I know almost nothing about it beyond what you may get from the pics. It was mentioned to a friend of a friend that i might be interested in old Kero burners and this thing pulled in my driveway. It's a never been fired item, his vague guess is 50's 60's. Because > it's old, >stoves are collectible, > and it's like new the owner thinks it's worth something. It's mostly sheet metal, i doubt it but i have no idea. It's stamped made in usa, the tank is embossed w/ Use Kerosene Only and Use Petroleo Solamente. In a box w/the legs off would be like 38 x 13 x 11.5 and it may come to that, costly POS to ship but it needs a new home. It's not a classic camp stove i know but thought I'd share. I lucked into some ok classic finds over the weekend that i AM interested in, 1 will be in an upcoming post. This kero-trio appliance found me and there ya have it.
lovely stove. Ive got a 2 burner version without legs and nothing like as new as that. They eat fuel like you wouldnt believe and with it being effectivly new I would look at it going to a collector of pristine gear. That could also mean getting a pristine price on ebay
When I was a wee laddie of some six summers my mom had one of those only from Sears & Roebuck. She used it during summers in S Western So. Dak. It got nasty hot there, sometimes up to the 120's F. Dad built a lean to in back of the house with screen walls to keep out the swarms of bugs while allowing the breeze through. Cooking in the house with the big wood and coal fired kitchen range was torture, but the little kerosene three burner was a blessing. She had a Coleman oven she used on one of the burners to bake bread and stuff. I asked in later years what happened to the stove and how much fuel did it use. Mom said she gave it to a neighbor when we moved and because we were in an Army installation the fuel was free to us, so she never figured the consumption, she'd just go to the call box at the end of the street and have the Army bring another five or ten gallons as needed. I think she said kerosene was about six cents a gallon in town. Cheap even for 1950. Gerry
Gorgeous kerosene wick stove. Unfortunately, kerosene is too expensive for practicality. 5.25 a gallon here, from the pump. Nice for a cabin perhaps, but even then, propane has usurped it. I have a propane 4 top in my kitchen and an on demand propane hot water heater. Cheap by comparison to kero or even natural gas here. :-) If you own it now, the ebay comment up thread would be my idea too. You could probably get enough selling the beauty to buy 5 nice collectible camp stoves, with a bit of luck. Just my guess!
My Grandparents had a 'Summer Kitchen'. Isn't usually too hot here on the coast, but I guess a woodstove would be brutal in the summer! Not sure what kind of stove they had... It had indoor plumbing AND electricity, long before the house did...
Thanks each of you for your comments and the Lehman's link (wow) with the Amish angle, all, much appreciated. I'm sharing a pic in that it too can be a convenient tabletop stove. As for y'all's suggestions where/how to use it, as a table top unit, i'm thinking this will look nice on a shelf above a table where it may get seasonal use. It's fairly light and goes nice n easy on/off the shelf. it'll likely look just as good on a collector's shelf near you! (ok, maybe not New Zealand) I may see if I can stir up some interest as I travel thru Amish country as well. As i said, it found me, i have other stuff i'm persueing not sure what to do w/this one just yet. thx again
