Let's Chat About Our Heco 520 Wood Cookstove

[@rosemaryp3253]

In northern Ireland we have a Stanley cooker oil run, it heats water and radiators and we cook on it in the winter. I dry clothes in front of it we keep lambs warm in the bottom oven if they are unwell when born. I absolutely love my stove and I wish you all the best with yours its absolutely beautiful.

[@justme-uw6bz]

We have a Stanley too, in Vic Australia. Heats our radiators and hot water, we can also use coal in Stanley's which is good for winter.

[@VenisonforDinner]

I'm am loving my stove and also love hearing about all the other wood cookstoves out there!

[@VenisonforDinner]

I would love to hear about the difference with cooking with coal.

[@justme-uw6bz]

@VenisonforDinner it sure gets everything roasting hot that's for sure plus it enables you to use less wood. The Stanley is cast iron which is what enables coal use, our old German Wamsler was not made for coal use that's why it buckled under such heat because we didn't know at the time.

[@Roehrtribe]

I called for a quote on the Heico stove 520 with the warming oven, glass doors and the water tank reservoir that can go on the back. He said it would be about 4800. They are about an hour away from us so we can go pick it up. There’s a lot of taxes and things you had to pay that we wouldn’t have to since it’s here in the states. We haven’t pulled the trigger, but I’m hoping we will.

[@VenisonforDinner]

That's so awesome for you!! We love it....I'm sure you will too.

[@illuminatecommunicate8418]

Where did you go through?

[@justme-uw6bz]

That was a very good investment in my opinion, that stove and all the extras looks so fabulous.

[@VenisonforDinner]

I think so too!

[@Mrs_Creekside]

Dear Kate, a few years ago we had an authentic Little Sweetheart wood stove in our Sugar Shack… and I LOVED it… during Maple Season I’d cook all our meals on it.., somehow my Chocolate Chip Cookies ALWAYS were better baked in that wood stove… 🥂

[@VenisonforDinner]

Oh wow! That sounds idyllic!

[@jeandunlop2922]

I don't need a wood stove but the information you provide in this vlog is very, very interesting. Thank you for sharing.

[@VenisonforDinner]

Thanks for watching! We appreciate you joining us here.

[@madalynjackmond1805]

So helpful! I get my wood cook stove this weekend (was my great grandmothers ❤️). I have not found a ton of useful videos on how to properly operate these and their capabilities. Thank you!

[@VenisonforDinner]

Thats awesome!

[@lisaclark361]

Every tile job I've done involved bad words! The stove is so beautiful and I'm very impressed with how well you cook with it. You guys have made a great investment in my opinion.

[@VenisonforDinner]

Thank you very much!

[@PoorMansHomesteadCanadaBC1961]

You could hook that back damper up to a thermostat too because mine on my little wood stove is hooked up to a thermostat

[@evawood9655]

What a wealth of working knowledge ❤ Such a blessing to know all the things!!! It's good to have KZbin friends like you.... Loved hearing how to manage the cooking tips... What a day to spend with you while you're in the kitchen!!

[@VenisonforDinner]

My pleasure 😊 I'm glad you enjoyed it.

[@kcnelsonmueller]

Jeremy Fisher was my very favorite story growing up! I had it memorized by the age of 2 and always “read” it to my infant brother. I had him tattooed on my leg along with some of the other characters. I still love Jeremy Fisher and I’m now 52!

[@VenisonforDinner]

That's a pretty special life long bond! Love that.

[@catheymarker8676]

Good morning Kate and thank you so much for all the info on your new wood stove!!! I mentioned before how much I loved mine and miss it now. It certainly is a major investment, ours was also and it was much smaller than yours, but that will not compare to the years of enjoyment you will experience in the years to come!

[@VenisonforDinner]

You are so welcome! We love the idea that it will be around for many many years!!

[@TandBKount]

Excellent video!! I love all of the info provided and the "why", especially the practical variation and learned intuition info.

[@VenisonforDinner]

Thanks so much!

[@TheFeralFarmgirl]

Nice. I'll have to keep this stove in mind. The only thing I didn't like about my wood stove, was having to clean it out when I really needed it going in a cold snap.

[@VenisonforDinner]

Good point. I will have to make sure we keep on top of cleaning out the ashes.

[@PoorMansHomesteadCanadaBC1961]

And my antique cook stove when it comes time to clean it out the soot and the ashes wow a lot of work but my antique cook stove only cost me $600 yeah I had to fix some rusted out spots on the oven and stuff but I just welded it up put a new chunk of steel in the oven and end up warmers on the top of the stove I had to weld up a cup of spots and then use a bit of bondo in it to make it nice and smooth still needs to be painted but it's pretty hard to match antique paint and it doesn't have the water tank on the side that's okay there's always had a big pot of water on the top of the stove anyway for humidity

[@VenisonforDinner]

Sounds like you've made it work for you! That's awesome.

