Thinking about going off-grid? Start looking for one of these.

If you're thinking about going off-grid, start looking for one of these. It has been the heart of our homestead for the last 11 years.
And it didn't cost a lot, but they can be hard to find since they're decades or even centuries old.
That's right, a wood cook stove. Super reliable, heat your home, cook your food, heat your water, store up years worth of fuel...
It was the first thing in our cabin 11 years ago, and we still use it every day.
If you're going off grid, try to snag a wood cook stove.
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[@Gridlessness]

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[@stevendegonia]

If you could triple the size of that firebox, then you could just stick a "Hot Dave" in there and never have to worry about firewood again... 🤣 However, then you wouldn't be able to turn it off and it 'wood' overheat. 🤔

[@trevordavis2760]

Here in Germany, they are selling them off like pancakes for 100 - 200 Euro's.

[@danilobmalitjr8339]

I adore the beautiful chemistry between you and your wife the little lovely banter back and forth 😜 keep up the good work guys be safe and god bless both of you and your children’s 🙏🤙

[@serenityplantation7638]

@@danilobmalitjr8339 we were literally saying the same thing ❤️

[@OffGridAlaska]

I've been off grid and remote (no roads in or out) for 8 years. Thinking of starting to share this life with others.

[@ericbritchie]

I think Rose is way more valuable to the homestead than a stove. Finding a lady who would be willing to live in the initial conditions you experienced? She is definitely one of a kind. Love your family!!

[@4philipp]

You do the hard stuff early in a relationship, when the love is strongest.

[@edwardabrams4972]

She is truly a diamond in the rough!

[@thebigguy6034]

Along with all her other qualities she is also easy on the eyes.

[@ScooterFXRS]

She is the soul of this family.

[@carmgenuardi1738]

Rose is super lovely and patient. God bless 🙏

[@kenolson3064]

I got a spot of land 40 years ago, had some Lumber delivered, and built the first section of my house. We are completely off-grid and self-sufficient. Today that house is 5000 square feet, it is indistinguishable from any house in the city. My wife and I raised 7 kids so we needed the room. We also home-schooled our kids, three started University at the age of 15. Over the years I built on according to our needs. In the beginning the solar power was really expensive and a little bit primitive. Now the house works like any other house with Electric appliances thanks to the huge battery bank that I have. Bottom line, It's doable people, make no mistake it's not cheep and the expenses are all front-loaded. But the payoff is priceless. Everyone of my now adult children has a good relationship with the Lord, that's what matters to me the most.

[@chunglow7646]

AMEN! the succinct tritho

[@ElliottBradenS]

This sounds like a good life but there is no off-grid when all your supplies come from the grid. You may not be tied in electrically but you rely on the grid like anyone else. How did your kids get into school so young?

[@monicawilson896]

Amen!

[@kenolson3064]

@@ElliottBradenS the kids had to be tested for school. When I say off-grid, that means we are not dependent on outside resources or knowledge to maintain our Equipment.

[@Thankful305]

Went to "University" and came out good relationship/living for the LORD? Remarkable! Commendable! And most of all.... Incredible!! ♥

[@moonbaby8743]

Your wife is the prettiest, most beautiful lady. Her eyes practically twinkle and she has the kindest smile. What a happy family and wonderful life you made together.

[@wisamaldallow3979]

You provide the most beautiful content and you deserve support. I am an Arab national residing in Germany. I am a fan of hunting and wildlife. How I wish to spend the rest of my life like the wonderful life that you live in the wilds and forests among deer, bears and fish and in the arms of the beautiful nature. I wish you happiness and progress. Keep waiting for new trips from you every Love you

[@1966johnnywayne]

I looked up "healthiest thing in the world" ... came across a picture of Rose over a caption that read "A unit that is cared for by a woman, mother and wife that loves and tends to the physical and emotional needs of her husband and children, who in turn love and value the woman who is central to the success of this cohesive group that we call family...the foundation of a healthy and stable society".

[@MG.50]

I loved Rose from the first time I watched your channel... years ago. She reminds me of a combination of several of my old girlfriends, but she is WAY more "together" and even tempered than any of them. Not to mention having a skill set not many women have these days. You and your family are lucky to have her. I understand that neither of you walked into the woods with all those skills, but you have developed them over and succeeded in building a great off grid life... and KZbin channel as well. Congrats and best wishes for the future!

[@welchkoservices4200]

The foundation of a healthy & stable society......Dang, America is screwed.

[@BestIsntEasy]

@@welchkoservices4200 THAT is why Christians have BORN AGAIN saying. Jesus WAS the way truth and life; Muhammad WAS a messenger.

