The hearthstones are very pretty stoves. I ran 30 cords through a hearthstone heritage before the performance upgrade to a princess from BK. The...
Only if you throw in a small split and leave the intake wide open. Some folks, to keep a stove burning all day at low output, will chuck a split...
When run on lower outputs, where a cat stove is cleanest and most efficient and where most folks run their stoves most of the time, the firebox...
I get 24 burn times with a full load at a lower setting. Doug fir or other lower btu wood. A complete cycle is full it with wood and let it burn...
Be careful here, you're not just comparing soapstone to steel. You're also comparing a much smaller, old smoke dragon, low efficiency, soapstone...
My cat will do it to under certain conditions during black box mode with a hot cat. I figure it's like a glow plug and hot enough to cause the...
The BK design cat can be vacuumed in place from the front. Use the flexible section of the shop vac hose. If you need to remove it for some...
This is where a thermostat helps to smooth out the bumps. I find that the catalyst gets hotter whenever it gets more smoke to eat. So sometimes...
My stoves are north south loaders so no worries about logs rolling out. I close the door when I walk away not because of safety but because I know...
Then there are folks that claim you can cool a runaway fire by flinging the door wide open! Opposite of overfire. I enjoy sitting in front of the...
For BP reasons I quit caffeine 9 months ago. So we drink decaf. For cholesterol reasons we switched from French press to drip coffee through a...
“howls” of protest!
They go after our chickens. I zapped one with a 40 sw handgun at the coop. There is an actual hunting season for them as well here in WA. People...
I ran a lopi freedom bay with that firebrick baffle setup. Had to replace a couple of the steel supports but it worked great. I’m sure it wasn’t...
If you’re careful, the ceramic baffles last many years. It only takes just the slightest bump to gouge one or crack it. When I had a heritage from...
I don't think using big splits is a poor burning practice. It's just not the best way to get the maximum fuel charge so your burn times suffer....
Almost all noncats use the perforated tubes with a very fragile fiber baffle on top of them. Only a couple of brands have embraced the perforated...
Believe it or not, there are still people who think we’re lying or somehow being untruthful about this very repeatable wood savings that occurs...
The solution is a mix of split sizes to pack the stove fully but when I split several cords in one day I find it very difficult to vary the split...
BK has a similar video and capability of burning huge logs but I found that it’s really tough to fill the firebox with those giant splits so you...
