Electric stove

Electric stove for heating a reducing gas, the electric stove comprising: a hollow metal shell body extending along a longitudinal direction; a refractory lining arranged on an inner surface portion of the shell body; a plurality of bricks arranged in adjacent layers extending along the longitudinal direction, wherein each brick comprises a plurality of cavities extending straight along the longitudinal direction through the respective layer, wherein the cavities of adjacent layers are aligned to one another, whereby a plurality of channels for conducting the reducing gas is formed; characterized in that the electric stove comprises further: a plurality of heating wires for heating the reducing gas, wherein each heating wire has a diameter smaller than a diameter of a channel, and wherein each heating wire extends at least partially through at least one corresponding channel of the plurality of channels, such that when the electric stove is operated, a predefined heat amount is dissipated by each heating wire to a reducing gas flowing around said heating wire.