Heating and cooking options

[motesjm]

Don't forget you can cook in your fireplace too. There are a number of useful accessories such as fireplace cranes and grills that can be purchased or made.

I had this grill made at a local metal works shop. I cook a lot of food on this when its cold enough for a fire here.

[Pearl]

I've continued my hunt for heating and/or cooking stoves and I find I am leaning toward the http://www.store.woodstove.com
as a primary heat source because of the mass of the soapstone with which it is encased. The
Fireview and the Classic are particular favorites as I've enjoyed them in the cold and dark at
a friends home one very snowy, icy week.

I have also found that the Sopka Inc "Magnum" (again the model covered with soapstone) seems to be a winner as far as modern designs go .
http://www.sopkainc.com

Anyone have any experience with the Sopka?

[1Admin]

Too bad you can't cook/bake and heat water with that one.

The Bunbaker with Soapstone has been working out very nice this winter at the Henry household. We heat the home with it, bake a lot of good stuff in it and cook on the top of it.

Only drawback so far has been a not so wide wood box. However we are used to cutting wood smaller with the Waterford Erin. Between the three stoves now we have plenty of options for wood that isn't perfectly to length. And if it's that mangled and/or too long for all the inside stoves, it goes on the pile next to the outside fire setup.

[610Alpha]

I've continued my hunt for heating and/or cooking stoves and I find I am leaning toward the http://www.store.woodstove.com
as a primary heat source because of the mass of the soapstone with which it is encased. The
Fireview and the Classic are particular favorites as I've enjoyed them in the cold and dark at
a friends home one very snowy, icy week.

I have also found that the Sopka Inc "Magnum" (again the model covered with soapstone) seems to be a winner as far as modern designs go .

http://www.sopkainc.com

Anyone have any experience with the Sopka?

Have you checked out this woodstove: http://www.jrhenterprises.com/produc...&categoryId=18

JRH has another stove but it doesn't have soapstone.