[@sparklesparklesparkle6318]

then i must be very unhealthy then

[@alonzovillarreal4666]

🔥

[@yvonnecasaus9925]

Sold and subscribed when he told his wife, “you’re the heart of the homestead”. So sweet.

[@janicehollstein8202]

"Rose" is truly a beautiful woman/wife/mother. Everyone around her is blessed by her presence. ANDDDDD she made the pie!!!!

[@ReverendJeffrey]

When I was in 3rd grade we lived with my grandmother and that is about the exact same stove she had, we would take baths in a galvanized tub also. Wow, that brings back memories, I am 69 now. Thanks

[@goldenglowladore3842]

The only stove I remember my Grandma and Grandma having was similar or the same as that stove. I can't remember a stash of wood but it mustn't have been far away. Kamloops girl.

[@Tomhohenadel]

Yes, we would need a quality wood cook stove. But more importantly, you would need a quality lady like Rose. She certainly is the centre of your existence.

[@greywolfwalking6359]

Indeed,agreed! 100%👍🧙‍♂️!

[@goldenglowladore3842]

I wonder why good wives and husband seem difficult to find. Change us Lord.

[@dawndawn6946]

ROSE! Everyone needs a Rose!💗

[@stevemacdaddy9909]

Rose is so awesome. What a great mother and partner. She impresses me every video. This whole family and Dave is awesome.

[@stevelangsdorf7307]

I Realize Dan got a good deal buying a wood burning stove for 100.00, but the best deal he got was when Rose agreed to marry him 🥰

[@goldenglowladore3842]

It's a beautiful thing.

[@glenhuysamer]

My family in the coastal rural areas of the West-coast of Southern Africa had these stoves. As a youngster visiting from the city on extended holidays, I remember that these stoves were constantly kept warm and that there was always something on the stove cooking or backing. Hot boiling water for tea or coffee and the kitchen in every house in the small village was an "open house tea room' for all the kids in the village. With fresh bread and homemade jam any time of the day ...cookies and rusks to dip into a hot cuppa. In the evening we sat around the long kitchen tables playing cards while the heat of the stove kept us all warm, no electricity just oil lamps lighting up the game and it was easy to see the stars at night, all you had to do was open the top half of the kitchen stable-style-door and allow the brightness of the night sky in. You guys are great. Thanks for the memory flashback.

[@jpatpat9360]

Yes, but those were usually coal stoves not wood, plus I couldn't imagine trying to survive that heat in the kitchen during a KZN summer e.g. Pietermaritzburg!

[@nudgewink9366]

I lived and worked on the West coast between Port Nolloth and Lamberts Bay in the 90's. Magical place. I miss it so much.

[@elsabadenhorst9746]

I live in South Africa KZN near the beach. We are 100% off grid and eat 100% from my garden.

[@mathassu4701]

Jeff keep saying "that is a primitive technology", and I stay "THAT IS MY DREAM!😭". 🤣🤣

[@goldenglowladore3842]

It's here

[@katherinehenry1480]

My grandma cooked on a wood stove. Grandpa chopped the wood and shoveled coal for their central heating. They also had a two seater outhouse when the one tiny indoor bathroom was full. Since they had seven children, the house was full indoors and outdoors during holidays with an abundance of grandchildren

[@billsoderholm3125]

I grew up with a wood cook stove much older than that one. It was EVERYTHING! I had a warming oven on top, a regular oven and we used it to keep water hot in a large copper boiler. Easier to use than people think. You learn where to cook on top, in the oven, etc. It actually is more versatile than modern stoves in many ways.

[@dietisnotdifficult3305]

My Aunt had something similar, it was a great success.

[@thebigwhitehorse6228]

Granny had one back in the day....That kitchen was +100°F in the summer while cooking.....

[@blainejeffreys]

My grandmother made the best pound cakes in her wood fired oven and taught me how to make scrambled eggs on it when I was a little boy.

[@angelaberni8873]

And the flavour of the food is awesome in wood burners.

[@Fit.For.A.Firefight.]

Your wife is more precious than the finest gold. May God bless you and your marriage

[@wd9dau]

When my mom made a pie and had dough left over she would put cinnamon and sugar on the dough and coil pieces up. She baked them for treats for he4 3 boys. She called them “squirrelies”!

[@beccagee5905]

My grandma did that too. I'd forgotten until you mentioned it.

