Ever dream of baking pizza or bread in a wood-fired masonry oven? Guests staying in our Old Farmhouse or Willet Nest can rent the Summer Kitchen at our Pioneer Homestead and treat the family to a culinary adventure experienced by few! We’ll provide all the wood and keep the fire burning for 4-6 hours to preheat the oven to near 600F. End up with the best pizza and/or bread that ever passed your lips. Bake potatoes, casseroles, pies, or anything you fancy. During the preheat stage, utilize the oven’s smoke chamber to roast meats or cold smoke fish you caught earlier in the ponds. Add to the evening by eating around a fire in the Rumford fireplace adjacent to the oven.

The full ensemble, or Marvelous Monstrosity as we like to call it, was built with big rocks we gathered from the surrounding horse pasture. Fire place, bake oven, smoke chamber, and two wood storage spaces all find their way into this huge artistic stone structure.

$100 upgrade to an overnight booking. $150 add on to a day’s farm tour visit. We preheat the oven, and guide you in its use, but you supply the food of your choice.

The Summer Kitchen is not available to rent when the Pioneer House is occupied. (Pioneer House guests have free access to the kitchen.)