A Wood Cookstove is a Must Have!
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Oh yes, I am 79 yrs old and grew up with a wood stove smokehouse full of meat and veggies. God is so good when you live like that......had our own milk and home made butter and the list goes on
oh don't forget butter milk and corn bread. one of my favorites.
I've had a Baker's Choice wood cook stove for about 6 years. It heats our home, cooks our meals, and can heat water if we want. LOVE it. I wouldn't have it any other way, honestly.
You are very blessed.
I grew up in the 50s on wood stoves made by Franklin in the late 1700s, they were a real chore to clean. I also learned that in the olden days, they used to collect the soot to make printing ink ... Imagine that ! You get really strong, chopping and sawing all that wood in the summer but then the rhubarb apple pies were ample reward. Things sure have changed over the years .
This brings back a lot of old memories from my childhood. Making fire in a coal stove and cleaning it was my chore. Our stove was connected to a water supply which warmed bath and dish washing water. Between the stove and the wall was a little crawl space where the hot water pipes came out of the stove. In the winter I used to crawl in there legs first to warm up while my mother prepares dinner on the stove for us. We were six children but that was my exclusive little spot which I annexed for myself only. For this privilege I had to do the dishes every evening, my mother said.
My great grandmother had one - it was the ONLY stove she ever had. Great memories.
My grandma's both had these when they lived on the farms in Iowa when I was little, also my mom did too when I was little--always felt so warm and cozy around the kitchen, and baked bread was wonderful----happy memories for a little girl who is now a senior citizen and almost forgot how COMFORTING simple rustic rural living can be.
As did my Great Grandmother. The home made bread smelled wonderful.
With some wet eyes, I confess to say I do really miss my own grandpa and grandma.
Your video blessed my heart as some of us relive those great childhood memories. Simple times for uncommon folks.
LOL "With this stove you need a large bush of aloe vera" The way she said it was really funny. She is right. I am a professional blacksmith. Even though have not burned myself on my wood cook stove, I have burned myself with hot iron at my work. Aloe vera really does work.
In all my years of wood stove I don't ever remember burning myself.
Don’t recall the name on our stove- The best bread and buns came out that oven - easy to start a fire- did it hundreds of times- this sounds complecated but it is not
Have used my woodcock stove for cooking and heat for 48 years and have very few burns . You learn really quick.
We've had and used two wood stoves (one for cooking) in our home for almost
50 years and I haven't burned myself yet ....and pray I never do. Couldn't manage
without them !
By the way = Our cookstove is probably over 100 years old and the name
on it is Round Oak - Chief. It has a top warming over, and a good water reservoir.
My grandmother in Tennessee cooked on a wood stove till she passed away at 86. Family bought her a stove and she would not take it. She loved her stove and one of my cousin got it after she passed. I am still not happy about that. I loved that stove and when she cooked. Nothing like a Grandma. God bless you for cooking on the wood stove.
Some of the happiest memories of my life are when I cooked on a wood cook stove while living on a farm in New Hampshire during the 70s.
This couple is awesome! I wish they had their own channel .... I have SO MANY questions! This was such a wonderful video! I learned so much ......
Caneyville, ky. I have visited the factory. They use a steam locomotive engine to power shafts under the floor that runs there hydraulics. Steam engine also runs generators to power there welders. Very nice place and community. Great video thank you.
The key point that is implied here is that 'Preppers' need a woodlot, like we had on our multi-generational farm. Get your 'tech' stuff, like the water jacket, before 'grid down' events. I am a fan of Lehman's' catalog products and have 'imagined' which of their stove offerings I would select. This video gives plenty of information about one cookstove and cookstoves in general. Truly, this video is a master class for wood range cookstoves! My mother started with this type of wood range. Thanks so much for the 'reality check.'
I have a fisher baby bear on my open back porch. We use it all year round. Im a prepper. Never tell others you are. I have an unlimited supply of wood. We all sit outside at 10 degrees and sweat. Cook and just love it.
I've been a welder for 40 years you can put rubbing alcohol on a burn it will pull the heat out keep it from blistering works really well it don't burn you it cools it off
Virgin Coconut Oil stops the sting on a burn. Works within a few minutes!