[@heiditonseth7788]

We just installed a wood cookstove. It is a different brand, due to space we couldn't do a bigger oven and we had to fit URL for our state which is very strict and greatly limited our options. We did a very similar construction, with the backboard and then ceramic tile over. We had been given the tile we used on the floor. We went with triple wall stovepipe with a similar overall length. We did not have to go through a room, but through a stairwell and attic space. Our overall spent was about $10,000 US. We actually bought the stove 2 years ago and it took us that long to get the stovepipe and then do deconstruction/reconstruction done.

[@VenisonforDinner]

They certainly are a labour of love and built on the promise of years of warmth and use!

[@LarryeWhite61]

Such a beautiful thing and I'ma not just talking bout the stove😊

[@minihomesteadcooking]

We have a Kitchen Queen grand comfort. It is UL lidted. Amish made in Kentucky. .it psid for itself in 3 years. It heats our 1882 farmhouse. It has a 26 gallom water tsnk. A large firebox. I got the warmimg drawers. We love it. Tonight we will make pizza. Tgis one has heat shields so we can have it safley by the wall. A double layer pipe. This chamged our life.

[@VenisonforDinner]

Wow that is so good to hear!! And it sounds amazing!!

[@aurora04444]

I'm looking at the biggest Kitchen Queen or the Heco 520. I have years of wood cookstove experience.

[@Redberryfarm888]

Great cookstove info! ( Now THAT is a great hubby!!!... " Go get the cookstove you've been dreaming of/wishing for..."... "Pick out what tile you like..." plus he knows how to put it all in?! What a gem!🥰 ) Yes, kids are kids... but they grow up soon enough and you are a very busy mom. Keep up the great work. How often do you have to clean out the stove chimney pipe for creosote? I clean our forced air wood furnace pipe stack/chimney monthly during the heating season... messy, but is safer! Thanks!

[@VenisonforDinner]

We clean it out once a year. We burn dry wood so it burns hot and there hasn't been a build up. Thanks for your kind words.

[@leftfieldfarmgirl]

Great info. I don’t have a cookstove but I have a woodstove in our cabin that I occasionally use to simmer soup on or heat up meals and your explanation of the wood sizes to control the temp is helpful!

[@VenisonforDinner]

Woodstoves are great too! Thanks for joining us here.

[@judymcintire8061]

Thank you Kate for sharing this! Love your new stove! What a blessing!😊❤

[@VenisonforDinner]

You are so welcome!

[@aurora04444]

I grew up with vintage wood cookstoves. I did like the warming ovens with fold down doors. My Tonkinese kitties love snuggling in the warming oven. Yes, canning foods is horrid hot in the Summer, etc with a wood cookstove! Baking, we learned which woods produced hot hot cranking fires, and we opened air, got it hot! The Heco 520 has reburning tubes, which not all wood cookstoves have. Makes it more efficient and less nasty stuff going up the chimney. The huge firebox is great for stocking it full of wood for longer burns. I'm not fond of the porcelain top option, but it scratches easily with cast iron pots. I am curious about the air control? I wish it had an option for a right side shelf my cats can sit on. I do wish another lighter color was offered.

[@thaterinb245]

Been very in to the yolky drinks lately! Such a nice way to get extra nutrients 🥚

[@VenisonforDinner]

Yes they are!

[@amberwhiteman2013]

Thank you so much for this video! It has answered so many of my questions and this is exactly the type of stove I've been looking for 😁!

[@VenisonforDinner]

Glad it was helpful!

[@emaleegraf5791]

That is such a beautiful stove and i love how you got one that has the things you really wanted. we can all be too frugal sometimes, and i am not saying we should go into deb for frivolities, but the things you wanted in this stove really impact how you live with it.... not sure if that makes sense but this stove is amazing!

[@VenisonforDinner]

It makes total sense to me. There are some things worth being frugal on but for this we really needed to include how practical it would be as well as a luxury.

[@lynsmith2698]

What a great stove, it reminds me of the Amish built pioneer maid i so dreamed of. We have the very same wood heater down stairs and have the same issues with it. 90 degrees in he basement cool in the living area. Anyways, I have looked at these cook stoves on Good2go and thought they were so great. Glad you are liking it, 🇨🇦🌷

[@VenisonforDinner]

Yes, absolutely love it!

[@justme-uw6bz]

Looking forward to this video, watching whilst I make my dads breakfast.

