/ck/ - Food & Cooking

>>19950081

it's... interesting.

gotta plan ahead if it's not already roaring. 2 hours for oven, if cold. 1 hour if there are active, hot coals and you just need to add and fire fresh wood.

cook top can be ready from cold in 30-45 minutes. if you have active coals, 15 minutes to stoke fresh wood & boil water. instant/always ready for most other cooktop use if you already have good coals.

entire cooktop surface is usable. just different heat zones. far left over firebox is HELL ZONE, center is medium-high both have removable trivets for skillets/pans to further dial in heat. far right is medium to low flat griddle. all based on fire stoke, of course.

during winter it just runs 24hr for heating the house and is always some degree of ready-to-cook with minimal lag time.

there are two air inlet baffles. one on firebox, one on ash pan. there is also a flue damper in the chimney (handle visible on tile in 1st photo) to further control heat and burn rate.