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    Efficiency of old wood cook stove vs slightly newer wood cook stove

    Hi everyone, I'm looking to use a wood cook stove for heating and cooling in the winter and am heating about 1500 sq ft. I've inherited an old cast iron Findlay Vega, the company has long since stopped production of stoves, and I was just wondering about efficiency for these old beasts. I...
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    Wood cook stove -- what's the best location?

    Kitchen layout by vt-new-fp posted Apr 9, 2019 at 7:40 PMI'm going to be putting a wood cook stove in my kitchen. Here's a map with the two possible locations (A and B). The little nook (B) is where I believe the original Colonial-era open hearth cooking area was (based on the location of...
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    Cook stove wall clearances and heat shields

    I'm going to be putting a vintage wood and gas (propane) cook stove in my kitchen this summer. This is a stove that was designed to cook/heat with wood in the winter and use just gas in the summer, but also allows for operation of both fuels simultaneously when making a big meal (four burners on...
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    heating with a wood cook stove??

    hey folks, i've been heating our place with a wood stove for years. we have recently been talking about swapping the wood stove out for a wood fired cook stove. has anyone had any experience with using one for a primary heater? Could we expect a large wood cook stove to heat as effectively as...
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    Found: Atlanta Stove Works cook stove

    Hello, I was wondering if anyone could tell me the possible year of a cook stove I found. It is from the Atlanta Stove works company and it is labeled "Winner". There is a number on the top: 8316. I have scoured the internet and can't find any information indicating the year of this stove. I did...
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    Best Wood Cook Stoves

    hello all, I'd like to find more information on wood cook stoves (stoves specifically designed for cooking, with burners and ovens, etc). Is there a master thread on Hearth.com outlining different models and their virtues? I ran a few searches and could not find it.It would be nice to know...
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    Move a Cyrus Carpenter Wood Stove circa B4 1900

    I am looking for someone who can help move an old Cyrus Carpenter & Co wood stove from one location in the house to another. Write to me at [email protected] or within this forum as the case may be. Thank you.