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on Wed 31 Aug 11, 12:28 AM to Tanos's blog.
Earlier this month I installed this wood-burning stove in the Log Cabin at Bridgewood. It will help now we're getting later in the open air season, especially to heat the cabin in the evening, and this weekend mia boiled a kettle for tea, and then later on cooked a lovely risotto on it!
It's a fair investment compared to say, a camping gas stove, but the wood itself is then all a free by-product of the ride widening etc that I'm doing as part of the forestry work. It's also a lot more satisfying to cook your dinner that way too of course 
For heating, you wouldn't need to go through many calor gas bottles before a stove would have paid for itself.
It's also prompted me to reorganise the woodpile I started in 2008 and start cutting the big pile of seasoned logs down to stove-friendly 12-inch lengths. I've put aside hardly any wood in the last 18 months, and I'm going to be more consistent in doing it from now on. That way, I'll still have enough in a year or two's time when the new logs have had a full summer to dry out properly.
Edited Wed 31 Aug 11, 9:13 AM by Tanos
| 31 Aug 11, 8:59 AM vixylix 2 yrs |
Wow...that's lovely. Our landlord is about to fit one for us. Buuut? You can cook on it? How? And it uses gas? I thought they were wood/coal fuel only. Maybe it depends on the stove. It's making me nervous now though cause we have 2 small children...do they get hot on the outside? ...and...you can cook on it????
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| 31 Aug 11, 9:20 AM Tanos UK(M), 14 yrs   |
Yes you can cook on it, although it's more of an art than setting the temperature in an electric oven and waiting however many minutes. You can get thermometers that stick on the side though and you can regulate the temperature (slowly!) by adjusting the air intake at the bottom. The outside gets very very hot. Hot enough to boil a kettle on, so you need to bear that in mind. An oven door gets hot though too.
(There's no gas involved: that was just a comparison :T: www.tanos.org.uk |
| 31 Aug 11, 9:23 AM mia UK(M), 4 yrs      |
I made a risotto on it! At it's hottest, it's hotter than a hob, but as it's warming up and cooling down, it's a more similar temperature. You're best off with heavy pans, so they don't get burnt, but my wok was fine x Quick Lynn, run, they're sex people |
| 31 Aug 11, 9:28 AM x_flaire_x UK(OX), 10 yrs |
There's a little link that might inspire. Best bet is to purchase some good quality iron cast saucepans and casserole pots (also the pans are heavy enough to use to fight off a zombie invasion). http://www.motherearthnews.com/real-food/wood-st... f x |
| 31 Aug 11, 12:20 PM Caracal UK(SS), 5 yrs      |
When I lived in a cottage with a woodburner, it was the main source of heat and cooking for quite a large two bedroomed place. We could leave a stewpot slowly simmering on the hob all afternoon and put some jacket potatoes on the hatch next to the fire for the last 45 minutes or so. Even with the Atlantic battering the rocks at the bottom of the cliffs and the wind howling like a banshee, we were snug and warm next to the crackling comfort of the burning logs. One tip to regulate the hob temperatures-put your pot on a cast iron trivet when it is getting too hot. It puts an extra distance when the stove is at it's hottest. The nice lady with the whip. |
| 31 Aug 11, 2:35 PM lushvelvet UK(YO), 5 yrs |
Oooooh I love wood-burners! The one you've installed looks great - and you certainly won't be short of logs. There's something very satisfying about growing and managing your own fuel They heat a room incredibly effectively... sometimes too effectively. Several times, on autumnal evenings, I've lit the woodburner as there's a chill in the air, then had to open the windows as it's then become too damned hot! Mine, infuriatingly, looks more like this and is also tucked up into an inglenook fireplace, so I can't cook anything on the outside surface as there simply isn't room.
But I might have a go at some of the recipes on the link from x_flaire_x There is nothing more erotic than being understood ~ Molly Haskell ~ Edited 31 Aug 11, 8:42 PM by lushvelvet |
| 31 Aug 11, 6:05 PM jim_scot2000 UK(EH), 5 yrs |
I carefully prepared some salmon pieces with oil and herbs. Wrapped same in foil and placed them on top of the stove in a small square metal roasting dish. After about five minutes there was evidence of heating so I turned them over and cooked for another five mins.
Took them out, they were barbecue style, completely black on the outside and completely raw in the middle. Did them under the grill for a bit and ate them anyway.
Moral of the story ?
Need to use a diffuser or trivet thingy.
Cheers, Jim. Don't get me started on Creosote ! |
| 31 Aug 11, 7:08 PM erosfurniture UK, 2 yrs |
Hi Tanos
can I ask where did you get the log cabin from we are looking for one ourselves yours looks realy interesting Nigel |
| 31 Aug 11, 9:43 PM MushroomGirl UK, 6 yrs |
They are also excellent for casseroles etc in winter if you are going to have them on a relatively lowish burn all day long. If you can brown the meat and veg etc on a high heat beforehand and if the top of the woodburner is not too hot an iron casserole dish can normally be trusted to bubble away to itself until dinner time. Nyum! "Quit? Once I was thinking about quitting when I was diagnosed with brain, lung and testicular cancer, all at the same time. But with the love and support of my friends and family, I got back on the bike and I won the Tour de France five times in a row. But I'm sure you have a good reason to quit" L.Armstrong |