[@aaronsearch1189]

My friend's parents have a sheep ranch here in Idaho. They are completely off grid. They have a windmill that pumps water into a water tower. They also have a hand pump in the house for water during the winter months. They have another windmill that pumps an air compressor. The compressed air is used in the house to run air tool adapted appliances and an automotive alternator that charges batteries . The batteries run 12 volt RV lights and such. They have an inverter if 110 volt AC is needed for something. The last time I visited, they had built a solar bank to help keep the batteries charged. Their kitchen is divided in two. The wood cook stove is in the outer room so the double divider doors can be closed to keep the heat out in the summertime. They have lived like this since I was an kid in the '70s. I have always been impressed by their self sufficient lifestyle.

[@korganrivera4659]

I'd love to see a video of this.

[@martingeorgiev1209]

When i was growing up, every household in Bulgaria had those stoves! I can definitely confirm that food even taste better when cooked on it and also in the oven part of it. We used to toast our bread on top of it and yes, it does heat a large space area :)

[@khankrum1]

I moved to Bulgaria ans have a woodstove. Never going to get rid of it

[@nickob55]

I cook most days on my woodburner in Troyan BG in winter and food definitely tastes better cooked on a woodstove for some reason.

[@khankrum1]

@@nickob55 are you Prepping? I do a little site called PENSIONER PREPPER. Just got fed up with the American " loonies " with their guns and ammo! Would love to be in t touch with any oyher Preppers in Bulgaria

[@mp330600]

I am 75 now, but when I was a young boy my Grandparents had a very rural farm. My Grandmother cooked on a big wood/Coal burning stove. It heated the kitchen too and some of the rest of the house. There was a big Pot Belly stove in the middle of the house that heated the rest. She could make anything on that stove and I loved to eat anything she made. They raised their own chickens and grew their own vegetables. They were preppers before any of today's preppers were born.

[@goldenglowladore3842]

They kept your hearts and bellies warm, eh

[@TLOCK1971]

Rose is so darn adorable. The girls amaze me and Dave cracks me up. Jeff of course is the cornerstone of all of this. Keep up the good work.. You guys are awesome.!!

[@christineford6763]

Rose is actually the cornerstone :)

[@NarnianRailway]

another benefit of a wood stove... after chopping firewood to restock the box Jeff earned an extra slice of Rose's amazing huckleberry pie

[@matthynes155]

Rose is an absolute treasure, the oven is old school and perfect for your lifestyle. I love all your cast iron cookware, I have a collection of Lodge cookware myself & a 1930's Griswold waffle maker that I purchased from the U.S. Enjoy your off grid adventure.

[@markhines192]

I agree with other commenters. Rose is your greatest treasure and biggest asset to the success of your homestead life. Cherish her.

[@jimisaacs5292]

Rose is for sure the hart of that home, Jeff is the entertainment, the girls are the backbone.

[@neildransfield5966]

yep, that sums it all up Jim

[@greywolfwalking6359]

Rose...you are delightful! You are the heart of the off grid dynasty!! The stove is good..n helpful..You..Rose ..are the heart of that dynasty...n I for one, appreciate allllll that you do to keep it all going forward! The stove is even better, if one has the correct " black iron" tools to go with it..instead of the " slippery molecule, whiz bang ,non stick pans n pots" of today...they will burn ,if you use them on a stove ,like that...get cast iron/ black iron cookware for your " wood burner stove" , you will see an immediate difference in your food prep! 👍🥘🍳🧙‍♂️🍳🥘👍!!

[@Gridlessness]

"Slippery Molecule"!! Awesome!

[@greywolfwalking6359]

@@Gridlessness I know that you guys have black iron cookware, I saw it hanging there...I'm talking to the folks that buy stuff n don't compare the "iron" to the slippery coated burnable stuff!

[@peterellis4262]

We got ours for a hundred dollars as well ;) Nice to see someone using one ;) On the "You can do it" point? I retired at 60, my wife and I moved from suburbia to 20 wooded undeveloped acres. We're not off grid, but I'm building our house, a timber frame that I'm harvesting from our land, we're gardening, raising chickens, ducks and rabbits, the house is a passive solar design that we'll supplement with a rocket stove and we have a stove very much like yours. It takes dedication and a willingness to work, but it can be done ;)

[@goldenglowladore3842]

Good for you guys! I'm trying not to be jealous but am proud of you guys!

[@heplamp8041]

I lived off the grid for many years, not so hard we went through the war years had oil lamp fireplaces in every room, outhouses, all my girls were homeschooled. we ate from our gardens caught cod, haddock salmon, trout, cut our fire wood and even dug some coal .we forged a lot of our tools. and by the way, my family lived just outside of a town. now that I'm old I am so thankful there are people like you that are the salt of the earth that can give back to the people of the plant. I look very forward to more videos in the days ahead

[@joshuadeboer9213]

As someone who’s not a carpenter and going to do a home-build kitchen, it would be awesome if you guys did a “kitchen tour” how you organized it to be the most functional etc. Since the kitchen is the working centre of the home it important to set it up right.

