Our Efel

This is an Efel oil burning stove.  It heats our house.  The guys who came to teach us how to use it service it told me all about it.  See that glowing orange thing in the middle, generating the blue-ish glow from "boiling" oil.  That's called a dragon.  Cool, huh?  Little scary?  Yes, to me anyway.

Why is this Efel stove such a gem?  It requires no electricity, which is important when you live in a place where the power goes our frequently and for extended periods of time.  The oil is gravity fed.  Even the fan on top that helps circulate air is powered solely by the force of the rising warm air.  I've been told it's very efficient.  And you can cook on it, which we had to test out to believe for ourselves.  So we did.  Corn for our Thanksgiving dinner.