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Late one evening over the holidays, I received a call from a nice woman from Massachusetts who had read about us in Yankee Magazine. She was enamored with the concept of heating her small cottage with a Russian fireplace. It would be the heart of her small 800 square foot rustic retreat in the Berkshires. It was a pleasant conversation, and a ...

“Life takes place where you RESIDE.”
~ Sotheby’s International Realty

With each Le Panyol wood fired oven we design, we celebrate the creative nature of our client’s homes, their lifestyles, personalities, and culinary aspirations. As such, it was a wonderful surprise to find our Le Panyol ovens featured in Sotheby’s International Realty Magazine, RESIDE, a publication dedicated to the creative world of ...

Date: October 18th – 29th, 2010
Location: Wilton, ME
Cost: $500.00

Albie Barden, Master Builder and President of Maine Wood Heat Co., will be working on a stone veneer see-through masonry heater at the Cram residence in Wilton, ME during the last two weeks of October, and welcomes any interested mason (beginner, intermediate or advanced) to ...

From seed to loaf…How do we get there from here?

Bakers from all over the country joined together with millers, grain growers, and experts in soil and sustainable farming practices last month for the 2010 Kneading Conference held in Skowhegan, Maine. We were honored to take part, arriving each day as the sun was rising to fire up our Le ...

The countdown begins…

All of us here at Maine Wood Heat Co. are getting “fired up” about this year’s Kneading Conference and Maine Artisan Bread Fair coming up July 29^th – 30^th. The countdown has begun, the schedule is set, the presenter’s are lined up, and the ovens are ready ...

Luxury Home Quarterly, a leading magazine in custom home design, recently selected our signature series of Le Panyol outdoor wood fired ovens for the “On the Rise” section in their May/June 2010 issue.

The “On the Rise” piece features trendsetting designs, up-and-coming businesses, new construction projects and innovative professionals. We’re ...

With a new Maine Wood Heat Signature Le Panyol oven in the heart of Wine country, word is sure to spread fast about Medlock Ames’ gleaming addition to their newly opened tasting room.

Located at 3487 Alexander Valley Road, in Healdsburg in the old Alexander Valley ...

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 best masonry project.

Entries are submitted with descriptions but no names of ...

Ah, the New Year! It feels good. The sun has been out, we’re all rested up and recovered from the holidays, exciting projects are underway, and we’re moving full speed ahead.

However, before we get lost in 2010 and another year flies by, all of us at Maine Wood Heat took time reflect on the great experiences and fond memories we’ve had over this past year. To celebrate, we decided to take a look back on a few moments that topped ...

“Bread brings people together in ways that ignite tradition, fertility, invention
and community.”
- Albie Barden, Maine Wood Heat Co.

As proud supporters of the Kneading Conference for the past three years, we’re already looking forward to the 2010 Conference which will take place in Skowhegan, Maine from July 29th – 30th, followed by ...