After liberating the top of your stove, you’ll have a lot more space to do some cooking on your stovetop! The first thing you should really consider getting is a high quality cast iron trivet, such as the one which is included in our cast iron enamelled cookware set. Sear the meat in batches, turning regularly, for about 5 minutes per batch and add one tablespoon of olive oil extra for each batch. Wood stove trivets are a handy accessory to your wood stove. If your steamer or kettle is boiling too fast, put a trivet under it to reduce the heat. If you want to simmer a yummy stew, put a wood stove trivet under your dutch oven, making the dutch oven a slow cooker. Old Trivets

You can also get some great retro pans, like our Catherineholm pan by the Norwegian designer Grete Prytz Kittelsen. She was one of the most well-known Norwegians in the Scandinavian Design movement, and we absolutely love the designs! Do you have a small fireplace? Do you want a stove but cannot find one that fits? Look no longer…you have found it! Now you need to know a few pointers about the design of your wood stove. The section inside the stove is known as the firebox. You should also find two vents that will help you to control the fire with the amount of air that reaches it. The one across the bottom is the main primary vent. The one at the top is the secondary vent. Together these vents will give you the ability to control how fast your wood burns.

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For some more inspiration, take a look at how River Cottage uses Esse’s range cookers to cook up top quality food… If you are really serious about cooking with a log burner, the Go Eco Adventurer stove could be perfect for you! Along with a 4.5kW heat output, the stove features a stylish looking oven that is perfect for cooking all types of food. It offers a number of other optional log burner cooker accessories too, such as warming shelves and fiddle rail for your kettle.

Cooking on your wood stove can be very satisfying. Dishes that need to simmer for a long time can cook on the wood stove, freeing the kitchen range for other projects. It’s also nice to keep a tea kettle on the stove so that water is already to make tea. When there’s a power outage, you can still cook dinner if you learn to cook on your wood stove. Cast iron frying pans and dutch ovens work best for cooking on your wood stove. If you want something a little more sophistication, there is a fantastic range of Esse stoves that have been designed with this exact purpose in mind.

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Placing a heavy-duty clay roasting dish or cast iron pot over the top of your stove to create a pizza oven Earlier stove designs often incorporated a goblet shaped vessel at the top of the stove, which you could fill with water to increase the humidity of your room. By placing a cast iron kettle on your stovetop, you can use it as a room scenter, and you can use it to humidify your room at the same time, which is particularly useful if your climate has quite dry air, for example. We also found this great stovetop room scent recipe which you might find useful! We like to think that our stove buyers are adventurous types – after all, stoking the flames of your own handcrafted fire does bring a little more excitement to your life! To sear the meat properly, do not crowd the pan and let the meat develop a nice brown crust before turning. Anything you want! Where they excel is barbecue and grilling. There is a certain food trend called “Armageddon” cooking where people cook comfort food in a fire. These appliances are a more sophisticated version of that – you can cook comfort food perfectly, without compromising on quality. Are there any particular installation requirements for them that are different from a regular log burner?