[@mySeaPrince_]

Have you done your kitchen?

[@joshuadeboer9213]

@@mySeaPrince_ just starting it

[@cpprcrk1833]

When I was a child of 6 yrs and younger ( 52 now) my Grandmother used a wood cook stove . ( Warm Morning brand ) The Kids , she had 8 , all went in and built my Grandparents a new house with electric appliances and heating/cooling . She loved the a/c in Summer ( gets hot in Tennessee ) but the rest not so much . I miss her so much .

[@creatureselfie]

You guys are funny. The dialogue I mean. Laughter is contagious and its been a long time since I've been able to just relax and watch a chill video. Thanks for that.

[@russwilkerson2741]

Rose is the MOST valuable. Then the wood burning stove. My wife’s idea of roughing it is going to a camp sight or even hotel and her idea of making dinner is making a phone call !

[@afishingmagician]

Brings back memories of my childhood. My mom cooked on a stove like that for the first 10 years of my life. Her's had a warmer on the top where we would keep our mittens and toques. Eventually my dad added a hot water tank at the back. It was shaped like a propane tank and had a faucet at the bottom. It kept our little house so warm and cosy. Thanks for sharing this Jeff!

[@Gridlessness]

Awesome memories!

[@judyrau5309]

You need to learn what she knows in case she gets sick

[@truthandlife4101]

Same here I grown up with this type of living, easy to go back to and would but I have no land or a house any more.

[@CplSkiUSMC]

When I got married, my wife and I went to Colorado for our honeymoon. Her uncle had a cabin in the mountains that he made available to us and it had a wood cook stove in it. It was awesome! My wife took to it immediately and loved it. It didn't take her long to master it and food cooked on it was just better because it was cooked on a wood stove. I gotta say though, that huckleberry pie gave me chills. I mean like weak in the knees, hands shaking, drool running down the chin, goosebumps and crossed eyes. I'm insanely jealous yet at the same time, I feel like my life has been enriched just getting the opportunity to see it. Did I mention that I love huckleberry?

[@danbailey96]

I was raised on a wood cook stove and food did taste better ….I remember the biscuits mom made filled with fresh churned butter , with fried apples, country ham and gravy and free range chicken fresh laid eggs. We were poor so we had to survive on old stuff like this lol.

[@CplSkiUSMC]

@@danbailey96 Being poor is where it's at! Geez, you got me all hungry now and it's too late to eat. Good stuff Maynard!!

[@frenchfryfarmer436]

@@CplSkiUSMC SO, did you buy her a wood/coal coolstove?....yet?

[@CplSkiUSMC]

@@frenchfryfarmer436 We were divorced in 1994... probably because I didn't. One of life's lessons.

[@jolo4036]

@@CplSkiUSMC lol

[@jontanis3613]

In inherited ours from my mother and dad who got it as an old stove in the 1960's my wife and I started out in heated wall tent camps in the British Columbia wilderness,movedthat stove numerous times with our camp until it sits in our handcrafted off grid solar powered log b+b we started building in '88 ....11 grand children and a life of memories we often show off our vintage wood cook stove ,like an old friend,that made a wall tent in the wilderness our first home seem a warm,bright place!

[@rgb002762]

I grew up with a stove like this .Had a water jacket for hot water . In winter the stove ran 20 hours a day .On the cold mornings as wake up I could hear the hot water boiling in the tank . Also cooks better because the heat is more constant..No thermostat clicking in and out every 50 degrees

[@truthandlife4101]

I am in Australia, and it is common back a few decades ago to have one of these if you lived in the country, stove done everything.

[@SUPERMOTOJAK]

How do you vent the stove so everybody doesn't pass out?

[@truthandlife4101]

@@SUPERMOTOJAK Flu that goes from the wood box to threw the roof, same as wood heater.

[@SUPERMOTOJAK]

@@truthandlife4101 Thanks. Guess I just didn't notice it in the video.

[@rgb002762]

A chimney Thru the roof .Taller the better for a good air / smoke flow.With a choke on just above the stove to control the heat loss.

[@klancyjones726]

The old cookstove sure is nice. Have been around a few when I was a kid. The heat from wood can't be beat. Great video ! Rose is definitely the heart of the family. The huckleberry pie is a favorite, and looked delicious. 👍

[@nicoler9522]

I have a cookstove in my house and absolutely agree. Unfortunately, when our roof was replaced, we realized the chimney was no longer good to use. I miss it terribly and after running out of propane this winter, it's worked its way higher on the priority list to get a chimney up. I do have another woodstove in the basement but the cookstove is my favourite. I loved making coffee and pancakes and being toasty warm when the power was out.

