The compact Esse Warmheart wood-fired cooking stove is the perfect heating solution for a bijou country cottage or remote backcountry bothy.

Using the same principles as the best-selling Ironheart, the wood-fired Warmheart also incorporates convection panels that radiate warmth out into the room, just like a wood-burning stove, whilst a casserole bubbles away on the hob or a couple of steaks sizzle in the firebox.

The standard range cookers in the Esse range are designed to contain heat; the Warmheart, however, allows Esse’s unique heat transfer stove technology to channel heat efficiently from the firebox into the graduated temperature hob, bringing it up to cooking temperature within just a few minutes of lighting.

The graduated temperature hob offers additional heat control, with the heat reducing from 300˚C in the centre zone down to 190˚C at the outer ring.

Combine with a domestic boiler and the 5kW Warmheart will also provide hot water while the hob can be used to boil a kettle, cook a casserole or griddle a steak.

Designed to accommodate dry, seasoned logs of up to 360mm (14in) length the Warmheart can be installed pretty much anywhere to provide a reliable, ‘off-grid’ source of heat for extended periods.

Whether it’s providing heat and hot water in a remote mountain hut or char-grilled T-bones after a day’s fishing on the lake, the Warmheart can be counted on to deliver heat and sustenance, wherever and whenever you need it.

Energy Rating: A