Im 50. My grandmother always cooked and heated her home with a wood stove. Cast iron she used when she was alive i still have. Their over 70 years old. Loved ur vid. Made me think of my grandmother. Thank you.
Janice, you are hilarious and great! Excellent video! Pioneer Princess should pay you for this video!
Great teaching video! Learned so much! Take care! Aloe Vera is a miricle cactus. We take the leaves that need to be trimmed off our plant and seal or vaccum seal put in freezer. Feels really good on burns. Can take gel and put in ice cubes. Have made a hydrating skin cream with aloe and castol oil...so many good things you can use it to heal, protect skin. Pure Liquid my Nana gave my great grandpa to drink. His urine was dark almost black and it became clear. The doctors had given him months to live and he lived another 5 years. Just thought I would share the wonders of Aloe Vera. If you get a female plant you can make new plants. I have about 20 right now! Make great presents in a nice little planter.
And I’ve gotten into the habit of cleaning under and around the oven of my wood cook stove every two weeks. I was told not to clean all the ash off the top of the oven because it prevents the baked items from burning the tops. Thanks for the tip about the cedar chips and the candle wax. There is a wood working shop just behind our place and they are always trying to get rid of the bags of sawdust.
Charming couple, thank you for inviting us into your beautiful home and sharing!
Wife lived in a cabin for years, family of four, cooking ,heating water, heat, all with wood.
Before that a commune, all wood. (Previous husband, long ago)
I'm lucky to be installing a soapstone stove but you said it best. Wood stove is mission critical. Water, check, food, check, defense, check. Freeze to death, not an option!
this video is so good and shows just how much work and thought must be put to the test when using such a stove this take cooking to the next level
from turning the dial to hands on management thankyou
I have an antique Vermont Castings wood cookstove. I have made the best turkey and bread in that oven. I have kept it just in case I need it.
This Woman Is Fantastic! He's A Lucky Man, To Have A Wife Like That. Praise God Their Are People. Like THIS Still In The World. AMEN.
They don't make those kind of ladys anymore
I've got me one, and she's a knock out... I out-kicked my coverage thank God. Definitely don't deserve a catch like her. God is good
Funny, how old is suddenly new again! Wish I had my parents old wood stove. I was just a baby, but I remember my mom getting up early in the morning to light a fire in the stove. Bread baked in the wood cook stove is the bomb!!! Mom, cooked sausage, biscuits, and gravy and eggs in her trusty iron skillet. Those were the days of great food. 💕 💕 💕
She's a beauty! She's well worth all the work you do to keep her in tip top shape.
anyone thinking of getting a wood stove has to watch this...great vid!..I am getting one now
My wife and I are getting this stove soon. Are anything's you dont like about the stove,or options that we should consider getting? Our house was built in the early 50s and is insulated,but not super well. The attic does have modern blown in insulation. The house is around 1200sqft and I'm curious about the heating aspect too. If you have time I'd love to hear your thoughts.
I would love to have one these stoves. I cooked on a very large 8 eye antique Belleville for about 12 years when we lived in Alaska. It was very aesthetically pleasing to the eye with it's chrome trim and warming shelves but took 3 hours and a mountain of wood for all that iron to get hot enough to bake a pan of biscuits or bake bread. These new stoves are air-tight making them more efficient, they heat faster and burn a lot less wood and you can control the temp. which is a major plus.
Those stoves where meant to be permanently stoked.
I am glad people are manufacturing these new stoves with some modern technology.
The way it yust to be. No frills just necessities. Cozy and comfortable. Congratulations
Neat video. Lots of first person hands-on information which will help folks get started with understanding and using their new appliance. I would advise anyone wanting to use a woodstove or cookstove to seek out a good competent professional to ascertain the condition of their chimney before doing anything else and make sure that your proposed installation is up to snuff. There is A LOT more to this than can be covered in a video. This is not a criticism...just my professional observation.
My wife and I established a business and started servicing/installing and maintaining solid fuel appliances and venting systems in 1988 and I am retiring and passing the business on this season. I am widowed now and will be home more to make sure my Grandkids are warm, well fed, and safe no matter what.
With all of the crap and uncertainty out there I am installing a U.L. listed and tested cookstove (Waterford Stanley- acquired in trade) in the homeplace in place of a heater that I have pretty well worn out. Fof anyone thinking of doing this, please don't take for granted that what you have now is okay...or that what you envision is the best or only way to do things. Don't be afraid to get help. Not every project is a DIY project.
