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Built for the Road Less TraveledWe built the Dwarf Stove to solve a problem. When setting up our 1966 Airstream adventure trailer, we needed a compact wood stove that was efficient, affordable, and made for off-grid heat. Everything we found was either missing key features, beyond our budget, or designed for much larger spaces. So we set out to create the perfect stove for small spaces! After launching the Dwarf line, we knew we wanted to add the functionality of a baking oven. The Dwarf Cookstove Combo is our most versatile setup yet. It combines the heating power of our Dwarf 5kW wood stove with a durable, bolt-on baking oven so you can cook real meals in your off-grid space without any extra fuel or electrical hookups. Whether you’re traveling for a few days or a few months, this setup gives you dry, radiant heat and the ability to bake bread, roast vegetables, or simmer a pot of soup, all using firewood. |
Dwarf Cookstove Combo Key Features
- Large baking capacity – The interior of the oven measures 11-1/8″ W x 10-1/2″ D x 12″ H
- Functional cooking surfaces – The top cooking surface is made of cast iron and has a removable cooktop ring to allow for more direct heat to a skillet or pot. The interior surface provides hotter temperatures for sautéing and frying.
- Cast Iron Door and Firebox for long-lasting heat and durability
- Large Viewing Window adds ambiance and helps monitor your fire
- Compact Rear Flue Exit for a more compact installation than our standard rear exit tee and additional heat transfer into the oven.
- Three Separate Air Controls for fine-tuned burn and clean glass
- Riddling Grate and Ash Pan make cleanup quick and easy
- Cool-Touch Spring Handle keeps your hands safe while stoking
- Built for Life Guarantee – register your stove and receive a lifetime of free replacements of consumable parts (fire bricks, glass, and gaskets)
Optional Add-Ons
- Tall Legs
- Wood Storage Stand
- Heat Shields to reduce clearances
- Direct-Air Kit to maintain indoor warmth and reduce draftiness
Dwarf Specs at a Glance
| Dimensions: | H35” x W14” x D14” – see detailed measurement drawings |
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| Heat Output: | 5kw (around 17,000 BTUs) How many BTU’s do you need? |
| Weight: | 150lbs + Oven 50 lbs |
| Flue Diameter: | 5” |
| Material: | Steel Body with a Cast Iron Door and Firebox |
| Fuels: | Wood, Pressed Logs – up to 12″ long |
| Certifications | EPA Camp Stove Exempt. Not a residential heater. For portable and temporary use only. |
| Dwarf Stove Manual | Download Stove Manual |
Clearance Requirements
- 16 inches on the sides
- 18 inches at the rear
- 36 inches from the top to the ceiling
You can reduce clearances by up to two-thirds with proper heat shielding. Read about heat shield options and clearance reductions here.
Construction and Functionality
Body
Made from thick steel plate, between 3/16 inch and 5/16 inch, for strength and durability in tough travel conditions.
Door
Cast iron with a large viewing window for a cozy, radiant heat source and optimal heat retention (cast iron remains hot much longer than steel)
Flue Outlet
The Dwarf 5kW uses a 5″ flue exit. When the baking oven is installed, the stove will use its rear flue exit with the cast iron compact rear exit tee.
Air Controls
Separate controls for primary and secondary air below the firebox. A tertiary air wash above the door keeps the glass clean and helps the fire burn more efficiently.
Firebox
Made of cast iron and lined with refractory fire brick for even heat and long life.
Ash Management
The riddling grate lets you sift ash into the removable pan with a simple lever. No need to dig it out with a shovel.
Retrofit the Oven on an Existing Dwarf 5kW Stove
The Dwarf Baking Oven can easily be added to a Dwarf 5kW stove later. If you are installing a Dwarf 5kW but planning ahead for a future addition of the Dwarf Oven, it makes sense to plan your installation, knowing that you’ll later be adding the oven. Here are three options:
- Order the Compact Rear Exit Tee with your stove. Install your flue using this component and when your oven arrives, all you’ll need to do is bolt it on top. The oven comes with another compact rear exit tee packed inside so you may ship this back for a refund. We don’t uncrate the ovens before shipping so we cannot remove the extra tee prior to shipping.
- Install your stove using the top exit flue flange until the oven comes. Once you get the oven and install the included compact rear exit tee, you’ll need to move your stove about 6″ forward to ensure you still have proper clearances behind the stove since the tee extends about 6″ from the back of the stove. Plan your hearth with this in mind.
