Experience the FREEDOM of Off-Grid Living in Our Kitchen!

[@ontoitaussie7390]

Beautiful kitchen love it

[@curmudgeinnak]

Glad you love it and welcome to the channel. Was a pleasure to meet you on Alones live.

[@ontoitaussie7390]

@@curmudgeinnak thank you and likewise. Generally I don’t have access to chat as my iPad doesn’t have it .just so happened we got another one up and charged and working today so looking forward to joining in on a few more lives when I have days off work.

[@BrooklynsFrugalPantry]

I'm jealous of that cook stove & the amount of counter space for baking & canning.

[@curmudgeinnak]

Omg that stove is a beast. I have yet to max out the cooking space lol. As I use it more and have more time to do my kind of cooking I will be doing more videos with it.

[@BrooklynsFrugalPantry]

@@curmudgeinnak have you used it for canning? Or do you stick with propane for that?

[@curmudgeinnak]

@@BrooklynsFrugalPantry I have not canned on it as of yet. I will do some this year.

[@LenoreGuarino]

Lovely kitchen but no ceiling!! Looks like a basement 😳

[@nessasnook]

Looks super good to me. The copper will look amazing!

[@janetparrish3429]

The heart of any home is the kitchen. Love your stove, cookware and cast iron.

[@curmudgeinnak]

Thanks so much! I wanted the perfect kitchen. Only need one more thing for it.

[@janetparrish3429]

@@curmudgeinnak , what's that? 🤷

[@AloneinRemoteAlaska]

Oh yeah that is a nice kitchen already! Once you get everything completed it is going to be one of a kind! Love that wood cook stove and the awesome features! Thanks for showing the functions. Zeus wanted some camera time too! 🤣 Your kitchen is giving me some competition Rob but also some fantastic ideas!😉🤣

[@curmudgeinnak]

Glad you liked it. Will be working on a video on actually cooking on it today and tomorrow. It will show the differences in pot/pan placement on the cook top as well as cooking in the oven. Now that things are calming down here a bit I have more time and will be doing more videos.

[@curmudgeinnak]

No real competition. Only a hundred or two watch my stuff. You are the royalty of Alaskan YTers. Lol.

[@AloneinRemoteAlaska]

@@curmudgeinnak You are just starting your channel Rob! 😉 We will grow our channels together! 🧡

[@curmudgeinnak]

@@AloneinRemoteAlaska we are looking forward to growing all of our channels. We love all of our friends we have made here.

[@alaskacutthecord769]

Oh that stove! I'm totally jealous. Very nice work area. You could process a whole moose in there.

[@curmudgeinnak]

Hope to next season. Only a few more things I want to do in the kitchen. Need to find a trailer to bring a few things to the train depot in Anchorage so I can finish it.

[@macabespeed]

Thanks for the post!

[@curmudgeinnak]

Welcome. I will try to catch your live later.

[@GilliamFarms]

Trying to stay subscribed!!!

[@curmudgeinnak]

Ty. Doing same with you. yT been wacky that way as of late.

[@terrywilliams8585]

Love the kitchen sink

[@curmudgeinnak]

Us too!

[@nightysg]

I love this kitchen 😍 ❤️

[@curmudgeinnak]

Ty so do we

[@kathyclover7960]

Enjoyed the walk through~excellent workmanship btw!

[@curmudgeinnak]

Thank you. I have more we want to do. It will take time but will be well worth it.

[@kathyclover7960]

@@curmudgeinnak you’re welcome looking forward to seeing the process!

[@GailsSouthernLiving]

Hi. I would love to have a kitchen countertop that was that long. Have a blessed day. 😊

[@curmudgeinnak]

It has a bit to go still. When it is done it will be amazing. Thank you for taking the time. 😁

[@curmudgeinnak]

Should help when it comes time for canning this year.

[@S.L.S.22]

Love the stove! The kitchen is awesome and I’m sure it will be even better when it’s complete. Totally functional though even just as is. Love it. And enjoy the videos!

[@curmudgeinnak]

Thank you. The drinking water area will be changed in a month or so. Waiting on something I have to pick up in town. Then it will look cool.

[@sherylh4780]

I really like your kitchen!!!!! All of it and I could live with wires and the like for quite some time.

[@curmudgeinnak]

Thank you so much! We plan on finishing off the kitchen before Christmas. I have a few small things to do and pick up one large item for it.

[@brooktrout1477]

Love the stove , we have an antique one in my camp in the UP of Michigan ( just for show)

[@curmudgeinnak]

That thing is amazing. We love it as much as it loves to eat wood lol

[@dee3108]

Love that quilt pattern on back of sofa!!