[@lestatangel]

Run ducting.

[@Oasis_Desert_Rose]

Try a rocket stove that vents DOWN...under A BUILT IN BENCH OR Floor, which really heats the space!

[@lts30000]

Good place to find a good cheap one? Thanks

[@elizabethjansen2684]

Love that sparkle in her eyes when you challenged her on a pie.

[@008jim]

The heart of the house is the wife-mother-cook but you don't need me to tell you that! What a treasure. If all men had treasure like that to come home to the world would be what the plan was in the first place; harmony where everything makes sense . What a look into perfection. Really. I treasure silence and the first time I found it I was in a monastery in Colorado twenty years ago. There's no screens in your domain and you're not measuring success or security like the rest of us who obsess over your neighbors new car or wearing masks or social distancing. I don't speak for anybody but what you've shared brought me to tears. We can hope there's still a chance for solace, happy repose in time of uncertainty. Thank you and your family.

[@billnienaber1368]

you could make a leather wood carrier with hanldes to bring in the wood after splitting it. Put your logo on it and tan it. I think it would be a big money maker for the young ladies. Bill N.

[@9darkwizard1]

Thank you guys for posting this! A "planning to go off-grid" series, almost like a "how to" would be a phenomenal set of vids, if you guys were to continue loosely down this vein. Im sure a lot of other people dont know where to start with making the jump!

[@krickette5569]

Agreed!

[@raykemry954]

Sell eveything ya wont need plug your nose and jump in never look back it is what it is now your there. If your scared like jeff ya have a friend follow ya and live nnext doorr toggether. Sorry to close for me i prefer at least 5 miles apart :)

[@sakurasam6101]

Same I really want to take this jump but need some pointers

[@thoughtsfromathenasreality]

Your wife seems like a sweet, caring person! What a great team you are!

[@hughezzell10000]

I built my kitchen around my wood stove. It was a relic out of our past cabin from history. Cant imagine winters without it. Yes it does cook as well as gas and electric - and just as fast when it's heated up. But after cooking - stoke it with those 4" logs on your pile, particularly hardwood if you can get it, and it'll sit there and percolate heat into your house going on and on and on. Move the teapot to the right hand side and it'll stay hot but not boil. A trick to baking biscuits in the oven, get wood chips and spread them out on top of the oven under the other burner plates and let them burn while your biscuits are cooking. You'll get nice golden brown biscuits. I have 3 extras of these stoves out in the yard, 2 are in good shape if anyone's interested. Reno, Nevada.

[@dave6857]

Thank you for these inspiring videos.. I treasure them from afar. It's hard to explain ...but my whole being turns serene and joyous watching the interactions with your family. The kitchen is normally the heart of every home, but a wood stove kitchen looks unbeatable. Thanks for inviting us to join in

[@goldenglowladore3842]

Beautiful observation.

[@SuchaCaligrrl]

I think the most important thing to get for an off grid home is a partner that is willing to go back in time before electric, someone with this much patience and love... this looks amazing and peaceful, I always think this is for me, I'd so love this life, but then I see your daughter in the background standing near the wood stove warming herself and toosh makes me think "oh hellllll no" I don't think this is really for me. I think for me it's more the thought and wanting a peaceful place, away from negative evil people, away from the hustle and bustle, but with the basic, running water and electricity. I don't mind living off the land, I can handle that.

[@ducksndogshomesteaddoggroo2706]

In 2016, I bought a gorgeous, brand new cast iron wood cookstove the same size as yours, handmade, imported from Mexico, on ebay for $1200. I adore it. We were in the sticks of West Ga for 13 months, we used that thing several times a day, every day, for every meal, including homemade pizza, roast chicken and cake, and to boil water for baths, dishes and laundry. It's stored away for now, but we will undoubtedly need it in the future, I'm grateful for the experience I have with it so it won't be guesswork later.

[@goldenglowladore3842]

I future blessing.

[@kathybuchanan9470]

I love how you got hypnotized by hashbrowns for a few seconds. Great video. Now I want a wood stove. My grandmother cooked on a wood stove. I remember the smells and warmth. Blessings

[@truthandlife4101]

Bringing back memories, we had a Ray Burn growing up in the country, the food cooked baking is better than anything else. We had a tank (wet jacket) at the back of the stove it was to heat the hot water, it heats the room dry's the clothes cooks. As a child I chopped sticks brought in wood gathered twigs and it is not that long ago in 1960's and 70's.

