MultiFuel Stoves

MultiFuel stoves are defined as any stove which produces heat through non-traditional means. Years ago, the only choice for producing heat in a stove was to burn wood. The advent of natural and LP gas and electricity expanded the fuel sources for stoves. But today, you can choose to use pellets, corn, bio-diesel and other alternative fuel sources to heat your home, cook your food and even produce hot water.

MultiFuel stoves may be designed to utilize only one type of alternative fuel while some of these stoves may even be equipped to create heat from any of a variety of fuel sources. The best point about multifuel stoves is the fact that you get choices; you are not tied to chopping and carrying wood for your stove.

Whether used as a sole heat source, as the major means of cooking food, or as supplemental heat in specific areas of the home, you’ll have on fuel costs and enjoy the alternative fuel stoves available on the market today.

There are multifuel stoves in every imaginable size and shape, including those which will fit into a traditional fireplace as an insert. The finishes available also cover a very wide range. You can choose stoves which are clearly designed as the primary means of cooking as well as those which appear to be traditional wood-burning fireplaces. If you wish to cook on a stove which is manufactured in the fireplace style, you can find accessories to make cooking a breeze and lots of fun in your new multifuel stove.

By foregoing traditional stove fuel sources, you can save money and conserve resources for future generations. The fuels utilized by these stoves are frequently not fossil-based fuels and are fully renewable.

Check out the options available in multifuel stoves to learn exactly which model best suits your home and your unique needs. You’re sure to find the one which fits best into your life.

From the category archives:

MultiFuel Stoves

Hunter Herald Stoves

Since 1996, Hunter Herald Stoves has provided some of the finest heating appliances to the United Kingdom and Ireland. Today, the Hunter line of quality manufactured products includes multi-fuel, gas, oil, electric appliances, and combinations to meet the needs of any homeowner.

Each stove is built from top quality 5 mm steel and meets [...]

Multi Fuel Burners

The name multi fuel burners refers to any type of stove or heating appliance which has been designed with the ability to burn more than one type of fuel as the source of creating heat. Alternative fuel stoves are very popular today and, while most can burn well seasoned wood for heat, the multi fuel [...]

Stove Burner Covers

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Stove burner covers can really make it easier to keep the appearance of your stove neat and clean. Burner covers are available for every type and size of stove you can imagine. Whether you use electricity or gas to power your kitchen range or have a wood burning or alternative fuel stove, any appliance is [...]

MSR Dragonfly Stove

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The MSR Dragonfly Stove is a wonderful base camp stove which is lightweight and easy to carry in a backpack as you hit the trail for camping trips. Most camp stoves do not have a variety of heat settings but offer only on and off settings.

The MSR Dragonfly stove has won many awards [...]

What Are Solid Fuel Stoves?

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Solid fuel stove is a term which refers to any type of stove that burns a solid fuel to generate heat. This can technically means stoves which burn coal, wood or pellets since these fuel sources are solid in composition. However, the term is more specifically used to refer to stoves which burn solid fuel [...]

How To Cut Firewood

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After acquiring a source of firewood, you have the prob­lem of cutting and splitting it. This is another very danger­ous link in the whole wood-heating chain, and it is made even more dangerous by the enormous capacity for destruction possessed by modern chain saws, cord wood saws, and mechanical log splitters (Fig. 1)

Fig. 1. Power [...]

How Does A Stove Provide Heat

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Heat and Its Control
Perhaps no single factor is more important to man’s evolution than his learning how to generate and control heat. The ancient Greeks realized this and developed an elaborate myth about Prometheus, the fire-bearing Titan god who stole fire from the gods for the benefit of man­kind. For the Romans, the Vestal [...]