Be safe.
good grief this one the most outstandin videos i've ever seen. the best bar none hands down. makes me hope we NEVER lose the grid in my lifetime. haha. thank you sir.
Thank you for taking the time to show how to use and clean the beautiful wood stove you both did an excellent job of educating us! I had no idea you could bake so many things at one time in the oven.
The food tastes better also.
Spot on. Even a woodstove for heat and lids will save your life.
I grew up with a wood cook stove . When I was a child my grandmother would make her special fried apple pies and a big pot of pinto beans . And a great big pan of cornbread . When it was raining and cold getting off the school bus at the corner of our street . That stove was where the action would be . You could smell the cooking up the street . Everyone knew when my grandmother was cooking . It sure was a welcoming place to be near .
What a beautiful couple. Thanks for sharing your kitchen with us. Peace, Love and Happiness to you.
Great video with heart warming, kind actors. 🙂
When I saw the cleaning procedure, I thought a bottom chimney metal box drawer might help them catch some of the stuff accumulating inside the chimney pipe, and enable them to, also, push the stuff from the stove into the chimney pipe. It should fall by gravity through a short metal slide into the drawer and simplify the cleaning process a little bit.
They could ask a local masonry guy to do this.
I could not keep from thinking back to my childhood. Images of my mother cooking over the woodstove , me and dad outside cutting wood, the awesome taste of real macaroni and cheese'' whole wheat and hand made" kept flashing through my mind! Awesome video..... Thank you for sharing not only this video but all the other knowledge you have shared with us.
Just found this . Way cool I could watch this all night .
I fill my humidifier with rain water to avoid the mineral build-up, this works for canning also.
And white vinegar will clean the scale right out. If you want something quicker use the commercial product "CLR" (Calcium, Lime, Rust). I watched a man clean an ice machine with it and a new paint brush. He brushed it on and while he was brushing it on the calcium started falling off. I've kept a bottle in the house since then. Great stuff but white vinegar works well too.
Great Idea
Is that safe I'm an old country but we never did that we used well water with a rope and bucket
Thank you and love your stove . Yes we really need it more now than ever .
Thanks
Not many 1 hour videos I sit and watch the entire thing but I did this one. Thanks for sharing.
Gives a whole new meaning to Spring cleaning.
Dropped a like for the kitten! The pupper helped.
We have a Baker's Choice in our ne retreat/home in Maine; it certainly factored into our buying decision and glad we did as our furnace went out and it was the heat, cooking, etc for the house.
OOhh, Im curious: how/what do you liike about the Baker? It was one of the models I looked at, and I wonder if I would've liked it better than my FireView.
I have a Baker's Choice. What don't you like about your Flame View?
I freaking love good o' folks like these two, they warm my heart :)
I was feeling the same way!!!!!
Thay Sure Do. I Love These People! Maybe There One. Of My Naberes. In PA.? Id Love To Have Dinner At There House.
I wish have the money to buy one of those...I love to cook my food with wood..
I invite you to have a look at my little channel.maybe you will like it.
How beautiful; sweet & lovely people, they are what life is about. Thank you to all that brought this video to life.
We have talked about a wood cook stove. We heat with wood. This has been a very informative show. Thank you folks for sharing this information. My Grandmother used to use a wood stove!! God bless you and your family!! God bless America and her people!! 🙏
I encountered wood cookstoves when I was living in rural New Mexico and fell in love with them. Now I'm about to move to my retirement home in rural California and have got a lead on a vintage (1890s) stove that will be a perfect fit. Thanks for this very timely video!
Didn't california OUTLAW wood stoved about ten or fifteen years ago for "Enviromental" reasons?
Lucky you are.
Why CA??? Really? People are leaving there in droves! No moving vans available for leaving the State.
@@nancyarchibald9095 I was born here (I’m back in Kali now) and I’ll die here. The more people who leave here, the better. It’s time to get rid of the chaff.
@Mcgilead Mcgilead That’s just me being snarky and opinionated.
Have had my Alden cook stove with hot water pipeing too for the last 48 years. Live in Maine.
