Crooked River Pete, SASS 43485

The Kentucky Derby is just Amish NASCAR

The one in the middle looks like shes shooting her ex.

Just kidding, how about this,

Looks like a Starr to me.

My dad named his " ole meat in the pot".

Yes. My mom did.

Apples and blue berries were often in season when we went up. Mom made a lot of pies, and if dad caught a big enough lake trout she'd stuff it and bake it, good eating! The best time was early in the morning I'd hear those plates clanging, know dad was up, pretty soon I'd smell the coffee, than hear and smell the bacon than the eggs, had to get up no way to stay in bed with all that going on. Good God I had a charmed child hood.

I've had 2, first was many years ago, blue shot well and i did like it but let it get away. Second was more recent, stainless, and functioned great but either shot way low or way high I don't remember which. I didn't keep that one either.

2 interesting things about this. 1 stove is in and was made in Akron, Ohio where I live, 2 I have an almost identical stove at my cabin in Michigan. What you don't see is that there is usually a center piece between the 2 plates that comes out also. When you start a fire you remove all 3 pieces and that gives you access to the whole fire box. Put in some paper then kindling add match replace plates, some times you had to remove them again to add hard wood.