antique Kitchen Cook Stove/oven ?
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Re: antique Kitchen Cook Stove/oven ?
I think it depends on where you lived. Country folks used wood burning stoves because wood was there for the cutting. City folks could have a load of coal delivered. A lot of city folks had coal bins in the basement. Stoves were also labeled for wood only except osage orange.
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Re: antique Kitchen Cook Stove/oven ?
Nice find.
My primary heat source is a wood stove and I have been looking for a good Cook stove for about 2 years now.
they are either way too expensive for me or too run down and beat up to put in the kitchen.
My primary heat source is a wood stove and I have been looking for a good Cook stove for about 2 years now.
they are either way too expensive for me or too run down and beat up to put in the kitchen.
Re: antique Kitchen Cook Stove/oven ?
What I think of when I hear the words Osage Orange wood.Rusty wrote:I think it depends on where you lived. Country folks used wood burning stoves because wood was there for the cutting. City folks could have a load of coal delivered. A lot of city folks had coal bins in the basement. Stoves were also labeled for wood only except osage orange.
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This. My grandmother & a couple of my aunts never had anything but wood stoves back in east TN. When grandma came to live with in CA, she insisted on doin' all the cooking! She loved the gas range & oven. 'Lectric refrigerator & lights were a constant joy. Didn't much care for TV, except "Gunsmoke" and whenever the "Grand Ol' Opry" appeared!Rusty wrote:I think it depends on where you lived. Country folks used wood burning stoves because wood was there for the cutting. City folks could have a load of coal delivered. A lot of city folks had coal bins in the basement. Stoves were also labeled for wood only except osage orange.
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Re: antique Kitchen Cook Stove/oven ?
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We had one of those, back when I was in High School (ca.1959) - but ours had a heater on one side (the only heat source for our home at the time), and ran on kerosene (gravity-fed), which I had the twice-daily chore (in cold weather) of filling, then lugging , a feeder-canful from the basement to our 2nd flr suburban apartment.
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We had one of those, back when I was in High School (ca.1959) - but ours had a heater on one side (the only heat source for our home at the time), and ran on kerosene (gravity-fed), which I had the twice-daily chore (in cold weather) of filling, then lugging , a feeder-canful from the basement to our 2nd flr suburban apartment.
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All I ever saw used was wood, even where coal was available. I assumed it was because the coal would get too hot and warp the metal and also impart undesirable flavors to the food.
I have my wife's grandfather's three-burner kerosene stove and a large supply of wicks. I plan on using it outdoors or in the shop for canning, etc. and so forth.
I would dearly love to find a decent wood-fired kitchen range.
I have my wife's grandfather's three-burner kerosene stove and a large supply of wicks. I plan on using it outdoors or in the shop for canning, etc. and so forth.
I would dearly love to find a decent wood-fired kitchen range.
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I have a wood burning kitchen range in storage. It needs a little work, but I think other than repairing the water tank, should be OK. No room in current place at the moment, was planning on putting it in my next cabin,....which plan has been changed. It may end up being an outdoor/summer/porch stove.
Interested to see what you end up with as a stove, or do you own the one in the picture?
I suggest installing an extra damper in the pipe for unexepected windy conditions (if you use it once in 5 years it was worth having), and keeping a LARGE fire extringuisher (or several) on hand. Had a freind whose kitchen stove ran away from him and had a chimney fire. His fire extinguisher wasnt large enough to deal with it. Fire dept got there in time. Could have been disastrous though.
Heres my stove, on the porch of an old place I used to live.
Interested to see what you end up with as a stove, or do you own the one in the picture?
I suggest installing an extra damper in the pipe for unexepected windy conditions (if you use it once in 5 years it was worth having), and keeping a LARGE fire extringuisher (or several) on hand. Had a freind whose kitchen stove ran away from him and had a chimney fire. His fire extinguisher wasnt large enough to deal with it. Fire dept got there in time. Could have been disastrous though.
Heres my stove, on the porch of an old place I used to live.
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Re: antique Kitchen Cook Stove/oven ?
have one like it at the cabin. has the warmer above. makes the best food.
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Re: antique Kitchen Cook Stove/oven ?
"do you own the one in the picture?" No, kind of what I'm looking for.Malamute wrote:I have a wood burning kitchen range in storage. It needs a little work, but I think other than repairing the water tank, should be OK. No room in current place at the moment, was planning on putting it in my next cabin,....which plan has been changed. It may end up being an outdoor/summer/porch stove.
Interested to see what you end up with as a stove, or do you own the one in the picture?
I suggest installing an extra damper in the pipe for unexepected windy conditions (if you use it once in 5 years it was worth having), and keeping a LARGE fire extringuisher (or several) on hand. Had a freind whose kitchen stove ran away from him and had a chimney fire. His fire extinguisher wasnt large enough to deal with it. Fire dept got there in time. Could have been disastrous though.