Real nice, gosh forgot what year we are living through now. This lady is timeless. The stove is Great Thank you.
Just showed my wife the first waffle iron...no matter the price I want one !! Lots of yard sales in northern Pa during the summer so I am optimistic.
I had a real old timey one in and old house I rented. It still had "Skirt Guards" on it. When ladies wore long skirts they'd often brush up against the hot stove and singe their skirt. Was such a beautiful old stove. I hope to have an off-grid cabin built soon. Will have a wood stove for sure.
I have had a Pioneer Princess for years and I love it.
Wife and I are getting one. Any short falls or things we should know about. Any options that you got,or that we should consider? Does it heat your home well?
While living at my grandparents house while growing up I got use to a wood cook stove and wood heater in their house and they did a great job for years. My grandmother cooked all of our meals on that stove and my grandfather, brothers, and I collected, hauled it, and cut it up for the stove and heater and they kept the house warm during both Winter and Summer. My grandparents kept a can on the heater, and on the stove to keep the humidity down and kept water in the cans.
From a farm 79Yrs ago -- Up-state WI. -- My Mother was over the (similar) Kitchen stove 6 to 8 hrs. a day/night. I would give almost ANYTHING for Mothers Kitchen Stove today!!
Thank you for sharing this video! I hope this couple who did an AMAZING job explaining and giving tips on the stove are still doing wonderful❣ I watched the whole video like I was watching old home made family videos. Was looking for info on a self sustainable stove and ended up learning more than I anticipated along with making my heart happy by bringing up childhood memories I have forgotten!!!
Thank you for taking the time to show us your beautiful stove and how it works.
Thank you for having us in your home. 🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸
More complacated than our stove I was raised with- first 17 yrs of my life with it- was easier to maintain - had a resavoir on right side built right in not all this built on stuff- always it was clean- I even made potatoe chips on the top in a fry pan
This is hands down best video I've seen on you tube!!!
Thank you for this!!!
For the lady guessing the internal temp of the oven they make oven thermometers that she could place inside for about $10.00
It's a beauty. Real wood cook-stoves like this one were the climax of home wood burning technology. Wood-burning furnaces or non-cook stoves were not found in ordinary homes. These babies were what the farm houses relied upon. Grill-bricks (used in restaurants on electric or gas grill-tops), available at restaurant suppliers would be a great tool to clean the stove-top and they are almost 4" thick, allowing you to clean the top even when it's surprisingly hot. Put a little water on the top, rub the brick back and forth, rub it clean with a wet rag and let the water burn off. Heck, we used wet paper towels but the grills were smaller than the wood stove's top.
When I was a little kid we lived in a 6-story walkup cold water flat. We had a stove like that (but it used coal) with a water heater element and a tub in the kitchen. I always thought we had it going on! Your's is way cool! Thanks for the tour.
What a gem of a video, makes me want a wood burning stove.
I did more than want one, I went as far as to price it. My desire for a wood stove is now low again.
@@itrow9526 if you're able to obtain a steady supply of wood,itd cut out alot of your energy bill. With an electric range and electric heat ours averages $240 a month throughout the year. Last year we used more killawatts per month,but our average bill was $180 a month. Our provider asked for and received a 9% rate increase last year and are now asking for an additional 7% increase. If they are approved for that our bill will be close to $300 a month,from only $180 a month 2 years ago. $3000 for this thing is an investment in our future. The only other 240vlt appliance that leaves is our hot water heater,which I'll change out to a heat on demand unit. If I can save $200 a month on our electric bill,thatll cover 2/3 of the cost of the stove in the first year of ownership. Our utility bills are gonna go up astronomically over the next few years and service may get sketchy thanks to our fine government. I'll spend now,and save big later.
Thank you SO much for sharing this!! Lost art that one is hard pressed to come by. God bless you sir!
In the summer my mom would send us south to spend the summer with my aunt. She had 2 stoves: a wood and a gas stove and we could only use the wood stove. She had an electronic iron and an old fashioned cast iron iron which we were only allowed to use to iron our clothes. We learned fast not to burn ourselves by the time the summer was over. Each room had a wood stove for heating during the winter. 😍
Wouldn't trade my cook stove for ANYTHING !!! It's over 100 years old, in great working
shape, and I've cooked an entire turkey Thanksgiving dinner on it. Makes life much easier
when you can keep 5 or 6 pots of food warm at the same time your heating the water and
roasting the turkey.... and that part of the house is pleasantly warm .... ALL from the same
'fuel' ! Amazing. I'm glad they're making them again, in case this one doesn't outlive me!!!
