Fireplace mantel

A Fireplace with a swinging crane is more popular as you can easily handle the kettle or any other utensils that are hung over the crane. If you look at any of the fireplace now most of them would have a swinging crane in them. Pots can be hung over it.

The length of the pot hook might vary according to your needs. If the pot hook is longer then the pot would be near the flame and the heat would be more. If the pot hook is shorter the flame near the pot would be less. This is more helpful in different types of cooking.

The recipes that you cook using a fireplace might vary and hence different type of hooks are used for it. Moreover you can also use the swinging arm of the fireplace crane to control the heat that is used by the utensils.

To use the crane you have to swing it out and use a hook or a trammel to adjust the height of the pot from the flame. Now swing it back to the fire.

You can keep the pot directly over the flame or swing it to the front of back or the sides to control the heat that is used for cooking. Apart from this you can also control the heat by controlling the fire itself.

If your fireplace has large hearth you can have two fires one for the pot that is hung in the swinging crane and the other for cooking directly in the hearth.

With the help of the swinging crane in the fireplace you can cook a lot of recipes in your fireplace. Boiling eggs, potatoes, making soups, and stews are the common ones that are prepared in the fireplace.

Apart from these there are many items that can be prepared in the fireplace. You have to seek the assistance of a good cook book that is written for the recipes that can be made in the fireplace. However the fireplace crane is not needed for some type of cooking like baking or using the hearth for cooking.