T&T: Diesel Stoves

[Peter Bennett]

Saturday, July 8, 2006, 5:55:39 AM, Lee wrote:

LL> Dear List,

LL> The admiral wants a good stove top and oven. Here in Europe, butane  
LL> is the bottle gas of choice. In America, there is propane.

LL> In theory, the boat will be spending time on both sides, and, in  
LL> theory, could have a "gas" cooking system set up to use butune here,  
LL> shift it to propane "over there."

LL> But, that sounds like work, and, with the possibility of less than  
LL> effective performance.... (Don't know, maybe someone does?)

LL> So, she asked me, why not a stove top and oven powered by diesel  
LL> fuel? She though is worried about the smell and soot

LL> I had no good answer so..... I am posing the question to "The List."

LL> TIA

LL> Lee

LL> PS: I understand Dickinson makes diesel fired stove tops and ovens.

The Dickinson diesel stoves I am aware of are not comparable in use to propane/butane/alcohol stoves - they are more like old-fashioned wood stoves - there is a single fire pot at one side that heats the whole stove (and boat), with little control of where the heat goes - the whole top of the stove gets hot.  These things are not "instant" - if you want bacon & eggs at 0800, someone has to get up at 0600 to start the stove.  I was recently on a boat with one of these - the thing was started at the start of the cruise, left on 24 hours/day, and only turned off near the end of the trip.


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