Thread Number: 78388
/ Tag: Recipes, Cooking Accessories
Wood Fired Cook Stoves/Ranges |
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Post# 1024155   2/9/2019 at 23:59 (1,895 days old) by Launderess (Quiet Please, There´s a Lady on Stage)   |   | |
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After posting a link to Storia (Italian made) cook stove began thinking. Why would anyone choose that fuel over coal. We've discussed coal fired ranges and IMHO seems a far better option as coal (especially hard) burns longer and has more btu heating power than wood. Hard coal also burns far more cleaner than wood, so there is that as well.
fingerlakes.craigslist.org/app/d... I mean it must take a small forest worth of wood to fuel such a stove/range for duration of winter. Not to mention all the bother of sources, chopping and storing all that wood. One does assume once fires are going cooking/baking is same as with a coal fired range or stove, or maybe not. |
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Post# 1024224 , Reply# 2   2/10/2019 at 15:38 (1,894 days old) by SudsMaster (SF Bay Area, California)   |   | |
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It's my understanding that coal can be burnt fairly cleanly, but it depends upon proper firebox and flue construction. If sufficient air (oxygen) cannot get to the individual coals, they will burn too rich and emit that nasty black smoke. It is similar in concept to the proper carburetion of a gasoline engine (or perhaps of a diesel motor). A simple coal fired stove probably doesn't have the efficient carburetion of, say, a top of the line coal fired steam engine. And then there is the operator's ability to load and manage the fuel properly.
I occasionally see vintage wood fired stoves for sale on Facebook marketplace. Some are the venerable Wedgewood brand. However they are not probably a good idea in this area, since the local air resources board will ban wood fires of any kind in the winter months whenever the air is still and dry. And a neighbor down the street but upwind of here, who seems addicted to using his fireplace for heating on those days when allowed, reminds me periodically of how unpleasant wood fire smoke can be, especially at startup. |
Post# 1024259 , Reply# 4   2/10/2019 at 22:55 (1,894 days old) by norgeway (mocksville n c )   |   | |
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My Grandmother cooked on a wood stove,She never liked a electric stove. |
Post# 1024280 , Reply# 7   2/11/2019 at 04:09 (1,894 days old) by gus (Montevideo, Uruguay)   |   | |
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Please pay no attention to my mistakes since my keypad is configured in Spanish ant the signs change its place instead of the symbols. |
Post# 1024431 , Reply# 10   2/13/2019 at 00:31 (1,892 days old) by SudsMaster (SF Bay Area, California)   |   | |
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It's my understanding the the main objection for using coal in electrical generation plants is that it has a higher ratio of carbon to hydrogen than, say, natural gas. This means for every kilowatt produced, something like 50% more CO2 is emitted into the atmosphere. Thus it's worse than natural gas in terms of greenhouse gases and global warming.
Coal also has mercury and other heavy metal contamination, which is not good. |