HI guys,

I have the opportunity to buy a wood cook stove from an individual who originally purchased it from Buck Stoves. This is a no frills stove which I would use in my canning kitchen. I have cooked on wood for many years but have never heard of such a stove. The gentleman sent me several pictures but as he has never used the stove can't tell me how good of a stove it is. I assume it is not airtight, it is of cast iron construction, has a warming oven. I have looked at Buck Stove web pages and can't see any cook stoves at all. The stove does not have a manufacturer name on it that the owner knows of. I suspect perhaps it is a stove that they were carrying right before Y2K, because of the demand for such things then.

Thank you for any help you can give me. Kim

-- kim (fleece@eritter.net), February 07, 2002

Answers

having dealt with buck stoves back in the 80's, i never saw a cast iron version at all. all the flavors we sold were the plate steel, jacketed versions with a blower. however, a LOT of people would refer to any wood burning stove as a "buck" stove, regardless of manufacturer. so i would doubt that the cook stove you are contemplating is actually manufactured by buck. it could be but i doubt it....

-- georgia cracker (cracker@nospam.com), February 07, 2002.

You might like to try looking at Lehman's Non-Electric Store on the net. They've got a wonderful assortment of things, among which are wood stoves. The URL is: http://www.lehmans.com/cgi-bin/ncommerce3/ExecMacro/lehmans/dsphomepag e.dw/rep

-- Rosemary Gwaltney (mountainrecluse@yahoo.com), February 08, 2002.

Yes they do make cast iron stoves...They are a older stove from early 1900's to late 1800's http://www.canadian-antique-stoves.com/stove-inventory.htm .....I have found a old one to buy & was checking on it before I bought it!! Beautiful stove!! I hope this site helps you!! Larinda

-- Larinda Cook (dolar @ telavar . com), April 23, 2002.