Lopi Endeavor great for cooking and heating

[Hunter's Lodge]

After doing quite a bit of research here to find out what to get to replace a cook stove and a cast-iron fire place my great-grandfather probably salvaged from a logging camp in the 1930's, I settled on the Lopi Endeavor. I snagged a used one for $500 off Craigslist. The camp it was destined for doesn't have electricity, or propane, so the cooking function needed to be more than a novelty. I can't be more pleased with its performance for heating and cooking.

The cook surface on the lower level, which can accommodate two full size pots or pans, easily gets to a plenty hot 500-600 degrees. While that surface is blazing away, the upper level stays at 200-250. I keep a water pot up there, which is always hovering on the cusp of boiling.

The stove holds a fire very well overnight, and during the day while out hunting. Gone are the days of getting up at 1 AM to stoke the stove (or burrowing into the blankets, and severely regretting it in the morning), or coming back to camp cold and wet, and waiting for what seems like an eternity for the camp to warm back up.

When I get up in the morning, I put some wood on the thick bed of coals, open the vents, bring the water pot from the upper level to the lower level, and have boiling water for coffee in short order.

Anyway, if anyone is looking for an economical dual purpose stove, I'd certainly recommend the Lopi Endeavor.

 

[begreen]

Good review. Thanks for posting and welcome to hearth.com. A friend has the Endeavor and I have enjoyed running that stove. It's a winner.

 

[Avalonolympic]

Nice I have the Avalon Olympic. The cousin to the Lopi's what great stoves they are.

 

[Ram 1500 with an axe...]

Sounds good..... Pics with some cooking action would be great to see....

 

[Hunter's Lodge]

Sounds good..... Pics with some cooking action would be great to see....

Unfortunately, it seems I don't have many action shots on hand, but here's one from last February after snowshoeing and skiing in 6 or so miles... and then having it get down to 15 below that night! It was so nice having a stove that could hold a fire overnight, instead of the hazardous relics I was used to that were good for 3-4 hours. The stock pot on the left (used for the camp supply of hot water) probably holds 3-4 gallons. The dutch oven on the right is standard sized.

 

[rdust]

My first stove was an Endeavor, it's a great stove.

 

[Hondacivc96]

After doing quite a bit of research here to find out what to get to replace a cook stove and a cast-iron fire place my great-grandfather probably salvaged from a logging camp in the 1930's, I settled on the Lopi Endeavor. I snagged a used one for $500 off Craigslist. The camp it was destined for doesn't have electricity, or propane, so the cooking function needed to be more than a novelty. I can't be more pleased with its performance for heating and cooking.

The cook surface on the lower level, which can accommodate two full size pots or pans, easily gets to a plenty hot 500-600 degrees. While that surface is blazing away, the upper level stays at 200-250. I keep a water pot up there, which is always hovering on the cusp of boiling.

The stove holds a fire very well overnight, and during the day while out hunting. Gone are the days of getting up at 1 AM to stoke the stove (or burrowing into the blankets, and severely regretting it in the morning), or coming back to camp cold and wet, and waiting for what seems like an eternity for the camp to warm back up.

When I get up in the morning, I put some wood on the thick bed of coals, open the vents, bring the water pot from the upper level to the lower level, and have boiling water for coffee in short order.

Anyway, if anyone is looking for an economical dual purpose stove, I'd certainly recommend the Lopi Endeavor.

 

[Hondacivc96]

Just purchased my first wood stove an Lopi endeavor which works well even overnight! I am still learning how moderate the temp and keep the wood burning slow to increase my burn time. Was wondering what you of think air vents in the floors to increase the heat upstairs and suggestions

Thanks

 

[rdust]

Just purchased my first wood stove an Lopi endeavor which works well even overnight! I am still learning how moderate the temp and keep the wood burning slow to increase my burn time. Was wondering what you of think air vents in the floors to increase the heat upstairs and suggestions

Thanks

Mine liked to burn hot, main reason I switched to a controllable cat stove. My chimney is about 30' so that played a role.

 

[pglotov]

Just purchased my first wood stove an Lopi endeavor which works well even overnight! I am still learning how moderate the temp and keep the wood burning slow to increase my burn time. Was wondering what you of think air vents in the floors to increase the heat upstairs and suggestions

Thanks

I have a Lopi Endeavor as well, I like it a lot. The only problem I sometimes see is that when it gets up to cruise temp with secondaries burning and I close down the air to minimum, it burns for a while and then flames go out while there is still unburned wood present, which means it smolders and smoke covers chimney with creosote. To look after that I wrote an Android app called FireSitter, you can look it up on play store if you have an android device you can use to watch the stove.