New stoves burn very clean. I’ve been heating with wood for years. I bought a new stove a couple of years ago, when warmed up, it makes no visable smoke.
Yep - our Lopi Answer stove is compact, but it burns w/o smoke and everything we put in it goes right down to fine ash. Keeps the mail living area nice and comfortable.
We spend more money in winter heating the horses’ water buckets than we do on our own heating needs.
One thing we have lots of here is wood. All I have to do is cut it and split it.