[@russellgerow1203]

Hey love watching you guys I hope you're all safe hope everything is going OK for you My prayers are out there for you guys all 🇨🇦Canada we hope that your Prime Minister opens his eyes and stops this crazy stuff and leave them truckers alone

[@Gridlessness]

Thanks Russell.

[@angus9941]

Mind your own business

[@russellgerow1203]

@@angus9941 I am Minding to my own business I Believe these people decent caring individuals and to me that matters and it makes it my business. If you don't like what I have to say to too bad I guess I didn't say anything That was outta line I just hope they're doing well they're good people

[@russellgerow1203]

@@Gridlessness Not a problem I think you have an awesome family And this coming from a man that is 5 daughters of his own

[@matthewroszkowski4674]

I am 65 years old. My grandma was from Poland. When I was a kid, she still used a wood burning kitchen stove in their home in urban Milwaukee in the 60s. She made the best food and even "cheep chocolate" cookies.

[@manilamartin1001]

I'm a farmer who lives out in the country. I'm in the Philippines and even this looks like an adventure compared to how we live. Amazing!

[@michaelpayne8102]

My grandmother cooked this way her whole life, wood/coal stove and wood/coal heater in the living room. No hot water. Life was still good. :)

[@shsummers]

The timing of the wood cook stove in an off grid cabin, using a modern smart phone. Love it.

[@charlieo.farmer2468]

Wood stoves are the best way to cook especially cornbread . My grandma in Virginia made the best pies you would ever want to eat and she never had anything other than a wood stove . Every morning she baked about 5 dozen biscuits and they never went to waste as people would show up to eat and sometimes grandma would cook breakfast 3 or 4 times and I have seen her make extra biscuits as well .

[@moisty254]

I watch these videos in the suburbs and start to dream of a better life, of diy, living with nature, being self sufficient. Someday soon I will join the lifestyle.

[@reginapotts2583]

Wow! My grandma had one of those Wood Stoves! We loved it!. Funny, when my parents bought her an electric stove, she sat it in a corner to show off to her friends…” Look what my daughter bought me!” But she still used the wood stove. We LOVED using her wood stove! I guess we were fascinated by the opportunity to use Fire! She cooked EVERYTHING on that stove. As she got older, she BURNED a lot of things on there! But I just loved her burned fried eggs and biscuits! 😊 And, it was ALWAYS warm in her house! So warm and toasty! Thanks for bringing back those wonderful memories! 😊❤

[@worklion50]

This is why we love our Canadian friends... just great folks

[@NotaFullDeck333]

I remember my grandparents woodstove. Fond memories sitting by the stove in the morning when my nan stoked up the fire as it heated the house too. She baked all her own bread too, it always smelled so good. They had no running water either. You had to go to the well down road for it.

[@danieltrickey9285]

I actually grew up in San Francisco and all the rentals I was in had a wood burning/natural gas stove in all those houses. I'm talking from 1950 till 1975 then I moved to Santa Cruz. You get that thing cranking in the morning and cook most of your meals then while heating the house. Thanks for the memories.

[@uptoolate2793]

Would you like an O'Keefe and Merritt combination stove for free? I'm in 94536.

[@edlibey8177]

Thank you for your video. Brings back memories. My Grandma cooked a on similar stove from about 1935 to 2003. She had an electric range but, still used her wood stove. She lived on her little mountain ((Moscow Mountain Idaho) until she was 96 years old. I remember a neighborhood picnic in the middle 1960s. It was out in a meadow away from any electricity. So some of the neighbors brought out a cook stove and wood so everyone could warm their dishes. Took four men to move the stove into place but, it worked well.

[@edlibey8177]

You probably know but, the soap is formed by the caustic soda ( lye) reacting with the fatty esters in the oil ( called saponification). A little bit of acid will neutralize the soap and creat a free fatty acid ( soluble in the biodiesel) and a hopefully a salt that Is soluble in the water layer . I have only deliberately made soap one time so am far from an expert but, this should work. Just hope you get a good phase split after wards.

[@jamesranger6283]

My grand parents and great Aunt and Uncle had 2 of these wood cook stoves. One in the kitchen and one in the summer kitchen. Ya summer kitchen was a real thing. I remember my great aunt explaining it to me. Simply it was just to hot in the summer to cook and bake in the house. So all the cooking and baking was done in the summer kitchen. It was attached to the main kitchen as like an addon to the house. all the windows would swing out and the entrance had a screen door. The windows went all around the room. The wood cook stoves were available with water heaters and bakers ovens. They work great but hard to find in good condition and new they are very pricy. But they are a buy once in your life time thing, likely outlast everyone in your family.

[@goldenglowladore3842]

I hope to find a good used one.

