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Wood Heating Regulations – What You Need to Know in 2023

EPA Wood Heating Regulations 2023 - What You Need To Know

wood heat is still the go-to heating solution for many Americans, and for good reason: It’s affordable, effective, and provides a comforting atmosphere with crackling, glowing flames in a firebox. The downside is that wood heat creates potentially dangerous emissions (soot and smoke), which are regulated by the Environmental Protection Agency. In recent years, regulations surrounding wood smoke have become stricter and more complex in order to keep up with a growing population and an increasingly varied market of wood heating devices, which has made it difficult for the average person to understand which rules apply to them and which do not. In this article, we aim to clear up any confusion so that your next wood heater purchase is hassle-free, whether it’s a wood stove, cook stove, or furnace. Continue reading

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Cook Stoves: Do More Than Cook

Cook stoves can be found everywhere from top-of-the-line Italian restaurants to tiny log cabins in the remote wilderness, and there’s no questioning that food prepared on a cook stove is in a category all to itself. But cook stoves occupy a special place in our hearts as a traditional method of cooking, not only for the quality of the finished meal, but for the atmosphere they create. A cook stove reminds us of the best parts of a by-gone era, where time with loved ones was spent chatting around a crackling fire with the smell of home cooking drifting through the air. We’d like to think even a professional chef in Verona is transported back in time whenever they fire up a cook stove in their restaurant.

That’s why we love cook stoves, but they can do so much more than simply cook a meal. In fact, today’s cook stoves offer a variety of additional features that can ehance your whole experience with heating and meal preparations. In this article, we thought we would take a look at some of our favorite cook stove features and let you know which models implement them the best. Continue reading

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The Best EPA Approved Freestanding Woodstoves

Freestanding woodstoves are one of the most common and beloved forms of wood heating. While we often discuss the considerable heat output of many cook stoves, nothing can beat a stove that is made purely to warm your home and cook stove users often find they want both. Unfortunately, as federal regulations on wood heating continue to change, purchasing a new woodstove can be a real hassle when it comes to figuring out what will both meet your needs and EPA standards. That’s why we’ve put together the following list of our favorite EPA approved freestanding woodstove lines, and even if you rely on a cook stove for your heating needs, there may come a day when you wish to move to or add a wood stove to your home. Continue reading

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Tax Credit Approved Cook Stoves

UPDATED FOR 2023

You may have heard that certain cook stoves are eligible for a tax credit, but what does that mean? Which stoves does it apply to? And, most importantly, how do you actually receive a cook stove tax credit?

Thankfully, the Cookstove Community is here to help answer those questions for you. Continue reading

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2020 EPA Regulations For Wood Stoves: What Do They Mean For You?

The EPA regulations for wood stoves, hydronic heaters, cookstoves, and other wood burning products have changed in recent years, with the latest update happening in May of 2020. But what do the EPA regulations mean for wood stove owners? Why do they exist in the first place? What if you own a stove that doesn’t meet the requirements? Can you still purchase a wood heating appliance that was made before 2020? Read on to find the answers to the most common questions about EPA regulations for wood stoves and other wood burning products. Continue reading

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Sarah’s Mango Cake

Sarah Chain has been whipping up her own snacks, meals, and desserts with the various cookstoves offered by Obadiah’s Woodstoves, and the results are delicious! In the video below, Sarah uses the Concept 2 Air Mini Wood Cookstove (available here) to bake two tasty mango cakes. Check it out for some cookstove-specific pointers, and make it yourself with the recipe below:
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Cookstove Round-Up: The Five Best Traditional Cookstoves

Cookstoves today come in an increasing variety of shapes, sizes, and styles. We think that’s a good thing; after all, even people who love the idea of homecooking on a wood-fired stove have a wide range of taste. However, there is something to be said for the traditional cookstove style: It harkens back to a time gone by, when a stove created an atmosphere as the centerpiece of a room. We miss those days, and that’s why we’ve rounded up our five favorite traditional cookstoves.
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Cookstove Round-Up: The Five Best Modern Cookstoves

Do you love the idea of a cookstove, yet find it hard to connect with the traditional style of most models? We understand, and the simple fact is that many classic cookstoves don’t fit with the style of many homes today. That’s why we’ve rounded up five of our favorite modern cookstoves, each of which offer features and looks that meet the needs of today’s homeowners while preserving the cookstove tradition.
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Woodstove Maintenance: Five Tasks For Every Spring

Woodstove Maintenance - Cookstove Community

The snow is melting, the sun is lasting longer into the evening, you can walk outside without bundling up, and then it happens: That first night in months where you don’t need to fire up the stove. As much as we all love the coziness of wood heat during the cold months, a long winter can be exhausting and the changing of the season is often a welcome relief. However, that doesn’t mean you should close up the stove and forget about it until October. In fact, by taking care of a few tasks every spring, you can drastically increase the longevity and safety of your stove, not to mention make it that much easier to fire back up when autumn suddenly rolls back around.
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Where Should I Install My Wood Stove?

Deciding you want a wood cook stove is not always the hardest part. After all, who could resist the cozy heat of a wood fire with its gentle cracking and popping, along with a meal home-cooked over the top of it? We’re all suckers for that. The real challenge is this: Where should I install my wood stove?
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