If I lived in Central Maine, I used to own property in Saint Albans, I would consider a stove with a glass front for light and a flat top for cooking and heating big pots of water. It will afford you a good back up in an emergency situation if electric power fails, roads are closed, gas is not available for your snow mobile, pipes are frozen, hot water heater died, etc.
I have a Drolet NG1800 Myraid that I bought from Northern Tools 13 years ago. Something I do not like, such as the EPA stuff (holes) getting clogged, spring failed on the damper this year, etc. But, the light provided by the stove has been handy, I have boiled water on it for hot baths when power failed and the water heater was dead.
I cook on it during the winter for things that require long cooking times such as baked beans, bean soup, turkey and chicken soup, even pizza a few times. Though what I do is put a big cookie sheet pan on the stove and place the pots or pans inside of that. Steam and water dripping off stuff onto the hot steel is very bad for the steel. I learned that on a cheaper first stove that nuked it. I never had water hit the glass door and I do not want to find the result of it doing so.
You should consider moving the stove and getting rid of that crazy double elbow and make sure the pipe is properly inclined. I use triple wall stainless steel for my exterior chimney and single wall inside with a Duraplus thimble. Though I know someone that had limited space and options and used triple wall stainless throughout the install right up to the stove top.
I have a Drolet NG1800 Myraid that I bought from Northern Tools 13 years ago. Something I do not like, such as the EPA stuff (holes) getting clogged, spring failed on the damper this year, etc. But, the light provided by the stove has been handy, I have boiled water on it for hot baths when power failed and the water heater was dead.
I cook on it during the winter for things that require long cooking times such as baked beans, bean soup, turkey and chicken soup, even pizza a few times. Though what I do is put a big cookie sheet pan on the stove and place the pots or pans inside of that. Steam and water dripping off stuff onto the hot steel is very bad for the steel. I learned that on a cheaper first stove that nuked it. I never had water hit the glass door and I do not want to find the result of it doing so.
You should consider moving the stove and getting rid of that crazy double elbow and make sure the pipe is properly inclined. I use triple wall stainless steel for my exterior chimney and single wall inside with a Duraplus thimble. Though I know someone that had limited space and options and used triple wall stainless throughout the install right up to the stove top.
