soupy1957 said:Is it that our current stoves, as good as they are in design in comparison to models from 30 years ago, are just not able to hold up to the riggers of a daily fire like say a "Cast Iron" stove of yesteryear would have? If we have to have all these protections in place (ash, firebrick), doesn't that say something about the quality (or lack thereof) of the newer materials being used?
-Soupy1957
No, it says that the folks designing stoves 30 years ago were more metalworkers than engineers. They were not designing for efficiency, much like the cars of that era. I think your premise is laughable. As BB says in his tag line, "the good old days weren't".
PS - it is "rigors", not riggers.