i know whole walnuts that have fell from a tree and left to dry burn white hot and corn cobs burn nice and hot also.
Oh yeah did I forget to tell you, I get meat lovers Pizza, not much Firestarter residue with pineapple pizza,
dryer lint is pretty flammable also. or take one of those paper type egg cartons fill it with wood noddles and pour on a lot of paraffin wax. it makes for a dandy fire starter
Seriously now, and seriously about the pizza box, I sometimes use this, a couple small pieces of kindling and dry wood, cold stove start
I use different methods but I'm not trying to get a merit badge I'm just trying to heat my house, mostly I use these Rutland Safe Lite Fire Starter Squares, 144 Square Product price$12.99
That's actually a legit method... and I use and love Super Cedars. Did I mention I love Super Cedars?! MAPP gas is my friend, when I get home and the stove is cold. Aaand it's really cold outside. A minute or so of a torch, shooting up the flue will get that draft working. That plus a 1/4 chunk of Super Cedar will get things going until I can add the tire chunks.
Probably just a sudden gust of wind blew this thread off course. Ya' know, kinda' like a hot air balloon. All part of the charm of a nice forum though, and makes things more interesting. Brian
The using paper or cardboard in a wood stove is a common sense thing, its not a garbage burner and you are asking for trouble if the chimney is not clean. Watching the news and talking to people has proved to me the USS Common Sense vessel has set sail a looooooooooong time ago!
Fun fact for the day: Used RR ties are much harder to find now than a few years ago. Apparently coal-burning power plants can get some kind of "green energy" credit for burning biomass. And RR ties qualify. So the coal plants have drained the used RR tie market to grind up and mix in with their fuel stream. At least, that is what I was told when I was looking for decent used ties this summer. They must burn pretty hot.
Bicycle tires light more quickly because they are thinner. You can add the chunks of RR ties afterwards. I am also very fond of burning 1960's and 70's clothing, the polyester makes cool colors in the flames.
Tell me that some of the wood that I am seeing in that picture aren't old barn beams! If so even if you had some short pieces that could be a mantle over some ones fire place!