I bought the pioneer princess ..get the long surface one with the water res. you'll love the extra space also order a second set of the inner fire bricks ...you'll need them ....
.....Keep a small pail of salt handy close by the wood stove , If you have a chimney fire you want to put out in a hurry toss a few cups of salt in on the fire and close it down salt puts out a fire right fast ...salt is also good to cook with ... sprinkle a bit of salt on the stoves top surface and you can toast your bread on it with out the bread stickin and burnin ...a great trick ....also to resurface your cook stove get er hot and rub some cookin oil into the top surface use paper towels or even newspaper and keep them for fire starter nothing like oily paper to start a fire ...
I just got one 2 days ago. However it don't have any fire brick on the bottom of firebox, only on the sides. Seems like the floor beside the grate would warp from heat with no brick. Does yours have anything on floor of firebox?
one of the best videos i've ever seen... people need more of these videos to learn from...
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Have mine going right now!! Happy, joyous and free.
I love the wilderness, woodstove & your pets!! Beautiful home! Thanks for sharing.
I love your kitchen and all the information on woodstove use. Have you ever considered letting your veiwers have a tour of the rest of your place?
Awesome video, TY for sharing your wood stove experiences. Great tip and what a great couple. God Bless this Family.
Yep !!!
It sure is !!
It is not a just a "woodstove"...
Its a WOOD "COOK" STOVE..
Mine was made in the 1800s......works perfectly !!
Thank you for showing us how this works and what can you do with it. It is a precious presentation.
Great stove. Saw some of those type in an old old book, was really pleased with the hot water feature and convection heating. Thanks for showing me this.
Great video. I just love this couple. They are so cute. I'd love to have them for grand parents.
I have a Bakers Choice and just love it. It's the only cooking and heating I have along with the water tank and warming oven. Living off grid this stove has become the heart of the home in the winter. lol I didn't get it until December 17th and there was celebrating when it arrived. Whoo hoo.
What a wonderful couple of people. Any good man would appreciate her as a wife and any good woman would appreciate him as a husband.
Great video. Very hel0ful. Love your home. Everything you need and everything in its place. I see you practice what my husband calls grandpa lazy. After you finish using something put it back right then. No need to clean up later. Lol
I love this video!! It is very informative and interesting to watch. I could listen to them talk all day. 😄
Hello, Baxter!! You're a beauty! Thank you for including him!!
I had a small wood kitchen range from the thirties or forties. I restored it and it was very useful during some bad times. A bundle of trimmings from a local sawmill and you can cook a long time for $50. A wonderwood to handle heating and you can survive any disruption.
Thank you so much for taking the time to teach us. I really am so blessed to have have learned
Thank you. So well explained. I have long wished for such a wood stove since I had the luck to see it in Austria. I have a pretty tile oven without
cooking possibilities. Now after 20 years it is time to repair the whole thing. I have decided to get something like this. I live in a village in the black Forrest. These stoves here are not common here presently. I am looking for them around my region since one year. If I get one, I know how it works due to your video sharing your knowledge.
Become a dealer - sell some - get yours for free
Here I am again. Still not having the wood stove oven I wish. We have had bad storms damaging the our roofs, uprooting huge pine trees in the garden and I had 2 mild strokes. Complications one after the other. I have had to get 2 gears down. The antic tile oven is carefully remounted and stored in the cellar. Step by step, I am still looking for a solution.
That you replied to me, I am glad. With the expenses I had and will have, is a question if I can have such a one but I if you like, I could introduce you to one or 2 good wood stove installers. With my knowledge of English and German. I would gladly guide you to them. With the present energy crisis, maybe your wood-stoves could have a chance around this area.
My grandma and uncle had wood stoves. Yours looks like my uncle's. We don,t have that Lind but we can cook on our wood burner . Love the video. We are working on water storage. And a hand pump. Thanks for sharing .
