Remember that Truburn all-fuel stove I installed early this year? Well its been running well and keeping our house warm with coal. Actually, last week I was using it for 10 things all at the same time:
1. Heating the house
2. Heating the hot water
3. Drying the clothes hung up in the room
4. Fermenting my home brew
5. Raising the pizza dough
6. Defrosting the next day’s meat
7. Cooking a stock with beef bones
8. [cant remember this one]
9. Cooking the base of the pizza later on that evening
10 Well . . . just looking good and giving hearth to the household.
It was a little crowded but it felt good to use it economically and efficiently.
Wow Andrew, cool technology or what? I tried to look for one for sale on the web, but nothing came up under “Cast Iron 2.0”.
it was made by rayburn stoves a long time ago. not many of htem
i paid £75 for it from a farmer who had it in his shed. the oven needs a little work.
Sorry to ask a dumb (and probably impolite) question, but is there a reason why you are using coal rather than local wood?
To answer my own question, I’m guessing you probably get a load more energy from the coal, but I’m thinking that it can’t be easy to get coal in Orkney…
coal is easy. trees are scarce. coal is cheaper and it burns slowly all night
if i get really poor, i can go and dig up peat like they used to here – and some still do.
#8 – making the kitchen a cozy place to gather!
actually, number 8 was cooking the tomatoes and basil leaves to make my pizza sauce.
and there was that moment when i counted 7-8 things all happening at the same time around my little stove. great feeling.
and who said men can’t multi task?!
just curious…doesn’t burning coal let off toxic fumes? i’m not a scientist, just a lover of wives tales.
yeah i think so. not sure if they are more toxic that what most power stations produce but its not a good idea to stick ones head in the stove.
i did once . . but i didn’t inhale.
orkney islands is a windy place and we rate 4th highest in the UK for clean air.
sticking one’s head into anything is usually a bad idea. unless you’re sticking it into a lion’s head, which is widely known as safe.