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Our in-house blog for all of the Maine Wood Heat Family to share. From updates about installed heaters to tips for getting the most out of wood heat to recipes that bring out the best in your wood fired oven and much more!

Kneading Conference and Maine Artisan Bread Fair 2010

by amyclark ~ June 15th, 2010
The countdown begins... All of us here at Maine Wood Heat Co. are getting “fired up” about this year’s ...

Heikki Hyytiainen Comes to Wild Acres

by albie ~ June 7th, 2010
Our old friend of over thirty years, Heikki Hyytiainen, came to Wild Acres this year in Little Switzerland as a speaker and presenter at the annual Masonry Heater Association retreat. Heikki was our ...

Marty Cain Masonry Heater Workshop

by albie ~ May 24th, 2010
Albie drove a fully loaded truck and trailer to North Carolina from Maine with two crates on board with soapstone, sandstone, marble, firebrick and castable refractory elements all prefabbed for a small masonry heater at Marty Cain's mountain top home in Black Mountain, North Carolina. Earlier this spring, Marty had ...

Winning Masonry Heater & Bake Oven Design Awards at Wild Acres

by amyclark ~ May 7th, 2010
For the past few years at the annual meetings of the Masonry Heater Association of North America which takes place at the Wild Acres Retreat Center in Little Switzerland, a design contest has been held for the best masonry heater, the best masonry bake oven and this year for the ...

Hands-On Masonry Heater Workshop Announced

by amyclark ~ February 22nd, 2010
Maine Wood Heat and Albie Barden are building another soapstone veneered masonry heater for our long time friend Marty Cain in a hands-on workshop in Black Mountain, North Carolina from April 13th – 15th 2010. ...