MBS Magnum Wood & Coal Cookstove 🔥🍞

Rugged Cast Iron Construction Built for Serious Cooking

The MBS Magnum Wood & Coal Cookstove is a heavy-duty European cookstove engineered specifically for wood-fired and coal-fired cooking. Featuring a cast iron firebox, cast iron doors, cast iron cooking surface, and an insulated enamel oven, the Magnum is designed to provide decades of reliable service while delivering exceptional baking and cooking performance.

Whether you're preparing everyday family meals, baking fresh bread, heating water, or cooking during a power outage, the Magnum offers the traditional functionality many homeowners seek in a wood-burning cookstove. Its large cooking surface, spacious oven, and ability to burn either wood or coal make it a versatile addition to cabins, homesteads, off-grid properties, and country kitchens.

The Magnum's robust cast iron construction provides excellent heat retention, durability, and long service life, while its attractive enamel finish delivers classic European styling.

🔥 Why Choose the MBS Magnum?

Unlike many modern stoves designed primarily for heating, the Magnum was purpose-built for cooking. The cooktop reaches cooking temperatures in as little as 15 to 30 minutes, while the oven can achieve 350°F in approximately 30 minutes, making it ideal for daily use.

The ability to burn either wood or coal offers additional fuel flexibility and dependable cooking performance throughout the year.

📐 Overall Dimensions

• Width: 37.4"
• Height: 33.5"
• Depth: 23.7"

Its compact footprint makes it a great choice for kitchens, cabins, hunting camps, and off-grid homes.

🔥 Firebox Dimensions

• Width: 11"
• Height: 12"
• Depth: 15"

Fire Door Dimensions

• Width: 11.0"
• Height: 9.1"

Firebox Features

• Entirely cast iron construction
• Long service life
• Secondary air wash system
• Glass fire viewing door
• Easy fuel loading

The secondary air inlet helps keep the firebox glass cleaner by directing air across the viewing surface during operation.

🍞 Oven Dimensions

• Width: 13.8"
• Height: 10.6"
• Depth: 18.5"

Oven Features

• Enameled oven interior
• Insulated oven chamber
• Built-in thermometer
• Glass oven viewing door

The integrated oven thermometer displays temperatures from 0° to 500°C, allowing precise monitoring while baking.

Perfect for:

• Bread
• Pizza
• Roasts
• Casseroles
• Cookies and pastries

⚖️ Total Product Weight

• Weight: 441 lbs

The substantial cast iron construction provides excellent thermal mass and durability.

🌡️ Heating Performance

• Maximum Output: 42,000 BTU/hr
• Designed specifically for cooking and baking
• Generates significant radiant heat while operating

Important EPA Information

The Magnum is designed as a cookstove and is not certified as a residential wood heater.

Cookstoves are exempt from EPA residential wood heater regulations because they are specifically designed for cooking and baking applications.

🍳 Premium Cast Iron Cooking Surface

The Magnum features:

• Cast iron frame
• Cast iron hotplate
• Rapid heat-up times
• Multiple cooking zones

Cooking Performance

• Cooktop reaches cooking temperatures in approximately 15–30 minutes
• Large cooking surface for multiple pots and pans
• Excellent heat retention

Ideal for:

• Boiling
• Frying
• Simmering
• Canning
• Everyday meal preparation

🌲 Fuel Options

Wood

For best performance use:

✔ Dry seasoned hardwood
✔ Natural untreated wood

Coal

Recommended fuels include:

✔ Anthracite coal
✔ Bituminous coal
✔ Lignite coal

Do Not Use

✘ Manufactured coal bricks
✘ Coal dust products

For best results, store coal in a dry, well-ventilated area.

🔧 Chimney Specifications

• Flue Outlet Size: 4.7" / 5.1"
• 6" Stove Pipe Adapter Included
• Flue Position: Top Right or Top Left
• Minimum Chimney Height: 12 feet

The included adapter allows connection to standard 6-inch stove pipe systems.

🛠️ Construction & Materials

Cast Iron Components

• Firebox
• Firebox door
• Oven door
• Ash door
• Warming drawer door
• Cooktop frame
• Cooking plate

Additional Materials

• Enameled steel side panels
• Enameled cooking surface surround
• Glass firebox door
• Glass oven door

The extensive use of grey cast iron contributes to the stove's long lifespan and excellent heat retention.

🔥 Air Control System

The Magnum includes multiple combustion controls:

Primary Air Controls

Located on:

• Ash door
• Warming drawer door

Secondary Air Control

Located above the firebox door

Benefits:

✔ Cleaner glass
✔ Improved combustion
✔ Better efficiency
✔ Reduced soot accumulation

⭐ Why Customers Love the Magnum

✅ Burns both wood and coal
✅ Heavy-duty cast iron construction
✅ Large baking oven
✅ Glass firebox and oven doors
✅ Fast heat-up times
✅ Built-in oven thermometer
✅ Flexible flue outlet positioning
✅ Traditional European styling

⚠️ Certification Notice

This stove was previously tested to UL standards; however, the certification has expired.

Please consult local building officials and insurance providers before purchasing.

📄 Resources & Documentation

Owner's Manual

https://discountstoves.net/v/vspfiles/downloadables/MBS/MBS-Magnum-Wood-and-Coal-Cook-Stove-Manual-6-30-22.pdf

Safety Label

https://discountstoves.net/v/vspfiles/downloadables/MBS/MBS-Safety-Label-6-30-22.pdf

🎥 Product Video

https://youtu.be/-OcSCDSMWaI?si=536CajdfwndRqCD9

🛡️ Warranty

• 1 Year Parts Warranty

🚚 Shipping Information

The MBS Magnum ships via freight carrier and is professionally packaged for safe transport.

For homeowners seeking a durable cast iron cookstove capable of burning both wood and coal while providing excellent baking performance and timeless European styling, the MBS Magnum Wood & Coal Cookstove is an outstanding choice.