A video of the stove in action

 So we haven't tried out the stove for cooking yet. I feel like when I get there I'm going to need to learn how to use it. Or get a new one! 

The stove is cast iron and runs on diesel fuel. Dan lit it up and took the stove covers off and 🔥🔥. It heats up the entire galley & dining area so it can be used for heat too. 

The downside to it getting hot enough to heat a room is it's hot you can't touch it for quite a while after the fire is out because it's cast iron. 

But I had a little cast iron toy stove like this when I was little and I loved it so it's kind of cool to have a cast iron stove for real. 🙂


Here are 2 videos of the stove in action.

https://youtube.com/shorts/f6szd5XmOYY?feature=share

https://youtube.com/shorts/kzRPEru_9QU?feature=share


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