It seem as though stoves have always enjoyed a special place in our homes and it is not just for cooking. The first stoves were the coal, gas and electric models, invented in 1833, 1826 and 1891 respectively.

The choices are numerous and include wood, gas and pellet burning stoves to name just a few. They have certainly come a long way and there is no doubt that stoves do provide efficient heating and are timeless in their unique styling.

wood pellet stoves
The cast iron stove is another style that is not only efficient but very stylish and is still a popular choice today. Aside from their decorative and attractive traditional styles they are also capable of using a number of different fuel types, such as coal stoves and wood burning stoves, and many other types of smokeless fuels.

Of course, they are also able to operate as fully functioning cooking stoves and still provide efficient heating. An output of high heat is a standard feature on all of the styles and models, starting at a low of 6 kilowatts up to a large wattage of 16 kilowatts, which is more than capable of heating a large room.

cooking stoves
There has been a big push towards making things more environmentally friendly and stoves are no exception. One way to accomplish this is to use pellet burning stoves as they use byproducts, which would otherwise be waste material from saw milling and other wood transformation processes. Everyone is trying to do their part in keep the environment green by coming up with environmentally friendly appliances, such as stoves and fireplaces.

There is also a pellet stove that offers the same type of environmentally friendly and simple operation as the wood pellet stoves. Most of the pellet stoves rely on sophisticated computers and circuit boards to determine how much pellet fuel should be burned. Most models have at least two burn settings and some use thermostats to control the fire. This type of system is highly efficient and causes very little pollution.

corn pellet stove
Another advantage to these types of wood pellet stoves is that they burn pellet wood so efficiently that a standard chimney is not typically needed. Normally, the exhaust fumes are routed through a small hole in the wall to the outdoors using a pipe known as a pellet stove vent. Pellet burning stoves can also be vented up through an existing masonry or prefab chimney but normally the chimney will have to be relined with a single stainless steel wall pipe.