WASHINGTON—There was no question that Woodstock Soapstone, an established manufacturer with more than 25 years of experience building catalytic stoves, took the Wood Stove Decathlon seriously. The ...

Cyle Jones welds a part for a steel woodstove that will hold the fireback to distribute fresh oxygen over the fire at Woodstock Soapstone Company in West Lebanon, N.H., on Thursday, Aug. 7, 2025. The ...

In West Lebanon, New Hampshire, the Woodstock Soapstone Company builds wood-burning stoves. A woodstove is essentially a firebox with a chimney. Installed in a living room, it can heat a home all ...

For anyone seeking respite from the chilly fall air in Washington, D.C., this week, the National Mall was a hot place to be: Twelve wood stoves were burning away as part of a fiery competition for ...

Ever since the first caveman threw a log on the first fire, burning wood for heating and cooking has helped to define human civilization. But wood as a fuel source has some inherent drawbacks, ...

This story was originally produced by the Concord Monitor. NHPR is republishing it in partnership with the Granite State News Collaborative. New Hampshire’s only manufacturer of wood stoves says it is ...