Im not able to cut wood, and to buy wood these days , it is getting expensive im learning. I would love to have a wood cook stove. I have a wood heating stove i use for back up, Im in a all elect home. I have cooked in it, its a big wide cast iron stove. Two small logs ,and a grill laying across, i have cooked roast, and steak. People thought i was crazy. love the smoke flavor, Its like grilling, only in the house in the winter.
A very interesting and enjoyable video. Thank you and wishing you lots more warmth, health, happiness and good food. Best wishes from a stormy West Cork, Ireland.
What a lovely couple and informative video! Thank you for sharing.
Deeply grateful for this. Thank you.
Thank you William and Janice. We purchased the Baker’s Choice to supplement our masonry heater. The latter works fine down to zero F, but it is often colder here in NE VT even down to -30. I appreciate the thoroughness of your video, cleaning, cooking, the top turns blue etc. we have only fired it up twice so far but Winter is on the way. I plan to cook a lot on this.
How much?
@@ioandumitru8747 3000 including delivery and the extra stove pipe. It has been worth every penny. We are just two people so the stove fits our needs very well. If you have a larger family you might consider the Pioneer Princess which is just a nicer and larger model. We did not get the warming cabinet but just the shelf above, I actually think this is better than the cabinet because I just quickly place food up there and it stays plenty warm. Invest also in trivets or just make simple triangular ones from flat stock so you have better cook surface temperature control. Hope this helps.
always wanted a cabin with a wood stove to cook with
What a great video! So informative. Answered questions I didn’t even know I had! Thank you
Many times over. The couple just super!
I remember my grandmother and grandfather had wood stove, I loved the smell of wood. Grandmother 👵 cooked alot with there's. I want one. I think there fantastic to have.
I'm not a prepper or living off the grid, but wish I could. Physically I can't maintain the grounds or animals anymore. I have no L-hip from childhood cancer, and I got around just fine. Held a full-time job as a mail carrier which is a physical job. So I had always dreamed of living somewhere there is just woods and open land, my land, around me. To watch the deer grazing in my meadow. But life served me another curveball and took my partner from me at a young age of 47. I to can no longer work as I have developed arthritis in my good hip and bone loss in other joints from being off-kilter from the hip loss. I love everything about surviving the cold winters with a cook wood stove. Planting your own food and putting it up for the winter time. I just happened across this video and loved everything about this couple. Sweet, warm people. I have been debating to get a small woodstove to heat my tiny 1000 ft. house. Even if I get just a potbelly stove, I want some area on top to possible cook breakfast on or tea and coffee. I can still gather up cut wood. and gather kindling from the woods near my home. I used to do everything around my home from repairs to the house, shoveling my driveway, planting a garden, etc. Well thank you very much for posting this informative and enjoyable video.
I wish you health and contentment
Makes you appreciate a meal a whole lot more! I have it very easy w/ a gas stove, but even the prep work of putting a meal together then hearing "I don't like", such and such makes my blood boil! I would love to experience a wood stove.
Are you thinking Hansel and Gretle?
I wish I had a wood stove. They did a great job on the vid.
Wonderful video !!! I priced this stove without a reservoir. $3000.
I remember those day as a kid my grandmother use to cook on hers. It kept the house warm. And the wood stove in the den was great too. We use to go out and pick up wood chips in the evening for the grown ups to start the fire in the early morning. I remember when we used coal to heat your homes. The best food ever is cook on a wood stove.
Thank You Both very much. Blessings to You and Yours 🙏❤
The Lighter the Wood Species, the Faster & Quicker -it burns. Birch, Willow, Aspen, Basswood, Cottonwood, Poplars.
Oaks, Maples, Locust -Heavier/Denser wood, lasts Longer, Get Hotter & make better coals.
Thank you for the video and all the great information. The reason that they are getting so much creosote is that they keep the dampers down too much at night. The fire doesn’t burn efficiently and gives off a lot of smoke. Hope that helps!
We have this stove and began using it Dec 2012. The downside to this stove from my experience is the firebrick. They are custom size and you can't get them at your local farm store. I've replaced the large firebrick three times - twice as the full set. This year (2017) I installed the stainless steel firebrick hoping never to have to replace them again. We heat our 2200 sq ft pole-barn home with this stove. We are in central Kentucky so the winters aren't harsh.