Stove

This article is about the fuel-burning heating device. For details on cooking stoves in particular, see kitchen stove. For other uses, see Stove (disambiguation).

A stove is an enclosed heated space. The word is usually taken to mean an enclosed space in which fuel is burned to provide heating, either to heat the space in which the stove is found or to heat the stove itself, and anything placed on it. This article is principally concerned with enclosed stoves burning solid fuels for room heating.

Alsatian stove in Fouday church

Kitchen stove

See the main article: Kitchen stove

A kitchen stove is a kitchen appliance designed for cooking food. Kitchen stoves rely on the application of direct heat for the cooking process and may also contain an oven underneath it which is used for baking.