A stove that also has to be a hotplate and an oven
A wood cooker heats a room and cooks on the same fire, and that double job is what makes the specification read differently from a plain stove. The rated output is still published, but it is split: a portion goes into the room and a portion into the hotplate and the oven, and the makers who publish that split are the minority. Where it is given, it is the most useful number on the sheet. The hotplate is described by its area and by whether it has removable rings — a solid plate gives one temperature gradient, hottest above the firebox, and cooking on it is a matter of moving the pan rather than turning a knob. The oven is given in litres and, on the better listings, with the temperature range it actually reaches; an oven that tops out at 200 °C is a different appliance from one that reaches 300 °C, and bread makes the difference obvious. Then the practical constraints that no cooking figure captures: the flue diameter, usually smaller than a room stove of the same output; the surface material, enamelled steel or cast iron, which decides how it is cleaned; and the ash handling, because a cooker is lit daily in winter rather than in the evening. We compare nominal output, efficiency, emissions and standard, hotplate, oven cavity, firebox, flue, dimensions, weight and construction.
10.1 kW, 77.1 % efficiency, 130 mm top flue, 340 mm logs, 71 kg, EN 12815
The most powerful cooker on this shelf at 10.1 kW, with nine published lines including the firebox, the oven and the door opening.
Best for: A larger room or a poorly insulated one, where the extra kilowatts are the point
7.7 kW, 82.63 %, cast iron firebox, 40 cm logs crosswise, type 1, self-closing door
The only appliance on this shelf that publishes its clearances, its emissions in full, and the fact that it may share a chimney.
Best for: An installation where the chimney already carries something else, or where the clearances have to be proved on paper
7.7 kW, 82.2 % efficiency, 830 × 500 × 860 mm, 95 kg, CO 0.0885 % at nominal
Ten published lines at 7.7 kW and 82.2 % — with a model name that appears twice on this shelf under two different brands.
Best for: A room of around 100 to 120 cubic metres, where the maker has at least published a range
9 kW, chimney connection, energy class A, white
A 9 kW cooker in white, sold on five lines — the first of which says heating only, while the title sells an oven.
Best for: A white kitchen, by a buyer who will get the missing specification from the manufacturer first
7.7 kW, 82.2 % efficiency, primary/secondary/tertiary air, BImSchV stage 2, Ecodesign 2022
The stainless-fronted version of a 7.7 kW cooker, with a three-stage air system and both emission schemes named.
Best for: A kitchen where the appliance is on show, and where both emission stages have to be satisfied
5 kW, 79.3 % efficiency, flue 120 mm top / rear / left side, 85 × 70 × 60 cm, enamel
The smallest output on this shelf, in enamel, with the flue connectable at the top, the rear or the left side.
Best for: A kitchen with an awkward flue position, where a side or rear connection solves the layout
8 kW, 83.7 %, cast iron, 50 cm logs crosswise, 13 Pa draught needed, 125 kg, type 2
A hundred and twenty-five kilograms of cast iron taking fifty-centimetre logs crosswise — and the only appliance here to publish the draught it needs.
Best for: A dedicated flue with a good draught, and a household that would rather buy 50 cm firewood than 25
Only the specifications at least four models out of five state. A column that is more empty than full compares nothing.
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Specifications: manufacturer sheets and Amazon product pages. Prices and availability: Keepa. No product on this site has been physically tested.
Most recent revision in this category: September 22, 2026.
