Woodburning Stove Overview - Salamander 'The Little Range Cook Stove'

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Woodburning Stove Overview - Salamander 'The Little Range Cook Stove' - UK Prepper

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As requested by a viewer, here is a more in-depth overview of the Salamander Little Range Cook Stove that we got installed a year or two ago. Having an off-grid heating and cooking option was really important to me, and the installation was part of a larger house refurb. To be clear, this stove was purchased with my own funds and this video is not sponsored in any way.
If I've missed any details, feel free to ask in the comments.
Chapters:
00:00 Intro
01:14 Overview (fuel / air controls / ash pan)
03:02 Oven
05:36 Temperature gague & bug bear
07:36 Instructions & accessories
08:36 Hot plate
09:29 Research & draughts
10:19 Thanks Mike & subscribers

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@richardsilver98 4 ай бұрын

Yes! I've been eagerly awaiting this video. I've reluctantly stopped after I heard you say that your dear partner, bless, goes along with you - mine too!! Okay, I'll watch this tonight once my jobs are done. 🙂

@StrivingforSelfSufficiency 4 ай бұрын

God bless good partners! Where would we be without them ☺

@spindelnett6315 3 ай бұрын

Interesting stove. I've just cut my first coup of 20 trees from chestnuts I planted 18 years ago, so I'll check this out. Self sufficiency is a long and hard road to follow, with a huge initial learning curve. I run my Cumbrian acreage alone, and when I've a big project, I sometimes have to abandon things for awhile, even when it comes to growing food.....we can spin only so many plates at a time. Volunteers aren't an option until I can easily feed and home them, and I refuse to use canvas with our unpredictable weather now. For your logs, buy a Makita 18v cordless chainsaw. I use one for my willow cropping, orchard pruning and branch removal. When you're settled, PLEASE plant trees for fuel before you do anything else. It truly is the best investment. If you're up north, drop in. I hope everything runs well for you.

@StrivingforSelfSufficiency 3 ай бұрын

Thanks so much for the recommendation, your chainsaw sounds like a good job. Grateful to hear that I'm not the only one that abandons projects! It can get a bit overwhelming at times - like you say, lots of plates to spin. Your plot sounds interesting, maybe you will add some videos of your own to KZfaq down the line? Would be great to see! All the best 🙂

@Lee_Proffit 3 ай бұрын

If you do a bit of DIYing and fit a sloping "ceiling" above the stove and under the chimney, that will drive the hot air out into the room. Also, if you split those logs before you cut them in half, it will be easier to cut and the smaller logs will make controlling the fire a bit easier, might get through the timber a bit quicker though 😞

@StrivingforSelfSufficiency 3 ай бұрын

Great advice, thanks so much!

@richardsilver98 4 ай бұрын

Thanks so much for doing this video, Eimear, it was really useful. A couple of questions if I may: (1) I think you said it burns fast and hot, such that oven temp gets to red zone quite quickly. Can you let it it burn down to embers to get a more moderate / stable cooking temp (will it hold the heat? (2) I think you said that for a smaller place it could effectively heat the space. Do you reckon it could take the place of a conventional wood heater?

@StrivingforSelfSufficiency 4 ай бұрын

You're welcome! Thanks for the request. In answer to your questions: 1) I don't think I've cooked with it consistently enough to answer properly but I think with more frequent use you would definitely get used to hitting the oven temperature 'sweet spot', and like you say, could knock off the oven dial to zero or adjust the vents to stabilise the cooking temperature. And 2) yes I think so for a smaller space, and from other reviews I've seen and read. Someone else commented that perhaps it would be more efficient in a better location (i.e. not between two walls in the chimney breast) which is a great point.

@OutdoorPrepper2025 4 ай бұрын

Very nice stove,but it looks wasted in-between those two walls,do you think it would of done better being somewhere else ?,heat wise ?

@StrivingforSelfSufficiency 4 ай бұрын

Really good point about it being in between the two walls and wasting heat. I suppose at the time I was thinking about the chimney breast being a logical place for the flue, and what would look best. In hindsight it would make more sense for it to be more exposed 👍

@OutdoorPrepper2025 4 ай бұрын

@@StrivingforSelfSufficiency the thing is that you can get a fan that goes on top and it will circulate the heat 👍

@StrivingforSelfSufficiency 4 ай бұрын

@@OutdoorPrepper2025 cheers - we got a wee fan from Aldi and it does a good job 🙂

@davidbrewer7844 3 ай бұрын

If you want to really cook on wood, the best one to go for is the go-eco BakeChef. Very clean huge oven and insulated lid on the cook spot. Also has a glass oven door so you can see the food without letting the heat out

@StrivingforSelfSufficiency 3 ай бұрын

Ooh that model looks really good! Shame about the price but I suppose you get what you pay for 😀

@OutdoorPrepper2025 4 ай бұрын

Go on test it out you know you want to 😆😅😂