- Order a standard rear exit tee and install your stove using this with the rear flue flange. Once you get the oven, swap out the standard rear exit tee for the included compact rear exit tee. You’ll need to move your stove back by about 2″ since the compact rear exit tee takes up less space and you want to align it with your installed flue pipe. You won’t be able to return your standard rear exit tee since it will be used.
If you already have your Dwarf 5kW stove installed and are unable to shift it forward or back to accommodate the change in flue routing, a 90 Degree Adjustable Elbow can be added to your flue to offset your pipe by about 2″ or two 45-degree elbows can be used to offset by about 4″.
Shipping Info
Free shipping to the lower 48 U.S. states on orders over $1,000. Use our Kit Builder to build your full venting setup and qualify for free shipping. See our shipping policies for more details and shipping outside the U.S.
Safety Information
- ⚠ Proposition 65 Warning: Use of this product can expose you to chemicals including soot, creosote, wood dust, and wood smoke containing carbon monoxide, which are known to the State of California to cause cancer, birth defects, or other reproductive harm. For more information, visit www.P65Warnings.ca.gov.
- ⚠ Cooking Warning: The stove’s coating is not food-grade. Always use cookware, and never cook food directly on the stove.
- EPA Notice: This stove is not certified for residential use. It is intended for portable or temporary heat only.
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Have questions? Contact our team of experienced Dwarf wood stove users for personal support on your project at support@tinywoodstove.com.
Russell LaTray (verified owner) –
How's the stove's output? Just Right
What kind of structure are you heating? Cabin
My cabin project is moving along fairly well considering the actual time I have to work on it, but it is very livable & cozy with the installation of my Dwarf 5K stove & oven combo. I’ve been living in the cabin since early February, the day I installed the stove. I couldn’t be more happy with my decision to purchase this particular stove combo & also the help I received from your staff through it all. The process of calculating the right size stove for my project and the assistance in ordering the proper kit to complete the entire installation was top notch. Thank you all for your attention to detail!
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Lynn Allen –
i would like to know the size of Russell’s cabin. We are contemplating buying the dwarf 5k combo for our cabin and are unsure if it is big enough. We are in Northern PA.
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Dan –
Hi Lynn-
Russell was kind enough to relay some additional info for you. The cabin is 12’X24’ with a 4’ deck/porch so the interior is actually 12’X20’. The interior walls are 8’ framed with 2”X6” studs & R19 faced fiberglass insulation. The peak of the finished ceiling is 10’ with 2”X6” trusses & R30 faced insulation. It’s located in southwestern Montana approximately 5300’ elevation, so it gets a lot colder than what you’re likely to see in Northern PA.
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JB (verified owner) –
Lynn, My cabin interior is also around this size, I have no insulation, just 4″x6″ D logs and R7.5 in the roof. I am in MN, so it does get quite cold here. It takes about an hour for the cabin to warm up to temp, and I typically keep a window cracked to modulate the heat as I do not use a damper. I feel like I definitely could have gone smaller, but do like having more available if needed. It’s easy to crack the window a bit wider if need be. These are very high quality stoves and you can’t go wrong.
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Sherry Pokorski (verified owner) –
Lynn, JB is right — you can’t go wrong. In my review I goofed up a bit. We are in central PA and nighttime temps have been in the low to mid-twenties each night for the last week. We fired this 5Kw up for the first time seven days ago. Our second floor temps are steady at around 68 degrees. Our house is 1625 sq. ft. and was born in 1928 as a “patch” coal mining home. The only insulation it has is 1/4′ styro-foam board in the walls and 4 inches of fiberglass in the upstairs ceiling. The only thing we added was one of the fans from TWS’s website. It provides quite a bit of circulation.
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JB (verified owner) –
How's the stove's output? Just Right
What kind of structure are you heating? Cabin
I’ve finally got my cookstove combo installed. There were a few hiccups with getting the right parts to connect everything, but TWS support was great to work with and got me squared way without too much trouble. Very happy with the initial impression of the stove and all of the flue parts. I’m running this in a 220 sq ft log cabin and the output is more than enough, even with only R7 roof insulation. Drafts really well, though still working on trying to get longer burns at night. Definitely do several (hot) burns outside to get the paint cured as much as possible.
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cookstove combo in cabin
JB (verified owner) –
Initial installation, still needs a larger hearth constructed. Next on my list…
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Question
Randy Chotai –
Hi What id the size of the stove pipe for Dwarf 5kw Cookstove Combo?
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Dan –
Randy-
Thanks for the question. Both the Dwarf 5kW and the Cookstove Combo (the 5kW plus the oven) use 5″ pipe.
