Abstract: A wood burning stove having an enclosure in which is located a first, V-shaped baffle plate extending horizontally from the front wall of the enclosure but spaced from the rear wall thereof, a second flat baffle plate having a rear edge in engagement with the rear wall of the stove enclosure and extending across the enclosure with the front edge thereof spaced from the interior of the front wall of the stove to define a vent space leading from the rear of the enclosure over the top of the V-shaped baffle plate, up the front wall and then back towards the rear wall over the top of the second, flat baffle plate to a flue opening, side air channels are provided to heat room air.