Cinders

It's been about 11 days since I cleaned my stove, and for the first time this season, I got all these cinders. I burned almost nothing but oak for the last few months. It's been mostly elm since the last cleaning. This is the bottom of a 3 gallon bucket.

 

Elm is famous for its "clinker" making abilities...although almost any species can do it, some just have the tendency more than others...I've had it with oak, ash, and boxelder too.

 

Clinkers... I was almost close. LOL I think the consistency of them kind of remind me of cinder blocks.

 

I did a proudful job of cleaning my glass this morning, and it wasn't 20 minutes after starting my fire this evening, I noticed this..

 

Clinkers are common with elm. I seem to get less with Siberian than American or Slippery fwiw.

 

Yeah they kinda do...those old blocks that had real course concrete

 

You cut yours standing dead and wondering if that has something to do with it vs. harvesting green fresh cut?

 

Yep, I get nasty clinkers every time I've burned elm, never from any other species though. Sometimes the size of two fists and larger. Irritating is the nicest word I can think of.

 

I’ve never even seen a clinker. I burn a lot of elm too. Are they heavy, like melted glass? That’s what I picture.

 

They're definitely denser than the surrounding fluffy ash. I would compare it to shards of concrete, and a similar texture.

 

Sometimes it’s cinder like, sometimes not. This was like soft charcoal and much smaller than the original chunk. Wouldn't go through my shaker grates and I had to break it up with a poker.

 

The elm I'm burning is long dead.

 

Pictures are good, videos are better. I'll have to do a short video of mine.

 

I get clinkers in my insert when burning dirty chestnut oak.

 

You all have a different definition of clinker. I have always used it like “I gotta go drop a clinker”

 

Must mean you're felling an elm tree? About the same worth... How about that one buZZsaw BRAD