Stove Tetris

Good luck picking up that set of keys after the overnight burn!!!

 

Funny, overnight burn. That stove is a non-cat and I run it at 700 which will consume a full load every three hours. By the next morning those keys are as cold as a witches t**. I have needed to grab the keys and leave though and they are hot in the hands but even hotter once you drop them into your pants pocket!

 

bobdog2o02, that is some impressive loading.. my stove is still new so I am still following the owners manual.. which clearly states leave 2 inches of space at top for secondary combustion. . and while I've seen negatives now.. because of mild winter I am still in popular and Elm section of stacks.. and just use ash for over nite burns...

because it's popular just loading every 6 hours when home on hot coal bed. by time get 6 pieces in got to shut door quick. as close as I got

 

I think my nc30 "burns better" when not loaded to the gills... a little space below the secondary burn tubes, no data just a seat of the pants thing. Sometimes I have to stuff it full though if I'm not going to be around for awhile.

 

I'll go along with that, but I usually need extended burns

 

Maybe I'm not filling my box enough. I can't manage more than a couple to a few hours before I have a big coal bed. I load E-W and have a lot more air space than y'all. I've even tried loading like a log cabin but there's never more than six or seven splits (I think I split small too). I'm burning locust that's pretty dang dry.

Maybe I'll try to really load the box tonight and see what happens. I'll snap a pic...

 

Maybe im an exception with the BK, i load it stuffed full and then set the stat low..... low low low

 

Look at those fat daddys on the bottom corners, you know how Tetris is done. Very nice

 

Tonights load.....

 

I'm not nearly as proficient at this as sooner if you guys. Locust with a piece of pine. There was a good coal bed to start it all.
I'm going to have to watch this one. It got going quickly and HOT...

 

I got about 4.5 hrs out of that load with the air backed down enough so that I only had slow rolling, lazy flames. Stove topped at 600 and steadily declined from there until a reload at 275 degrees.

 

Good stuff man. Tube stoves can handle a full belly, just takes more supervision for the burns.

 

O.K., I'll play. PE Alderlea T5, 2.0 cu. ft. load of black birch and cherry. Should make it 'til morning.

 

Nice, I like the big split on top. It leaves me a cleaner burn with less coals.

 

Poplar is an awesome firewood. Around here, that means Liriodendron tulipifera—known as the tulip tree, American tulip tree, tuliptree, tulip poplar, whitewood, fiddle-tree, and yellow poplar. To me, this means highly abundant wood, that grows really fast, dries fast after cutting and burns very well and very hot and fast. All told, this is primo firewood that burns bright, but burns fast. Perfect for fast and hot shoulder season and mixing with long buring woods in mid-winter. I use to call it "poop-lar" but now it is one of my fav's.

 

This should hold me for a bit.

 

Oh come on....put a small round in the right top corner. Don't be scared

 

I did think about it but nothing was handy!