I think Highbeam said it best, think of a Blaze king firebox as a fuel tank and the thermostat as the gas pedal. Fill it full and use the...
Have you ever filled the King full? Seems like you’re only doing half loads or less? Maybe I missed it but isn’t the purpose of having a King to...
Tell your buddy to give you some Aspen or Pine if he comes across it. It will dry and be ready to burn in one Summer.
The Red Pine around here is also called Norway Pine
Quaking Aspen along with a little Jack pine mixed in is pretty much all I’ve burned the last couple years. My property is loaded with them so I’ve...
Looks just like my Red Pine. I had two huge ones taken down next to my garage two years ago. I like to burn it in my sauna stove. Burns hot , fast...
Looks like that gage may be off? Take it out, let it cool to room temp and see where it’s at. May have to be recalibrated. years ago when I had...
That looks like a bypass gasket. You should be able to feel a groove all the way around where the bypass sets on. Get some gasket cement and stuff...
So you really haven’t filled the beast full yet? I think I’d try and figure out a 24 hour reload schedule and how much wood and what thermostat...
I would try the Rockwool, it shouldn’t melt til over 1000 degrees
Is it a single barrel stove? Try adding another barrel on top as a heat exchanger.
I have about 1200lbs of concrete paver and bricks on and around my hearth. It’s really made a difference this year. I think I was losing a lot of...
I have a Jotul F45. I’ve been really impressed with it the last couple years. Long burns, good control and clean glass. I did tweak it a bit but...
Then you have something else going on. I have no problems running my non cat low and slow and clean. I’ve been doing a consistent 12 hour reload...
Very easy breathing stove. Try blocking the unrestricted primary boost air and adding a stove pipe damper. It should give you a little better control.
I don’t have smoke spillage issues when loading but when I shovel out ash I have a problem with hot fly ash so I take a piece of sheet metal and...
Ah yes, I think the Jotul F500 V3 is designed this way and maybe a few others?
Yes I can see that first hour testing being a challenge especially for cat stoves that need to run in bypass mode for awhile.
When I was burning cat stoves most of the time after engaging I would burn on high for a bit before turning the air down to my desired setting....
After 10 hours full load or about 30lbs of wood I think I’m around 250-300 stove top temp when I’m burning a 12 hour reload schedule. By 12 hours...