Cooking on my stove

[boisblancboy]

Looking for some advice. This winter for something else to do I would like to try and do some slow cooking on my stove. Mainly just stews and the like that would take most of the day just simmering away. I have a lopi liberty.

So for any of you that have done it any recommendations of do's and donts? What type of pot should I use? Should I use a trivet of some sort? Just looking for all the information before I attempt it.
Thanks!

 

[Jags]

Heavy pot with lid. Use a trivet or you will make a mess when it boils over. Maybe even consider cooking "inside" the stove when a low coaling stage presents itself.

 

[Village Idiot]

My kids love doing tin foil dinners when there is a nice set of coals. You do need to be careful though, if you get distracted, dinner gets incinerated pretty quickly.

 

[Warm_in_NH]

We cook nearly every weekend on it in the middle of winter. Usually so.e sort of stew or steaks on a cast skillet on coals inside it. Anything you can cook low n slow on the stove or crock pot is just as easy on 6 our wood stove.

I like an enameled dutch oven like :

http://www.amazon.com/gp/aw/d/B004Q...5_QL70&qid=1412365209&sr=8-10#ref=mp_s_a_1_10

I've found I can just move it around on the stove top to increase or reduce temp. On our Jotul we have a trivet to adjust temp with.

Always keep it less than full and have never (knock on wood) had a boil over.