[TheForge] coal stoves

[Keziah's Forge]

Actually, you've probably seen many fossil coal stoves ntended for cooking, 
Many if not Most of the old cast iron kitchen stoves you see are wood and 
coal fired.  They had geared rotating fuel grates, in a small firebox, 
usually at the  left side of the stove body.  The exhaust is conducted 
around the oven and under to stove top.  The oven interiors certainly are 
separated from the fuel/smoke/ exhaust stream.  You could expose the bottom 
of a pot directly to the flame by removing the round insert in the stove 
top, and many pots were made to fit in the recess left by removing these 
plates.  None of these stoves were bubble tight, but the draft from a proper 
chimney was plenty of negative pressure to keep most smoke/fumes out of the 
room.


----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Bruce Freeman" <freemab222 at gmail.com>
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Sent: Thursday, November 05, 2009 10:35 AM
Subject: Re: [TheForge] coal stoves


> "Coal" was often used as the term for charcoal before the mining of
> fossil coal was common.  Charcoal, of course, need not be separated
> from the food, any more than wood does.
>
> You're right that fossil coal would have to be isolated from food.
> I've never seen a fossil coal stove intended for cooking, but I don't
> know they didn't exist.
>
> On Thu, Nov 5, 2009 at 7:57 AM, Cindy and James <jallcorn at suddenlink.net> 
> wrote:
>> Someone mentioned cooking with charcoal in one of the last series of
>> mails. I have seen coal stoves, the kitchen of the Cornelius Vanderbilt
>> home in Newport RI has 3 stove/ovens, coal, wood and gas, but have no
>> idea how they are used. I presume the food has to be isolated from the
>> food, unlike gas or wood. Does anyone have any idea or experience? I'm
>> not planning on using one, just curious.
>> James
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