[@curmudgeinnak]

Thanks. My mom will be happy to hear that. She made it for me years ago for one of my sailboats.

[@ck7863]

My husband loves your oven. He enjoys his cast iron too to cook/bake in.

[@michaellane5679]

Beautiful kitchen! Very cozy! Thank you for sharing!

[@curmudgeinnak]

Thank you. We love the kitchen.

[@nightmarekanna2922]

That delivery of your stove was insane. Never seen a stove delivered via helicopter!

[@curmudgeinnak]

Yeah it was a fun one. And it was done right after a major wind storm that did a lot of damage in the area.

[@nightmarekanna2922]

@@curmudgeinnak Damn did your property hold up well? Or did you have some damage too?

[@silvermoon3486]

Beautiful 😻 kitchen 😊👍🏼great stove😊👍🏼

[@curmudgeinnak]

Thank you. I hope to have the kitchen fully finished off before the holidays.

[@TheGnomestead]

Looking good man!

[@curmudgeinnak]

Looks a lot different from when you came up last year.

[@karenesteves4482]

I'm a fan of Homestead Rescue. It's fun to realize that folks really can live off the grid

[@curmudgeinnak]

Homestead Rescue is a great one to watch. I have met Matt a few times and he is a great guy to talk with. They wanted us to be on the show but due to our location we could not make it work. We have issues with getting water easy like most homesteads as well as getting the land cleared. Thank you for stopping by and watching the videos. 🙂

[@karenesteves4482]

@@curmudgeinnak my friend, Sandi, recommended I look you up. Love the name. Wish you the best of luck with the Inn enterprise.

[@curmudgeinnak]

@@karenesteves4482 Well tell Sandi Thank you. 🙂. We are glad that you are here with us now. 🙂

[@aliceschmid9697]

This a GREAT kitchen!!!!

[@curmudgeinnak]

Thank you.

[@jaybee608]

That's a nice big space!👍👍👌

[@curmudgeinnak]

Yes it is.

[@futurekron]

That's an awesome kitchen. I have a similar (albeit much smaller) set up, and I prefer it over store-bought cabinets. More functional, better looking IMO.

[@curmudgeinnak]

When we decided to finish this house for us I wanted a chefs kitchen. Lots of counter space and storage. We will be putting up more shelves this winter to clear out some space under the counters. Still have not decided how to finish the counter tops.

[@southerncooker6475]

A wonderful kitchen!!

[@curmudgeinnak]

Thank you.

[@lynsmith2698]

Great kitchen. Our new property, the house is small which I love. But we are in the progress of building a small addition that will be my canning kitchen, a place to butcher and our Arctic entry. I wish I had room for a wood cookstove, I so used to love cooking on it. Anyways great kitchen 🌷🇨🇦

[@curmudgeinnak]

Thank you. We put a lot of time into the design of the kitchen. It should be fully finished this winter. We love this cook stove.

[@reneecasey5719]

fun-------

[@curmudgeinnak]

:-) it is

[@reality_is_the_key]

That's going to be a lovely kitchen.

[@curmudgeinnak]

thank you. With luck it will be done this winter.

[@captaincrustyradio]

I love this kitchen! The stove is the greatest one I have ever seen...I am supposed to go back outside to finish some chores, but your videos are so interesting. Thank you for sharing, sir.

[@curmudgeinnak]

lol You are very welcome. Get your chores done. The videos will be waiting. lol

[@alanbierhoff6831]

Nice kitchen

[@curmudgeinnak]

Thank you.

[@MyAlaska12]

I have always found that paint chips in food adds good flavoring especially if there's lead in the paint! ha ha Great stove.

[@curmudgeinnak]

Very true! Leave it to you Bill lol

[@annedavis574]

Impressive!

[@curmudgeinnak]

and it is not done yet. I hope to finish it this winter

[@JulieCrawford-l8r]

Great stove and kitchen!❤

[@curmudgeinnak]

Thank you. We love out kitchen.

[@sarahschlosser1203]

Beautiful stove

[@curmudgeinnak]

That it is and we love it.

[@code17179]

greetings from turkey, a very nice stove, it is really very spiritual in your home

[@curmudgeinnak]

Yes it is. The house and stove are amazing. It brings us a lot of serenity. Thank you for watching

[@code17179]

@@curmudgeinnak gladly!!!!!

[@MountainMariner]

Only a 20 foot countertop? 😂 I like the setup you’ve got. Hopefully this summer my kitchen project will finally be completed. What’s your total square footage?

