want warming shelf for wood stove

[Bonnie L]

I'd like to have a warming shelf on my wood stove. I like the cabin on the cool side, but that's usually too cool for bread to rise.

A warming shelf that would somehow attach to the stove pipe or behind the stove would be great. Or something - anything - that would keep the dough warm, but not too hot.

Please keep in mind that none of us are what you could call handy. So it has to be simple.

[highlands]

We put a large flat slab of stone over our stove. This stores heat and tempers the stove so things can be set on it to dry. Works well.

Cheers

-Walter
Sugar Mountain Farm
Pastured Pigs, Sheep & Kids
in the mountains of Vermont
Read about our on-farm butcher shop project:
http://SugarMtnFarm.com/butchershop
http://SugarMtnFarm.com/csa

[Bonnie L]

Thanks, Walter! At first I wondered where I'd get a slab of stone, then remembered I have some leftover paving stones. I should have thought of those.

Btw - Walter is a really nice, old-fashioned name. My dh is a Walter, also the dh of a good friend. We've gotten into the habit of referring to our respective husbands as "my Walter."

[seagullplayer]

Don't know how much bread you are talking, but mom use to turn a turkey pan upside down on top of her wood stove to warm stuff. She would sometimes just put bread on a stool behind the stove.

[miboje]

My warming oven is actually too hot to raise bread, so I place it on the floor beside the oven side, out of the way of foot traffic, and it works really well that way. Another option might be to place a chair beside the oven side, and put your rising dough there.