Why is it called a Wood Stove

[mtarbert]

Greetings,
My 6 year old son ask me why we call the wood stove a stove and not an oven. He went on, We cook on top of the stove and cook in the oven ....I didn't have an answer......any suggestions?
Mike

 

[begreen]

Seems self explanatory. You can cook on top of a wood stove. It would be hard to use it as an oven with a raging fire in the firebox. (Yes, I know it can be done once the stove cools down to coaling stage.)

 

[ansehnlich1]

cuz ya burn wood in it

and you tell that fine young man if he wants to call it a wood oven that's fine by me

wood BURNING stove?

wood furnace might be a better choice of words eh???

wood heater???

hmmmm, that 6 year old has me thinkin' now...............

 

[bokehman]

Oxford English Dictionary

Stove: an apparatus for cooking or heating that operates by burning fuel or using electricity.

Oven: enclosed compartment in which food is cooked or heated.


Is there a dodgy cook there that always burns the dinner? If so maybe that's why he's confused.