering if anyone else uses anything similar and if so please share what you're able to do with it. I figured since I'm heating the stove anyway may as well try to do some cooking with it! It's called a "E-Z-EST WAY" oven and has two racks inside that can be placed in different locations.
Anyone cook w/their stove like this?
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Diabel
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I like both the oven & even more the F500...but what is up with the glass :wow: Is your wood a tiny bit green?
I just noticed your first post..welcome to the forum!
I just noticed your first post..welcome to the forum!
kenny chaos
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Welcome to the hearth.
Nice find.
Most people use a dutch oven and I've seen old toaster ovens and such used.
But that there, that's a nice find.
My glass is like that every morning right now also. No, it is not because I have green wood.
Nice find.
Most people use a dutch oven and I've seen old toaster ovens and such used.
But that there, that's a nice find.
My glass is like that every morning right now also. No, it is not because I have green wood.
Slow1
Minister of Fire
No I don't use one but I am looking for others who have experience with such a device. There is a new one called a "butterfly oven" that you can buy that someone posted about. I forget who. I'm hoping to see an update on that one soon as the poster has a FV like I do. I'd love to bake on my stove as I'm a bit of a bread lover.
Slow1,
That was me. I was able to restore my old account (on this older computer) so I probably had logged in under a new account. I found it is pretty sturdy for the price ($55), although you have to assemble it yourself and have to be careful with the sharp edges while doing so.
It is designed pretty well and I can see it working well on the Fireview once I make a couple of modifiactions:
It is designed for a kerosene cook stove but looks like it will work very well on a woodstove with a flat surface. The Fireview top surface is not ideal (recessed soapstone in cast iron frame) so I will either have to get the cook top from Woodstock (which I was going to do anyway so I don't ruin the top while using my dutch oven or frying pan) or just use some door gasket to seal the bottom up (very inexpensive modification). I used the oven once to cook corn bread and it did not work so well because the heat was escaping through the bottom because of the .5" - .75" gap from the frame to the top of the soapstone. I think it will work fine with a gasket.
Also, I think the oven door needs to be a little tighter for maximum heat retention.
The thermometer is very basic and is in celsius. A couple bucks for an oven thermometer would help.
Once I make these modifications, I will give it the real test and let you know how it worked. I think overall the Fireview is a better stove to cook on because there is less of a temperature "spike," and the heat is more consistently distributed throughout the burn which is better for following baking instructions. I also feel I have slightly more control over overall temperature with the use of a probe thermometer. As the manual states, you are fine with small incremental adjustments to the air intake for temperature/burn time adjustments.
BTW, that E-Z-Est Way oven seemed to have been very popular in the 30's-50's. I did a search on google and there are a few to be had on Ebay and misc. auction sites. That company made kerosene cook-stoves as well. People were obviously doing woodstove/kersone stovetop baking a few decades ago with regularity. The Butterfly company makes a line of these as well.
Mike
mikepinto65
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kenny chaos
Minister of Fire
I have a stove like that that was meant to be used on the top of an old Kalamazoo Cook Stove. No reason that I can think of why it couldn't be used on a new wood stove.
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mikepinto65
Minister of Fire
billb3 said:
Guess I'm either lucky to not have that problem, or doing something right. No really though, that shouldn't happen if the wood is dry, maybe its a case of poor draft and the fire is snuffing out to fast....either way my glass is staying clear this time of the year with small (three pieces of wood) fires. Heck, I have already set a standard of trying to keep my firebricks free from black sooty build up. After about a dozen burns i've had black build up on the bricks only once and never on the glass.
kenny chaos
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Danno77
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I must own one.
I've seen the butterfly ovens, for 55 and shipping.
Being uber cheap Il'l probably spend the winter sheet bending and making m y own.
LOL
A coleman camp over is 30 bucks cheaper, I wonder do they work well on griddle top stoves?
I've seen the butterfly ovens, for 55 and shipping.
Being uber cheap Il'l probably spend the winter sheet bending and making m y own.
LOL
A coleman camp over is 30 bucks cheaper, I wonder do they work well on griddle top stoves?
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