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Wood Heating Regulations – What You Need to Know in 2023

Cookstove Community — Fri, 14 Apr 2023 05:31:33 +0000

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...

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Cook Stoves: Do More Than Cook

Cookstove Community — Wed, 08 Dec 2021 07:12:54 +0000

Cook stoves 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.

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The Best EPA Approved Freestanding Woodstoves

Cookstove Community — Tue, 23 Nov 2021 07:20:55 +0000

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...

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Tax Credit Approved Cook Stoves

Cookstove Community — Fri, 28 May 2021 02:15:26 +0000

**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. First,...

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

Cookstove Community — Thu, 04 Jun 2020 05:28:38 +0000

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...

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Sarah’s Mango Cake

Cookstove Community — Tue, 11 Sep 2018 23:43:44 +0000

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...

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Cookstove Round-Up: The Five Best Traditional Cookstoves

Cookstove Community — Fri, 23 Mar 2018 05:39:56 +0000

The traditional cookstove style 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

Cookstove Community — Fri, 16 Mar 2018 00:29:46 +0000

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

Cookstove Community — Fri, 09 Mar 2018 06:33:18 +0000

By taking care of a few simple 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. Here are five woodstove maintenance tips that we recommend following every spring.

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Where Should I Install My Wood Stove?

Cookstove Community — Fri, 26 Jan 2018 06:07:50 +0000

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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