[@fredh1475]

I grew up on a farm in South Africa in the middle of no where and we call them Coal Stoves. It lived in the kitchen and this was the heart of the home but we had a smaller one in the living room that you could feed Anthracite into. Many fond memories as a small boy having a bath in front of that fire with water heated on it. Bring back the good all days.

[@kayliathequeen9612]

I'm watching this as while folding my laundry. Completely forgot I'm in my apartment. I was so drawn into your kitchen. I was smelling the wood burning eggs and hash brown cooking 💗💗💗 One day soon I'll be off grid. I'm beginning to downsize now.

[@maryplett5799]

Love the stove, but more importantly all the amazing cooking and baking you can do with your family. Especially with Rose and the girls!!!

[@kylehenk983]

I think you’re awesome for living and raising your family the way you do! Also if you get paid for taking down trees for people/ tree trimming technically you’d be getting paid to make breakfast and heat your house with the spoils left over from tree work. I’ve done it for 15 years! Thanks again for the awesome videos

[@HOODS]

Well I'm convinced that the world needs more Roses cause she Truely is the heart of the homestead. Anyone can save up to buy a wood cook stove. But landing a beautiful smart and kind partner in crime. That is a very key thing in a successful happy life. My hat is off to you Rose.

[@user-jt5rd6mv9w]

Just seeing his great wife makes my day win she smiles she is great on this program.

[@johnfisher516]

Great vid, just a tip fix an old tyre to your chopping block fill with logs and swing away till you are down to the size you require much easier,safer and faster. John from Tasmania

[@willowbei]

Back in the 1970's I cooked on a wood stove a couple of times, at the house of someone we knew. I have to say that a wood stove is the BEST stove I have ever cooked on. Once one gets used to the stove, it is very easy to use and does a wonderful job.

[@jasonnorthcutt3771]

That cook stove is absolutely wonderful. But it pales in comparison to your wife. You are truly blessed and that is a gorgeous pie.

[@bubbamaxx7969]

What a sweet adorable wife. You really hit the jackpot with her.

[@grywolf99]

I love your family's vibe. You are a fun bunch. Love the stove and Rose is adorable. Homesteading heaven. Thanks for sharing the videos.

[@4philipp]

Good to see you haven’t changed in all these years. A wood cook stove is awesome!

[@bobtoner9820]

Speaks volumes that your wife still has a wonderful smile and sense of humor after 11 years.

[@pouglwaw5932]

I live in an old house in a small town in Wash. State. My kitchen came with a 100yr old kitchen chimney that just called for a wood range to be reinstalled. I got an old one and started building fires in the firebox and the kitchen became so inviting so that any visitors just naturally gathered there. Thirty years later, I now start a fire every morning just for the warmth, hot water, and a place to read the paper with my feet warming up on the open oven door.

[@2226253]

Great video. Rose is delightful and obviously key in making the off grid life work. You both seem very easy going.

[@madmex2k]

A wood cook stove would be a good purchase to keep on your back porch for some outdoor cooking when grilling out. Obviously, you would have to keep wood in stock. Nice addition to a back yard kitchen. Or if you were so inclined, add one to your kitchen, then when you have a power outage, you have a way to keep warm and cook.

[@newmextex]

That stove is what my grandparents used in the heart of New Mexico.

[@edmartin875]

That stove brings up memories. I had two old maid great Aunts (Alma and Marie) and a bachelor great Uncle (Walter) living together on a farm outside of town in Oklahoma with a wood stove in the kitchen on which they did all their cooking. All 3 were pushing 100 years old when they passed away in the 70's.

[@goldenglowladore3842]

Sweet home Alabama Canada 🇨🇦 girl

[@sawyerrob949]

My wood cook stove is a Findlay Condor, and it looks just like your stove. I have mine on castors out in the garage, and when I want to use it, I push it outside and cook on it. It works GREAT! I have a propane stove in the house. SR

[@markhaseley3304]

Grand parents had a wood stove in their kitchen while I was growing up. (Great uncles did also). Nothing better in winter.

[@dubie2470]

No disrespect but your Wife is beautiful and has one of the most genuine (prettiest) smiles I've ever seen!!! Look forward to your videos to see that smile !!!

[@scottfletcher1956]

The mom is so incredibly adorable. I have such a crush on her. Love this family.

[@travishartzler9155]

Growing up we had a Home Comfort stove. Used wood on 1 side and propane on the other. Dad installed copper piping to an old water heater upstairs, so we got free hot water out of it too.

