As Explained Above Steel Stoves Are Covered With Firebrick This Is To Help The Burner Hold Heat.

That relies upon the burner you have in your mind's eye. The old school, paunch stoves that crop up in most Western films failed to do the atmosphere any favors. But today's woodburning stoves, built with fuel usage to mind, are a different story. Back in the times of cowboys and general stores, wood stoves might have been mistaken for indoor smokestacks-and that would not have been too far away from the honest truth. Ashes are removed with a spade. As mentioned above steel stoves are covered

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