how hot do you let your wood stove get

Gunny mentioned getting the fire to 800 or 1000 degrees. That is different than getting the stovetop to 800 degrees. What is the temperature in the firebox of a woodstove burning hot? Some people measure flue gas temperature, so maybe that is what Gunny should be measuring.

I think 1000 degrees is a pretty typical temperature inside the firebox of a wood stove, but I am not sure how that correlates to stove top temperature.

 

I forget the apx number but in that territory to light off the secondaries (1000-1600 ) doesn't seem to be a real hard number too many variables.

 

Woodstock says that with their soapstone stoves, the stovetop temp is about 1/2 of the firebox temp....

 

24/7 burn 10 degrees or below the nc30 handles 100% heatload and we try to maintain 750 at that demand. It has his 820s a couple of times. Not a single hitch still like new even had a new smell come off it at 800 plus. Only I will push it hard when I am right beside it all times until it starts to cool down. 90% of the time its 600-725ish
These past 2 winters have been extreme and I have decided to actually buy some propane this summer as to not need that workload from my stove

 

I have a Defiant from 1975. I try to run about 400 degrees, no creosote but I am on the 2 year plan for aging wood though.

 

I hear ya, I only run around 400 to 450 and I do not have creosote issues either. Good dry wood.

 

I was told to run it 500 to 1000 degrees

 

5-700, and maybe a little higher even, but when you get into the 1000 deg. range is when things go pop, snapple, crap!

500 is more than enough to keep creosote at bay, and if you need 1000 to keep the house warm.......consider moving.
Alternately, insulate the heck outta the house.

 

I spend most time in the 400 range. I get nervous at about 600. I think the dry wood is the best way to avoid any problems. While I'm not on the 3 year plan, I don't split and burn within a few months either. No chimney fires after 5 years.

 

I once had a wood stove cherry red
abought 1400 degrees

 

Previous owners must have done something similar here. They popped a weld over a foot long and warped the back plate steel.
Then, they left it for me.
Took me a little bit to figure out why I couldn't control the stove.....but yeah, whatever.