Emissions. They scabbed on a cat to make it over an emissions hurdle. Several brands did this, some with more success than others. The BK was a...
If you're going to be like that pay attention, I said 50# of fuel. Water is not fuel, the water content should be subtracted from the gross weight...
Stove top temperature on a blaze king is worthless because right under the stove top is a 1300 degree cat. Stove top temp is always pretty much...
Some wood furnaces, like the famous kuuma, have a hinged hanging metal smoke curtain for the same reason. I don’t know why they don’t just make...
I also ran a hearthstone heritage and upgraded to a BK. The BK will spill smoke into the room pretty bad when I reload at the time you describe,...
I checked out the little brother, the F3500, and was impressed with the bolt in bypass system so you can replace the melted bypass gasket...
Maybe a regular stove but the BK has a thermostat that easily controls the burn rate of the NEILS. I think I put in 7 or 8 at a time when I was...
mingo marker. Been a great tool. Especially on this last load of 40' long logs.
Building an actual masonry fireplace, in my opinion, would be foolish. Especially if you are then going to stuff an insert into it. I tore down a...
I would expect this to be self limiting. As you approach the capacity of the 6" stack the draft will fall and so less fresh air will be sucked in...
No need to take it outside, just sand/wire wheel and then spray the whole top with your favorite high temp paint right in the living room. It'll...
I have heard you can fit well over 100# of compressed wood products into a king. Those manufactured woods are quite dense and dry. Then if you...
The IS would probably be my non BK choice if I wanted to keep a cat stove and needed a new brand. Trouble is the IS has this weird hearth...
Don’t let the size deceive you. Because of the combustion system on a BK, the physical size of the king stove is not a representation of its...
Too bad about the heritage. They used to have a jumbo heritage called the equinox that used an 8” flue in modern time like beyond 2010 but it...
It depends…. When burning fir for full time heat for 8-9 months last year I only had to dump ash once in the middle and then at the end of the...
old post but for future readers, since this was about BK stoves, no, there is no cleaning required at any interval unless your particular fuel or...
Somehow, maybe it’s magic or related to the thermostat or maybe stronger draft due to the cold, but the burn rate seems to automatically increase...
We had a little cold snap, teens and 20s, this last week so we’ve been burning full loads of softwood in this 2012 model princess. This princess...
The two boards in my nc30 (side by side so one layer thick) have hunched up into a bananna shape and are actually wearing out. It's about 10 years...
