Power went out yesterday.

My stove is not even installed yet, and I'm already plotting what I can cook on the top of it. Is this disease terminal?

Sen. John Blutarsky said:

This actually should go in BB's yearly "You know you're a woodburner when..." thread. Anyway the power goes out yesterday and l nearly jumped out of my skin in excitement. This was the moment for which I had been waiting. I pulled the surround off of the Rockland and got her going pretty good. I figured out that I could fit the cast iron dutch oven on top of the insert, substituting foil as a lid to make the clearance with the hearth. Made an awesome pot roast. The Rockland without blower kept the downstairs at about 73*, running it pretty hard. Much to my dismay, the power was only out for two hours, however I continued the radiant heat and stove top cooking experiment all day.

The kind of fun that only psychos like you folks would understand.

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How long did it take to cook the pot roast?

OrpingtonManor said:

My stove is not even installed yet, and I'm already plotting what I can cook on the top of it. Is this disease terminal?

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I've heard of people wrapping potatoes in foil and placing them on the hot coals. I wonder if anyone on here has tried that.

OrpingtonManor said:

My stove is not even installed yet, and I'm already plotting what I can cook on the top of it. Is this disease terminal?

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Guess that depends on your cooking skills...

The kind of fun that only psychos like you folks would understand.

Well, errr, yes, I understand.
But having a power failure here, (Alaska) means it's dark for 18 hours & would most likely happen on
a Sunday(no football :bug: )

Have no power for 3 days a week or two before Christmas. I just used the kitchen stove as normal, just had to light the burners with a match is all.

Sen.,

What size is your house? I have the same stove, and i dont think i would be able to heat my house without the blowers running. My house is 2300 sq ft.

I cook and reheat food on my englander NC13 on a regular basis. I fry potatoes, eggs, boil water .. anything really and also make great soup and beans. Why waste gas if you already have a big hot plate sitting there begging to be used? I do find if you leave it directly on the stove when cooking beans you may get some stickage in the bottom of the pot. So i took some nuts off some bolts I had and used those for spacers (instant trivet) under the pots. Vary the nuts depending on how much heat you need and how far you want the pot from the top.

WidowMaker said:

OrpingtonManor said:

My stove is not even installed yet, and I'm already plotting what I can cook on the top of it. Is this disease terminal?

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Guess that depends on your cooking skills...

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pretty sure my cooking skills won't kill me. (...if I can remember to not walk away from the pot.)

EJ & Sen: I have the same stove and lost power over Christmas break for 8 hours. I didn't take the surround off. I ran the stove like usual (pretty hot 500-750 range). Without the blower going I got more curring smells (3rd yr. with the stove). I think it heated areas of the stove that the blower keeps cool to new highs since the blower was off. I have 2,500 sq ft. house with a large open great room which is open to the 2nd floor. With the ceiling fan and by keeping the upstairs bedroom doors closed most of the way I can keep the main floor heated nicely. The problem I had was really the ceiling fan not working - so most of the heat went upstairs and kept the bedrooms warm but the first floor areas that were 20 feet or more from the stove got colder pretty fast. I think it was in the 20 degree or lower range outside at the time. I think if only the blower was going it might have been a little warmer on the first floor - but the heat would still all go upstairs. I don't have a generator and rarely lose power for any length of time - but if I bought a generator I think the most important item would be to run the ceiling fan, then the blower. I have ruled out getting an inverter now since running just the blower would only help a little bit. Best of luck to all.

Boozie said:

OrpingtonManor said:

My stove is not even installed yet, and I'm already plotting what I can cook on the top of it. Is this disease terminal?

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I've heard of people wrapping potatoes in foil and placing them on the hot coals. I wonder if anyone on here has tried that.

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I've done this hundreds of times. Rake the coals away from one area and put the potatoes there, not directly on hot coals. They only have to be a couple inches away; I have found that directly on the coals can be too hot. At least that's how it works for me.

Our power rarely goes out but the cooking on the stove top happens most days during the winter. Saves a lot of dollars not using the cooking stove and the food turns out great too.

SteveKG said:

Boozie said:

OrpingtonManor said:

My stove is not even installed yet, and I'm already plotting what I can cook on the top of it. Is this disease terminal?

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I've heard of people wrapping potatoes in foil and placing them on the hot coals. I wonder if anyone on here has tried that.

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I've done this hundreds of times. Rake the coals away from one area and put the potatoes there, not directly on hot coals. They only have to be a couple inches away; I have found that directly on the coals can be too hot. At least that's how it works for me.

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So how long do you leave them in there before they are done?

If the power went out on my street I'd have a house full of neighbors in no time. I guess as long as they brought pillows and sleeping bags it'd be pretty cool. Oh and some grub. Especially ice cream, my decadent treat, since Mr. Al Cohol and I no longer play nice together. :sick:

Sen. John Blutarsky said:

This actually should go in BB's yearly "You know you're a woodburner when..." thread. Anyway the power goes out yesterday and l nearly jumped out of my skin in excitement. This was the moment for which I had been waiting. I pulled the surround off of the Rockland and got her going pretty good. I figured out that I could fit the cast iron dutch oven on top of the insert, substituting foil as a lid to make the clearance with the hearth. Made an awesome pot roast. The Rockland without blower kept the downstairs at about 73*, running it pretty hard. Much to my dismay, the power was only out for two hours, however I continued the radiant heat and stove top cooking experiment all day.

The kind of fun that only psychos like you folks would understand.

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For the truly pyscho, you could always go flip your main breaker off and create your own outage of preferable length

Jutt77 said:

Sen. John Blutarsky said:

This actually should go in BB's yearly "You know you're a woodburner when..." thread. Anyway the power goes out yesterday and l nearly jumped out of my skin in excitement. This was the moment for which I had been waiting. I pulled the surround off of the Rockland and got her going pretty good. I figured out that I could fit the cast iron dutch oven on top of the insert, substituting foil as a lid to make the clearance with the hearth. Made an awesome pot roast. The Rockland without blower kept the downstairs at about 73*, running it pretty hard. Much to my dismay, the power was only out for two hours, however I continued the radiant heat and stove top cooking experiment all day.

The kind of fun that only psychos like you folks would understand.

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For the truly pyscho, you could always go flip your main breaker off and create your own outage of preferable length

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Unbeknownst to you significant other, unless they "hear the same voices" you do............

We did a couple of stews on the stove this year, and I found that putting a pizza stone on top reheats yesterday's pizza like nobodys business. Nope, no need to wait for a power outage to explore the culinary aspects of our little obsession.

I can relate to your enthusiasm for the power outage. We must all be sick. or prepared. or both.

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DaFattKidd said:

I can relate to your enthusiasm for the power outage. We must all be sick. or prepared. or both.

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Yeah, I am prepared. But we have been without power for over a week two of the last the last three winters. And the gasoline bill for that generator is nasty. Wood cost didn't go up. But boy oh boy does the cost of keeping the fridge and the little brown haired girl's Directv go up.

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BB that sucks. The power rarely goes out here, so I guess it's like a little adventure to us. It's a crappy fact of life for you.