[@frenchfryfarmer436]

I lost count of how many cookstoves I have here. My first I bought in 1993, and my best man paid for it as a wedding gift. Its a Copper Clad. Be sure to look for the small clean out door and make a small scrapper to clean out the soot from around the oven portion. The best modern ones have HUGE fireboxes and glass doors but are $3000+ if you can even get one. Be sure to check firebox for damage as many where "over fired" and crack the cast-iron liners. I keep LOADS of extra top plates around and buy/grab them when I see them. There are smaller cookstoves available, Sears made one called Red Star. The smallest i have is Jotul 404 (only available used) , I do have another art deco one that is as small but unnamed/branded.

[@chomama1628]

I have a copper clad cook stove too in a beautiful blue color. It is simply a marvelous wonder! It was built in the 1880’s and was in the same family for all those years until I purchased it in the 90’s at their estate sale for the sum of $100.00 and a twelve hour round trip drive.

[@uptoolate2793]

Some parts for old stoves are available from a hardware store in Pennsylvania. They bought a huge stock of patterns and parts from a number of different stove makers that went out of business post war. I have a 1934 Kalamazoo president and they have all the new replacement parts I could ever need.

[@goldenglowladore3842]

I appreciate yourcautions. So the liners can cracks? I'm new to this but my Grandparents had a wood stovetop. I was young and didn't enquire about it. I wish I.did.

[@goldenglowladore3842]

@@chomama1628 Woohoo. Good find!

[@edwardvillate2112]

Those are SKILLS at it's BEST !!! this LADY is a TREASURE , and HER SMILE is POSITIVE and CHARMING.... I still REMEMBER , as a KID , visiting my GRANDMA , and She had 2 stove's , one was GAS , we're SHE cooked every day , because Shi lived alone , but when we visited , and She wanted to cook SPECIAL DISHES , She always used the CHARCOAL STOVE , and the food TOTALLY TESTED DIFFERENT !!!

[@catinahottinvan5012]

At 16, I began learning to cook on a wood cookstove. The scars on my forearms prove it. But I loved it, even with the big learning curve. I'm 64 now, and, fondly remember my first dinner guests pretending to LOVE my leather venison roast...❤

[@Gridlessness]

I have those forearm scars too! Hahaha

[@Wilderstead]

A timeless necessity for any homestead, off grid or not!

[@joyceterra2265]

I love my wood cookstove. The first time I cooked a turkey. I put it in for the normal 3 hours. Mistake. It literally fell apart. Flattened out. Lol no carving. It was the best tasting and so very moist. I have learned since and it has been fun learning and cooking in it.

[@comeflywithme8234]

Man you're so blessed having a lady like Rose. She's a keeper. God bless ya all with deen

[@paulscoffiesandsnacks551]

Rose is a rose. I love her gentle spirit

[@conniel186]

Rose! I aspire to be like you in so many ways! Our family dreams of homesteading and living off grid one day! We're making strides to get there by selling our house and moving onto a converted school bus! All of that is happening by the end of March! Thank you guys for sharing your beautiful family and life with the rest of us who dream of following in your footsteps! BTW, we would love to come for the wilderness campout but it's not possible for us to get there. Would you guys be able/willing to record the teaching sessions? We would be happy to pay for the content. Blessings!

[@pumptruckjim]

Reminds me of my grandparents farm when I was little. I think they had a warming cabinet along the top. Great to see the sunshine outside.

[@loco0351]

Sir you have gotten the wife lottery !! Congratulations.

[@karenchandler2921]

You two are so adorable. But your wife is the most Important to your homestead. I am learning so much from both of you. I want to do the homestead/off grid thing.

[@OhmSteader]

Lived with a wood cook stove many years just using snappy sticks twigs. A good set of pruning shears were all I used for cooking. In 15 minutes I had the coffee water boiling and within 30 minute the eggs,grits and bacon were done. I used a stove similar to yours. Looks like the same model. Since I have acquired a Stanley waterford which has air tight seals and can heat the whole house. I do split nice hard wood for that one. likes to be stoked once in the night but not always necessary. It make a lot of creosote around the oven after a month or two due to the tight seal and large amount of iron. I built a large heater with an oven from the old wood stove parts and a 300 lb propane tank. Works quite well and hold the 16" pizza pan.yah! The stanley will only take a 15" pan. So now its just acting like extra counter top with a marble slab on top. Looks like the winters you have are a bit colder and longer than ours. Like what your doing and like you sharing. first time watching. Our internet is way pitiful so cannot upload much. Be well

[@Victorialands]

Enjoyed this episode… we bought a new wood cook stove that also heats our home. When people come to our home it’s a real conversation piece.

[@gregcripps7291]

Kudos! I thought the way you talked her into making that pie was brilliant.😂