This fascinating critter is a potato roaster for the top of a wood cook stove. I wish I had taken the camera to the fair the second time I visited, as the antique department folks had a potato there to demonstrate how it works.
The tubers sit upright between the little metal dogs, against the center cone, and cook very nicely I'll bet. Too bad we don't have something like this to use today....oh, wait, we do! The kind gentleman who owns it purchased it in Long Lake.
Best guesses go to Carol Williams here on the blog and Tom Cassidy and several who agreed with him on Facebook.
from Northview Diary http://ift.tt/2c7XdSl
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