A friend gave me a Bonanza 8316 wood burning cook stove. It says it's made by Birmingham Stove and Range. It's a box type with four legs about one foot high. Four burners and an oven that's accessable from both sides.Made of cast iron. question#1. Where can I find parts and information about this stove 2. How to get rid of the rust and take care of stove. 3. Where can I find out how to cook with it? Thanks for any help you might be able to give.

-- Bonnie Starnes (josabo1@juno.com), June 06, 2000

Answers

In my early accumulation of books prior to moving to the woods, I manged to get two copies of the same book on using and cooking with woodstoves. If you think it might be of some help I'd be happy to send you one. I honestly don't know if it's a good one or not, but if you don't have any books it's a start. E-mail me if you're interested, it's 'Woodstove cookery', by Jane Cooper, published by Garden way Books.

-- Rod Perrino (redjouster@aol.com), June 07, 2000.

Rod, that is a good book! When we get in wood burning cook stoves I start cleaning the top with VERY STRONG COFFEE! continue to do it over & over--not leaving it tooo wet! If it is hooked up & you can use it start seasoning it with oil! I use olive oil as I'm a vegetarain--but you can use bacon greese if you use meat! Cooking with this stove is a real art---learning to move the pans around on top of the stove to adjust the heat of what you are cooking, etc. There are several books on cooking & careing for your wood stove! Some have recipes also! Find some good cast iron to cook in! Enjoy! Sonda in Ks.

-- Sonda (sgbruce@birch.net), June 07, 2000.

There are a couple of foundries that make old stove parts, i will look for their addresses for you. I know that little stove well and have had a couple, becasue the are small they are fairly portable and will do the job but they have a long way to go to reach the sophistication of a real cook stove.

-- Hendo (redgate@echoweb.net), June 07, 2000.

By any chance, might one of you know of a place where I can get firebrick for a 1918 Round Oak cookstove? Is it a decent stove or not? Up for grabs with answers!! thanks lynne

-- lynne e (leaves8@hotmail.com), June 07, 2000.

Lynne, there are some answers on this old thread that might be useful. http://greenspun.com/bboard/q-and-a-fetch-msg.tcl?msg_id=002I8L

Gerbil

-- Gerbil (ima_gerbil@hotmail.com), June 07, 2000.

Thanks Gerbil, I had lost that address. I believe that was my original post. Gonna lose more than my mind if I keep this up.--LOL lynne

-- lynne e. (leaves8@hotmail.com), June 08, 2000.

Thanks to all for the great advice. And for careing enough to write. Seems my little stove is maybe not worth putting in right now. Maybe I should hold out for a grown up model. Anyway it sure is a cute little thing. I really like it. I think I'll use it for a table. Wouldn't want it to rust. You know an oil lamp, a croched doily. I think it could work. thanks again, Bonnie

-- Bonnie (josabo1@juno.com), June 08, 2000.