I got some recipes passed down from my mother. Part of the recipe was what type of wood to use for the stove and how long to let it burn before starting to cook.
We have TWO wood-burning stoves in our sunroom (the wife inherited them). One's a little potbelly stove...the other a full-size cook stove like below. Both are plant stands! Had to hire people to move the big one. I tell people "EVERYBODY needs two wood-burning stoves in a sunroom". Now...we may actually have to use it. Sheesh.