Been thinking on getting a wood cook stove. Not sure if I should try to find an old one that’s in good shape or buy one of the new models. Don’t need nothing big, just cooking for me. I have a flue in the kitchen already that’s on the back side of the fire place. Any suggestions on what type/brand of stove?

We have an old Kalamazoo, that doubles as a catch all most of the time, we burn it when it’s real cold.

build you a little pavilion outside to cook under. when its in the 90's a wood cook stove in the house is unbearable. you dont just turn it off. the whole thing radiates heat when you cook on it. our poor ancestors used an open fire outside instead of one stove in the house and one outside under a pavilion.

I can't speak to the newer stoves but I've owned and burned a few antiques. I had a Princess Atlantic in a cabin I used to own. I think it was the smallest cook stove Atlantic produced. It was a combo wood/coal and it was an adequate heater for my cabin if I burned coal in it. With the air leakage and small woodbox, you're lucky to get a three hour out of one with wood. Burning coal you might get ten.

Those old stoves are always for sale around here and they typically sell anywhere from $500-3000 depending on maker and how ornate they are.

If you could find one I would look into one of the wood/electric stoves. I don't remember the brands but I used to see them often. Most had two elctric burners on the right of the stove and the wood stove on the left as I remember. That way you could do a little cooking if you didn't need the heat.

Thanks posco, I’ll have to check them out.

I just plan on using it when I have to. Will still have a regular stove

You're welcome. I'm debating picking up another antique cook stove for the cabin I'm just finishing up. I've already got an antique coal stove set aside to heat it. Love those things.

As an aside. The Princess Atlantic I mentioned, it was probably manufactured at the turn of the last century. I fired it up and had the oven thermostat pegged at 600 degrees. Just once. Killed it, never worked again.

Grandma had a summer kitchen. It was the back porch. Screens on 3 sides. Shuttered in the winter.
just

Summer kitchens are common on the old farms here in Southeast Pennsylvania. They are a completely separate building, usually made of stone like the house and barn on the property and are a short distance from the main house. Most of them have a massive fireplaces in them with hardware to swing large kettles in and out. I’m sure most of them also had wood cookstoves.