Heres my stove, on the porch of an old place I used to live.
One like yours is exactly what I'm looking for. (my favorite colors as well)
Is yours a 'Majestic' brand stove
Thanks for posting that picture Malamute.
If you have other pictures and model details please PM me, thanks.
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I have one at camp that is in a leanto built on the side of the cabin, they used to be plentiful and cheap up here but in the past ten years they have been become rather scarce. It would turn the <400 sq ft cabin into a sauna if it were indoors.
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Re: antique Kitchen Cook Stove/oven ?
You can still buy them brand new but at a hefty price. Check with some of the companies that sell to the Amish. Lehman's comes to mind first of all.
https://www.lehmans.com/c-171-appliances.aspx
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Re: antique Kitchen Cook Stove/oven ?
Living in Iowa, my grandmother burned corncobs in her kitchen stove all the time. Being a farmers wife,there was a plentiful supply.
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I think mine is a copper clad. Use silver maple a lot, easy to split, easy to start, quick to burn, so don't have long lasting embers or over heat. If winter and cold, can burn ash or oak or whatever. (box elder about same as silver maple too)
Corn cobs good to start fire with that is for sure.
Corn cobs good to start fire with that is for sure.
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My Grandmother used one untill she passed in 1984 @ 99 years old. They had a coal bin but they mainly used wood in it. It was the only cook stove and she could sure use it.
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I remember my Grandfather and one of his brothers breaking one up with a sledge in there parents house to make room for the new kerosene stove. I also remember it was in really nice shape. My great Aunt lived there then and got indoor plumbing the same time. Gramp said when his Mother was alive she had another stove under a shed roof outside for a summer kitchen.
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Growing up we used all wood, the kitchen cook stove got hauled out on the porch in the summer
it was also our hot water heater, I was bout 7 when we moved to a house with running water &
a inside bath room still had to pack in fire wood though
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it was also our hot water heater, I was bout 7 when we moved to a house with running water &
a inside bath room still had to pack in fire wood though
nice pictures guys!!!
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I dont recall the brand, but I dont believe its a Majestic. Its been packed away in storage for a while, I've been thinking of dragging it out and setting it up on my porch. If I do, I'll get some more pics.casastahle wrote: "do you own the one in the picture?" No, kind of what I'm looking for.
One like yours is exactly what I'm looking for. (my favorite colors as well)
Is yours a 'Majestic' brand stove
Thanks for posting that picture Malamute.
If you have other pictures and model details please PM me, thanks.
I also have an old Norge gas range, it looks somewhat like a late woodburner kitchen range, and is the color of the first pic in this thread. Its more practical for inside, though if I had the room, both would be cool.
The woodburner will likely be an outdoor stove though. Been thinking of a gazebo of some sort. Yellowstone Traditions does some amazing houses. They have pics of a couple of gazebos on their projects page of their site. Exteriors, 5 clicks down, right hand pic, and all the way to the bottom, left pic. I have more pics of them in books. Their building style is amazing though. Mine wouldnt be quite as ambitious size wise, but love the style. Something semi-wind resistant, great views, can cook outside out of wind and rain, sit by a fire at night, maybe sleep outside some.
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Disregard part of my PM message Malamute.
I read your PM before I saw this post
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We used wood up here, and even in places with coal (we used to burn coal for heat - we just picked it up off of the beach) most people up here still burned wood in a cookstove.
A wood cookstove makes the best bread ever. It is how my mom cooked when I was growing up. This was mid-'70s through the '80s. It is a bit more work to keep temps where you want them, but there are really great things about those stoves too, that we have lost with gas burners and electric stoves.
My dad has restored a number of wood cookstoves, and is always grabbing parts and stoves when he can find them; if you have any questions, I can ask him. Some people add gas to them for convenience, but there is something about wood . . .
A wood cookstove makes the best bread ever. It is how my mom cooked when I was growing up. This was mid-'70s through the '80s. It is a bit more work to keep temps where you want them, but there are really great things about those stoves too, that we have lost with gas burners and electric stoves.
My dad has restored a number of wood cookstoves, and is always grabbing parts and stoves when he can find them; if you have any questions, I can ask him. Some people add gas to them for convenience, but there is something about wood . . .
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Re: antique Kitchen Cook Stove/oven ?
7.62 Precision wrote: My dad has restored a number of wood cookstoves, and is always grabbing parts and stoves when he can find them; if you have any questions, I can ask him. Some people add gas to them for convenience, but there is something about wood . . .
Mine needs the water tank rebuilt, though I think thats going to be a matter of getting with the local sheet metal shop. Will keep your dad in mind if I need help when I get mine out and try it out.
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