[@curmudgeinnak]

Under roof around 1800. With all the walls and knee walls on second floor around 1400-1500

[@curmudgeinnak]

It’s a fair sized house to have in the bush.

[@pauldavis6242]

Good Day Rob & Sarah!!! Thought I'd check out couple vids. About to rain so inside. Love the cook stove it is fabulous! Same copper farm house sink I installed for my sister. My cabin is 12x28 & lack of counter space but it works. Have a good Day!! 😅

[@curmudgeinnak]

Hey Paul, Thanks for stopping bye to watch. WE love the cook stove as well. Trying to figure out what we want to do with the counter tops. I almost had some walnut counter tops but sadly they sold. The ones I put in are to thin and are warping already.

[@SFD-Horses]

Why can’t you drink water from the faucet? That is the coolest oven. Way too much work for me! It’s come a long way since you bought the place for sure! Nice job!

[@curmudgeinnak]

The water that is stowed in the cistern come from the creek in summer so you have to worry about beaver fever. Until I have time to design and built a good filtration system I won’t risk it. Even after the filter is installed I will still drink the spring water. It taste that good.

[@macmc54ify]

Did you deal with Woody Chain when you bought your stove? That guy is top shelf!!!!

[@curmudgeinnak]

Woody Chain? We purchased from Obadiah's and I think we dealt with Sarah.

[@thriftlover3032]

I love it! Can't wait to see the finished kitchen! Isn't copper really pricey?

[@curmudgeinnak]

With luck it will be finished this winter. Keep an eye out for it.

[@terrywilliams8585]

Rob, is there anything you can't do??

[@curmudgeinnak]

Some things I am not good at . I was taught from a young age to learn as much as I possibly can and to be able to do a little of everything as you never know when you may need to do something you would not normally do.

[@terrywilliams8585]

@curmudgeinnak yes. Same here. I'm a woman and can do things some men can't. But I had 5 brothers and 2 sisters. So I watched and learned a lot from them.

[@terrywilliams8585]

Sorry I'm asking so many questions! I have so many. Lol. But ill space them out so you don't block me for being a pain in the neck.

[@terrywilliams8585]

Although, there is a lot of things I'd like to learn still. But im not 20 years old anymore, either. So there is that. Lol

[@dennisnsharleneparker9797]

Where is your wife? I am a wife who has lived off grid for 40+ years. I want to hear her story. It ain’t that easy. Let me tell you.

[@curmudgeinnak]

Sarah is pretty camera shy. I have only been able to get her to o one video by herself so far. When it comes to the kitchen she will tell you that is Robs space. I just clean up and eat his cooking lol. She dislikes cooking and I love cooking so it works out great for us. I have been working her up to the point where she will tell her story a little bit more. Thank you for watching and i will make sure she sees this comment to encourage her.

[@bherylkuebler986]

She is a sweetheart ❤.

[@spmamabear]

I've been eyeing something like this stove, thinking I'll eventually replace the BlazeKing in our house with a wood cookstove. We do have a battery bank, but in winter, I'd rather use the power during an extended outage to keep my freezers running, than run the electric range. Here's to waiting for the funds for a solar panel setup to go with the batteries... Still a bit short on budget for either of the two.

[@curmudgeinnak]

If you go with a wood cook stove get the new kind if you are looking to heat with it. The old ones have a tiny fire box and you may be up every few hours to stoke it. This one has a massive fire box. It burns over night with ease even when we burn the beetle killed spruce that is dry as a bone in the desert.

[@spmamabear]

@@curmudgeinnak The vintage woodstoves are gorgeous, but I do want something that'll heat the house. I live in a location where I don't have to have a stove flown in, so that makes life easier!

[@jerrystout3032]

Is this new build yours or another rental??😏😏

[@curmudgeinnak]

This is in the main house that we live in.

[@lisaporter4104]

Can we still buy your mom's merchandise ?

[@curmudgeinnak]

depends on what items.

[@chapman1569]

I would put a bathtub behind the stove and turn the faucet once in a while to warm to top the warm water. Who need privacy when you life far from the city!

[@curmudgeinnak]

lol true. However we have a nice tub and shower that has nice hot water. Thank you for watching.

[@terrywilliams8585]

Does Sarah cook?

[@curmudgeinnak]

She says no. lol. She can cook but she does not like to do it. I love cooking so we made the agreement early on. I cook she cleans lol. Been that way for years even before we moved to Alaska.

[@terrywilliams8585]

@curmudgeinnak very cool. I like the way you two work together