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Diane Fant –
I have a 1,020 sq.ft. cabin on the lake would the tiny Wood stove and oven keep my house at a comfortable temp. if power went out? The kitchen, family room and dining room are open. The 2 bedrooms are 11′ x 10′
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Elizabeth Paashaus –
Diane,
I’ll send you an email as well, but, in short, no. The 5kw stove that is part of the Cookstove combo is designed to heat spaces of 500 square feet or less. In warmer climates or with supplemental heat it can be a good fit for larger spaces but it just won’t be able to produce enough heat for a 1000 sq. ft. space by itself.
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Question
Dan –
I love the oven idea, but is it still possible to cook with a cast iron skillet with the oven installed? I would think trying to use a skillet on top of the oven wouldn’t generate enough heat. Maybe placing a skillet on the floor of the oven?
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Dan –
Dan-
Absolutely! Being able to cook on top of the oven was one of our major design requirements. We didn’t just want a wood-fired oven, we wanted a cooking surface for a skillet, sauce pan, or kettle. You’ll get the hottest temperatures for searing inside the oven on the stove top surface and enjoy cooler temperatures for boiling water, simmering, scrambling eggs, etc on the top of the oven. We also built in a removable eye to allow you to achieve higher oven top temps for bringing water to a boil.
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Sherry Pokorski (verified owner) –
Three Dan’s! Dan is correct. We have used the bottom of the oven for searing. However, for baking, it is a good idea to place the pan on a rack. Our first loaf of bread was baked on the bottom of the oven and was quite crunchy on it’s bottom. The next two loaves, I experimented with rack and rack height; the rack at the bottom level gave us perfectly baked loaves. We have done bacon on the top of the stove, but it is hard to crisp it. But, heating veggies and other stuff works great. We will not get rid of our range, but I think it is going to get jealous of the 5Kw.
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Sherry Pokorski (verified owner) –
How's the stove's output? Just Right
What kind of structure are you heating? Something Else
My wife got us started on this project. With her, we researched about a dozen “dwarf” stoves. Each had one or two features we liked, but not all.
Then, we saw this! We purchased a 5Kw combo. I did not listen when Nick advised me, in August 2020 to order pipe before it was out of stock. I should have listened. We are using it in a 1625 sq. ft. house.
Here is a rundown:
– first and foremost, Tiny wood Stove is the only company we have ever dealt with that has been with us every step of the way. These people are simply awesome.
– We did an “outside burn to cure the paint as soon as we unboxed the unit(s). If you follow the instructions in the manual, you will have no problems.
-we had to place it in a corner. So, we installed heat shields on two walls and on the floor. Additionally, we painted the walls near the shields with 1000 degree heat resistant paint.
– the pipe arrived last week and we had some issues outside. we did a thru-the-wall exit and had to try ti miss the eave and still maintain clearances. TWS helped and we got it done on March 14th.
– we used cardboard to burn for leak checks at all joints.
– temps, here in central PA have been in the low twenties since then during the day. This house has never been this warm. Yes, it heats the entire 1st and 2nd floors! The heat is consistent throughout, with no cool spots. Just warm, evenly distributed heat. We did purchase one of the nifty fans that helps immensely. We were very surprised. We had hoped this would be simply a little help to reduce fuel bills. But, the furnace is not needed at all! We turned it off.
– I also purchased one of their “laser” thermometers and checked all our work. Flue temp 6 inches above the oven stay pretty steady at around 350-400 degrees. The double wall pipe, as it exits thru the wall, has not come above 92 degrees. The shields are at about 160 directly to the side and back, but behind the shields it stays at a steady 98.2.
– if you opt for any of these products, pay close attention to the tutorials in the manual and also contact TWS with any questions. These people did their homework and we could not have accomplished this without their expert guidance. Because of their guidance, we have a solid understanding of flue design and function.
– OH! And was it ever easy to light! This is a high quality product. We both especially love the “tertiary” function.
Bottom line is that this is an amazing, high quality product backed by an amazing and professional staff. This stove package cost less than most other Dwarf stoves that had half the features.
Absolutely satisfied!
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Elizabeth Paashaus –
I’m so happy to hear about your great experience and I’m glad you are staying nice and cozy in PA. Don’t hesitate to reach out with any questions down the line.
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We need new siding
Sherry Pokorski (verified owner) –
We were able to get this done with TWS’s terrific help and it works great! Had to tilt the camera so I could get close enough for a little detail.
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Baking bread
Sherry Pokorski (verified owner) –
Second day of operation, baking sourdough homemade bread.
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Jackie –
Love all the detail in these comments! What is the internal size of the oven? Would my regular size pans work? Perhaps a 9” x 13”….
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