I agree. I had a similar one in a house I rented. It was a beauty from the 30s, had never been abused or stored. I love the infinite heat range available from simmer at the side away from the firebox to high directly over the fire with one of the covers removed and everything in between. Also, when you use it to heat the house as well, its the original slow cooker, a great place to put a pot of beans or a soup stock to steam away. This place also had a 1940s vintage Wedgewood gas stove. It was a cook's dream come true. Sadly, the whole place burned down when some power lines came down in a windstorm. Life goes on.