Are they not really inefficient? I always thought they were but I could be wrong!
What are you burning in it?
And those chalk sticks you are frying ? How are they?
No harm but wtf is that thing and why is it between two sofas
Why do people feel the need to post stuff that’s just lies?
Do you need the attention that badly ffs
I use mine every day. It cooks, heats the rads and the water. Absolute godsend.
Love these things. Just old school.
Cooks everything way better than a modern cooker no joke. Especially baking or meat.
We had a solid fuel one of those growing up in the 80’s. The house had no central heating but the range would heat the water. Was great for heating the kitchen/ diner and used the top plates for soups and stews. Was able to do scones in the wee oven bit.
Exact same one my granny has and uses till this day. Same colour and all
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Looks like my nanny’s stove and the exact same steel kettle, that setup is beautiful
What age is that Stanley? She’s some goer
I actually got a shock when I saw this, I thought it was a picture of my Mam’s cooker at home for a second lol
Ive the same one at the aul gaff. Set up for oil eventually.
Jesus, this gave me a fair bang of nostalgia. Living in Canada a good few years now and this brings me right back to my Nanny’s living room.
Thats an oil cooker no?
my uncle is a cabinet-maker, last one for about 20miles and probably the youngest for 50miles, he has so many offcuts he still a range man, cosy house too
My parents had one EXACTLY the same.
I havent seen that kettle since 2002 when my parents moved house. We’d the same range too. You needed a science degree to turn the thing between heading the rads and heating the oven. It kept the place savage warm though. We were lucky to have it. You’re lucky OP.
What”s our ranking on the Human Development Index again…
My partner and i are about to buy an old stanley solid fuel range .i used one for years in my old house great bits of kit if youve access to cheap /free fuel and weve inherited 10 acres of forestry that needs thinning so our heating and cooking costs are about to shrink dramatically and the dry heat in the oven makes for better baking and roasting .
Sure theres an art to cooking on a range but once youve cracked it its no bother and youre doing something wrong or the range is faulty if you cant get the top hot enough to fry food .
Same. Using it for eating, water and rads. Don’t use the cooker and only use oil for 10 minutes to boost the heat in the rads as the stove starts (we find this heats the house faster at the start). We got the stove with the house we bought a few years back. A few months back I cleaned the stove cavities from soot and now it is a ragging heat monster…. Love it!
Literally have the exact same one at the parents house
I have the same range in white with the same kettle too, put in a backboiler so we can heat rads while the fire is lit too because firewood only costs the fuel of the chainsaw and diesel for the van to get it home.
Have a range at the kitchen at home heating the water and the radiators. A god send
Get fancy pants here with their modern range. [Bacon, cabbage, spuds and turnip ](https://i.imgur.com/PDQH2KO.jpg) bubbling away on the stove.
if that range is pre 1999 then the white rope string stuff is asbestos…. should get it tested looks in poor condition
My parents have a Stanley too! Though it’s a little bit different that your one.
Funnily enough, I’ve never seen anyone else with one before.
If only having a few spuds put a metal round accordian colander/ steamer inside your saucepan, only part-fill the saucepan with water. Because they cook faster in the higher steam temp than they do in the lower boiling temp.
But might not work for a very large number of spuds that need a very large pot & steamer too expanded near the water line so no path for the steam to rise up the sides, only bottom spuds getting steamed, & too many spuds means some spuds being insulated from the steam by all the other spuds that surround them.
But give it a go for a small family with only a small number of spuds.
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I’m using one to heat the water and eat.
Are they not really inefficient? I always thought they were but I could be wrong!
What are you burning in it?
And those chalk sticks you are frying ? How are they?
No harm but wtf is that thing and why is it between two sofas
Why do people feel the need to post stuff that’s just lies?
Do you need the attention that badly ffs
I use mine every day. It cooks, heats the rads and the water. Absolute godsend.
Love these things. Just old school.
Cooks everything way better than a modern cooker no joke. Especially baking or meat.
We had a solid fuel one of those growing up in the 80’s. The house had no central heating but the range would heat the water. Was great for heating the kitchen/ diner and used the top plates for soups and stews. Was able to do scones in the wee oven bit.
Exact same one my granny has and uses till this day. Same colour and all
[deleted]
Looks like my nanny’s stove and the exact same steel kettle, that setup is beautiful
What age is that Stanley? She’s some goer
I actually got a shock when I saw this, I thought it was a picture of my Mam’s cooker at home for a second lol
Ive the same one at the aul gaff. Set up for oil eventually.
Jesus, this gave me a fair bang of nostalgia. Living in Canada a good few years now and this brings me right back to my Nanny’s living room.
Thats an oil cooker no?
my uncle is a cabinet-maker, last one for about 20miles and probably the youngest for 50miles, he has so many offcuts he still a range man, cosy house too
My parents had one EXACTLY the same.
I havent seen that kettle since 2002 when my parents moved house. We’d the same range too. You needed a science degree to turn the thing between heading the rads and heating the oven. It kept the place savage warm though. We were lucky to have it. You’re lucky OP.
What”s our ranking on the Human Development Index again…
My partner and i are about to buy an old stanley solid fuel range .i used one for years in my old house great bits of kit if youve access to cheap /free fuel and weve inherited 10 acres of forestry that needs thinning so our heating and cooking costs are about to shrink dramatically and the dry heat in the oven makes for better baking and roasting .
Sure theres an art to cooking on a range but once youve cracked it its no bother and youre doing something wrong or the range is faulty if you cant get the top hot enough to fry food .
Same. Using it for eating, water and rads. Don’t use the cooker and only use oil for 10 minutes to boost the heat in the rads as the stove starts (we find this heats the house faster at the start). We got the stove with the house we bought a few years back. A few months back I cleaned the stove cavities from soot and now it is a ragging heat monster…. Love it!
Literally have the exact same one at the parents house
I have the same range in white with the same kettle too, put in a backboiler so we can heat rads while the fire is lit too because firewood only costs the fuel of the chainsaw and diesel for the van to get it home.
Have a range at the kitchen at home heating the water and the radiators. A god send
Get fancy pants here with their modern range. [Bacon, cabbage, spuds and turnip ](https://i.imgur.com/PDQH2KO.jpg) bubbling away on the stove.
if that range is pre 1999 then the white rope string stuff is asbestos…. should get it tested looks in poor condition
My parents have a Stanley too! Though it’s a little bit different that your one.
Funnily enough, I’ve never seen anyone else with one before.
If only having a few spuds put a metal round accordian colander/ steamer inside your saucepan, only part-fill the saucepan with water. Because they cook faster in the higher steam temp than they do in the lower boiling temp.
But might not work for a very large number of spuds that need a very large pot & steamer too expanded near the water line so no path for the steam to rise up the sides, only bottom spuds getting steamed, & too many spuds means some spuds being insulated from the steam by all the other spuds that surround them.
But give it a go for a small family with only a small number of spuds.