I want one that heats the house AND can cook stuff on top.
I just remember sleeping in that house in the dead of January, and it was HOT in that bedroom!
Now I live with ‘central heat and air conditioning’; and it makes me long even for the days when I grew up with radiators. I was never cold then, either.
This is what we have. Fisher Papa bear and that front flat spot is big enough for our 12 inch cast iron skillet and we've even baked on it using the cover from a small Brinkmann smoker to give the oven affect. We've made pizza, cake, cornbread etc.
I've also got a Grandpa Bear sitting in my shop and we have a small high efficient, air tight stove that I'd been swapping out for the Papa Bear in the Spring and Fall but that's kinda of a pain even though it puts out a lot of heat from a little bit of dry wood. Uninstalling and reinstalling wood stoves twice a year is a pain. If we had more room, I'd have the little air tight sitting next to the Papa Bear and just alternate between them.