I-Beam Stove Heats, Cooks And Smokes

I-Beam Stove Heats, Cooks And Smokes ENERGY Miscellaneous 31-6-10 Built from heavy scrap I-beam material, this new stove heats, cooks, and smokes. Bud Beaston of Skiatook, Oklahoma, built the stove to heat his shop. It worked so well that he started thinking of other uses for it. He added an oven and smoker to the stovetop, which lets him use the stove for heating and cooking throughout the winter. His shop is connected to his house, Bud frequently cooks brats and grills steaks while watching TV football games on weekends. And during the week, he's found he can put a big pot of beans or stew in the oven for the family dinner. The stove also works great for smoking meats, as long as the fire is permitted to burn down prior to starting the smoking process. After modifying it for cooking, Beaston decided to try heating his home with the stove. He welded tubes inside the firebox to work like heat exchangers, and made an entrance and exit at the back of the stove to circulate hot air to and from his house. He found through trial and error that the tubes have to be 8 in. square or larger to get sufficient airflow. Beaston says, "I like this stove because I can heat my shop and house and cook all winter for free." The stove works so well Bud is building another one with additional improvements and refinements. He's willing to offer do-it-yourself plans if there's enough interest. Contact: FARM SHOW Followup, Bud Beaston, HC 67, P. O. Box 935, Skiatook, Okla. 74070 (ph 918 288-2602).

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