"The Heart of the Home"—Since 1976 Maine Wood Heat founders Albie and Cheryl Barden have made it their life’s work to introduce the European masonry heater tradition to America. We create beautiful, super-efficient sources of gentle, radiant warmth using our patented AlbieCore™ system.
Three Heaters Indeed!!! Part 1
by scott ~ March 16th, 2009
After more than a year of intense planning and delays my most recent Finnish fireplace installation proved to be well worth the wait. Our paths first crossed with Nancy Pearson in 1982 when Albie was installing a basic ...
Le Panyol on The Rachael Ray Show!
by joe ~ December 29th, 2008
Believe it or not, it's true! Almost one year ago a Le Panyol was featured on The Rachael Ray Show's "America's Coolest Kitchens" segment. The show visited the recently (and masterfully) remodeled ...
Maine Wood Heat and Dan Wing in the New York Times.
by joe ~ December 17th, 2008
This great piece in the New York Times from a few years ago offers a Kneading Conference 2009 preview. You can make the jump to the article here, or if you're not yet familiar with the Kneading Conference, ...
Le Panyol in Yankee Magazine Online.
by joe ~ November 3rd, 2008
In case you missed the wonder feature on our friend Ciril Hitz's Le Panyol in the special Fall issue of Yankee Magazine, you can now read it online. It's a great feature on the oven that we built ...
Le Panyol Provence Gets National Attention.
by joe ~ October 23rd, 2008
The Kansas City Star recently had a nice piece on our new Le Panyol wood fired oven, the Provence. The piece highlights the oven's ability to redefine the home chef's concept of the pizza status quo (and pizza ovens in general!). Click here for the original article. ...