[@MichaelSmith-hs5iu]

If you haven't convinced a lot of people to get a wood burning cook stove, it will be their loss! I love the way you went through everything on the stove to show the pros and cons. However I'm not impressed with what it all cost. But, then again you had to get it from Pennsylvania to Canada (Wow) . While I love your new stove, at 80 years old I think I'll stick with my 100+ year old "Home Comfort" cook stove. That "Heco" stove will probably be one of the very best investments that you'll ever make. Best of luck to you and yours! Great Video

[@VenisonforDinner]

Thank you so much! I agree the cost was prohibitive, but is it something I will use for the rest of my life. That's amazing that your stove is over 100 years old!

[@PoorMansHomesteadCanadaBC1961]

I have a vintage cook stove and that's why I quit using it because you have to keep getting up constantly all night to stock it up because it only takes thin pieces of wood and it was not airtight at a very small wood box loved cooking on it but I can cook all my normal wood stove but it doesn't have the oven And the bottom half is still in the house because it's so heavy I got it in here by myself but I don't know how it's pretty heavy I just moved it over and put my other wood stove back in the house thinking about hooking it back up again because I don't use my wood stove anymore Another reason why I took it out is because the wife said she wanted it and she would cook on it but a little while after we got it she stopped cooking on it and was cooking on the electric stove so why have two stove running I used to love having the wood stove in the basement at my dads house because once your feet and the floor is warm you're all warm my wood stove I just pipe the chimney pipe ducking up alongside the wood stove chimley 2 inches from the ceiling and then have a computer fan in the bottom that sucks the air from the ceiling and blows it into the crawl space one year I didn't run it the first year that I quit using my wood stove and my pipes frozen broke underneath the house so now that I'm not burning the wood stove I still run that computer fan that sucks the heat from the sealing and blows it underneath the house doesn't heat the floor but it stops the pipes from freezing still keeps it pretty warm down there and it's just a little computer fan on a 12 Volt razor plugin thing adapters

[@VenisonforDinner]

Oh that's really interesting about the computer fan. We might look into that.

[@miketrev28]

I have the exact stove for five years. It would not work with Ohio firewood since too wet. So for first three years, I burned nut anthracite. It worked fine but the ashes had to be taken out every single morning. Now I have a wood shed and dry wood, I only use wood and only empty ashes every 5-7 days. I also am astonished how little wood I use. I find it difficult to cook on the stove top since the house is already warm at lunch and fire box is so large the fire is far from top and so not heating the top. I would have to over heat the house to get top hot. On cold days, we have to build a second fire in the evening, which is a bit of a chore. Hope this helps.

[@VenisonforDinner]

Thanks so much for sharing this information!

[@stephencameron1709]

Beautiful stove! Wood heat is so nice. Enjoyed all the details and so wish we could have one. ❤️🙏🏻Val C

[@VenisonforDinner]

Thanks for watching!

[@CameoFarmer]

I know you were thinking of moving last year, even set up the house for showing. This stove seems like a huge investment in your current property. If you decide to sell, will you be able to charge more because of this stove? If not, does this sort of thing mean you have to stay on the property you're investing in? Are you married to it now?

[@VenisonforDinner]

Were at peace with staying here but if we move, she’s coming with me 🤣 we would replace it with a small Woodstove Or something for sale

[@VenisonforDinner]

Yes we are very much planning to stay where we are.

[@sarahschlosser1203]

Great investment and it will be the heart of the home

[@VenisonforDinner]

Totally agree!

[@jacintheandrews4985]

You have a beautiful wood cook stove. Thank you for this video.

[@VenisonforDinner]

Thanks for watching!

[@luckyjim51]

I have a old wood kitchen range and yes it's a art....lol! Watching your video with the heat generation fan. Have you ever thought about putting the fan in the over to create convection...?? Maybe that's a crazy idea or genius...?! Nice stove!

[@VenisonforDinner]

I move it around all the time based on what i have going on top of the stove. I dont think it would create any sort of convection

[@mkal1745]

Nice and helpful video! I also liked your teapot, where is it from?

[@VenisonforDinner]

Thanks! The kettle is the 4L size from Berry Hill website.

[@nicolasilver3813]

You should look up vintage ceiling / wall mounted drying racks. Marius could build one super affordably and you have the perfect spot for it.

[@VenisonforDinner]

I'll check it out! Thanks

[@minihomesteadcooking]

Have you canned on it yet? It is work. Lol. I am canning. Meat next week on mine. My Amish friend will be here to help. They talked us into the cookstove. We are blessed. Your stove is beautifull amd you dodca great job explaining it. ❤

[@VenisonforDinner]

Thank you! I’m not sure we will ever can on it as that is always happening when it is warmer out. But good to know you can do it!

[@danaekreider9713]

Your stove is from where we live!!!! Ahh, so cool!

