Multifuel stoves are an increasingly popular way to heat a home and are similar to wood burners. In fact, one of their features is that they can burn wood as well as other fuel sources.  With airflow coming from the bottom rather than the top, and the fuel source being put on a grate, that is pretty much all you may notice as significantly different between the two stove types. Multifuel stoves will allow for wood, coal, smokeless fuel and peat or turf briquettes.