The Little Wood Cook Stove Cut the Bills
The wood cook stove can become a very cost effective appliance in your home. If you happen to live where wood is readily available, you may want to consider investing in an operable wood cook stove. No, you do not have to use it all the time for cooking, but while it stops the furnace from running 24/7; it can also be stewing a pot of chili. Imagine the amount of gas or electricity that you will save each day.
Many of the vintage or antique stoves are very operable today. As an example of this, I personally purchased a 1940’s stove and had it brought up to working condition. It required a new set of bricks in the firebox and a new chimney pipe. Total cost of the repairs amounted to approximately $32.00. The fuel or wood was sixty dollars a pickup load, cut and split.
Having a centrally located kitchen in an open concept home allowed the heat to travel to all corners of the home. Heat goes up, so the upper level was always warm too. The closed stairwell did not seem to stop the heat from traveling to the second level, but the temperature was slightly lower then on the first level.
The stove burned during the day light hours and never was without a pot of homemade soup, pot of coffee, teakettle of water, chili or a casserole, or chicken in the oven. Home made bread or biscuits, beans, or a pot roast cooked without ever starting the electric stove. A pan of eggs and bacon, or flapjacks could easily be on the breakfast menu.
With vintage being a very popular aspect of home decorating, a wood cook stove could easily fit into many homes and become a cost effective appliance you may learn you love.
By: Rebecca Froebel