[@VenisonforDinner]

I love it!

[@Mom2Melody]

Awesome video and BEAUTIFUL stove ! My husband asked where do you get your wood and what is the cost?

[@VenisonforDinner]

Last load we paid $1400CAD for a 9 cord load of logs. We buy it from a local trucker. (sorry for the delay in replying!)

[@trishapomeroy9251]

We put our wood cookstove in a couple years ago and chimney costs were SHOCKING!

[@VenisonforDinner]

Yes, it was a big gulp when we heard the price too!

[@Nothing-i4q7f]

Where did you get your wood stove Catalog

[@ashlynn898421]

Did you add in some firebox bricks to help retain some of the heat ?

[@VenisonforDinner]

No we haven't needed to do that.

[@KatieYee-i6l]

Do you ever use your old stove? And how hot is the outside of the Heco?

[@VenisonforDinner]

Yes we use our propane stove when we need to and will certainly be using it in the summer when it’s too hot outside to light the cookstove.

[@VenisonforDinner]

The outside of the stove gets very hot on the wood box side.

[@tonytango6676]

My grandparents lived in a house on a farm in Mennonite country in Manitoba built in about 1910. They had the concept of a summer kitchen where a second wood stove was in basically a porch. What the original builders of the house did have more money than their neighbors.

[@BeaverCreekJersey]

That’s what our Amish neighbors do near us. They have a wood cookstove on their porch and one in their house.

[@VenisonforDinner]

I love the idea of a summer kitchen.

[@timothyfoster7564]

HOW DO YOU FIND THE TIME TO TALK ABOUT THE STOVE WITH A BUNCH RUG RATS RUNNING ALL OVER THE PLACC ?

[@chefevilee9377]

Purchase one of those stainless steel Tables from Sams Club. They’re 100% stainless steel heavy duty ad say it’s 3 1/2 feet long by 2 foot deep? Then if you want to put your clothing rack they’re just roll out the table.

[@VenisonforDinner]

No sams club here in canada!

[@miketrev28]

I forgot to say another great benefit : with anthracite or wood, there is almost nothing in the stovepipes when I pass brushes through in the spring. It is a waste of time in fact.

[@VenisonforDinner]

This is so interesting!

[@Japsnowbell]

100% needing a reliable heat source w cookingcapability

[@chefevilee9377]

The song😂

[@VenisonforDinner]

🤗

[@jeanmarriott6313]

❤

[@beltrams]

$500 CAD for a harness..........!??! I paid $52 USD 2 years ago.

[@VenisonforDinner]

Well you do get a better bang for your buck down in the states, but to be fair Marius' harness has some extra features, like if he were to fall there is a mechanism that slows down the fall.

[@skrywenko6596]

wow for someone who burning wood for heat. and using propane or wood for cooking.. you use a lot of electricity at~50 KWh per day. and living in a mild environment of BC with historic average of minus3C to minus13C in Telkwa . I live in central Manitoba and my historic average for me this time of year is minus13C to minus31C. and everything in my house is electric with an electric car and is about the same as that in the middle of winter.. though I do have a couple solar panels but they do very little this time of year. your current dead of winter temperatures is like Oct-Nov temperatures for me ( I use a heat pump for heating) .. I am just surprised how much electricity you still use even though your heating and cooking are done by other fuels ... you must have a lot of old fridges and freezers to make your usage so high . at that temperature where you live I doubt I would be passing 30kwh per day. ( PS. an electric range would be cheaper then propane stove to operate probably at least 66% cheaper )

[@VenisonforDinner]

I guess to make a proper comparison you would need to take into account the size of our family and our livestock (that, for example have electric heaters thawing their water trough) not just our appliances.

[@skrywenko6596]

@@VenisonforDinner . just for your knowledge, I have 3 large freezes and 2 fridges. though most of my kids are gone now i still use the same amount of electricity now as then.. I also have cattle . and sheep and even chickens , plus several greenhouses ( 4000sqf) to which I grow peaches nectarine and other much warmer zoned Fruit and vegetables) as I live in a hardiness climate zone of 2b your climate zone is 4b almost 5a . you could grow peaches outside with out protection . I have not used a trough heater for over a decade all you need is a larger trough and have a constant flow rate that matches your cattle drinking rate . the constant slow flow of water keeps the trough mostly clear of ice . especial at your quite mild temperatures. (ei: if your cattle are drinking 100 gallons a day your flow rate is roughly 100 gallons per day so the trough empties and refills every day ) . just pointing out you need to improve your electrical usage as it seams way to high for such a mild climate and for someone burning wood and propane for heating and cooking.

[@roleypoley8856]

love you can not stand the piano music background can not

[@VenisonforDinner]

Duly noted! Thanks for letting me know.