A wood-burning stove is a heating or cooking appliance capable of burning wood fuel, often called solid fuel, and wood-derived biomass fuel, such as sawdust bricks. Generally the appliance consists of
A 19th-century example of a wood-burning stove
Wood-burning stove heating a grocery store in Detroit (1922)
Spencer woodstove in British bungalow at Pollibetta, India
Wood fuel is a fuel such as firewood, charcoal, chips, sheets, pellets, and sawdust. The particular form used depends upon factors such as source, quantity, quality and application. In many areas, woo
Wood burning
Campfires have been used for ages: fires are integral to humanity.
Charcoal, a derivative of wood, was traditionally an important fuel in ironmaking and other processes
Ceramic stoves are traditional in Northern Europe: an 18th-century faience stove at Łańcut Castle, Poland