More Blaze King Bullchit,not really.

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ohlongarm

ohlongarm

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This is what the inside of the King looked like after a 30,yes thirty hour burn with a solid packed load of osage orange,usefull heat for 24 hours.But at the end when pictures were taken 30 hours had elapsed stovetop was 200. The house was maintained at 75,74* for 24 hours but did drop[ down to 69 at 30 hours.Last night was 16* wind chill with high winds.
 

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Impressive burn.
 
Rookie. lol
 
You only lost 5-6 degrees in 6hrs in those temps and wind. Let me see......small house, very well insulated, not many windows and doors.
 
Was your fan running during that 30 hours? What did you have your t-stat setting at?
 
Damn you BK owners....yer just tryin to make the rest of us jealous..... :p
 
Got home a couple hours ago after being gone for about 30 hours. Open the stove, rake the remaining fuel front center, throw a load on it, close the door. Business as usual.
 
Tstat set at about 2.25 house is small by todays standards 1600 sq.ft.lots of double pane Pella windows,52 to be exact house fairly well insulated.Fan was not on and house only lost 6*in the time frame indicated.Lots of brick and stone in the house which radiates alot of heat well after fire is productive.Example stone and brick still was in mid 70's at the end of burn,furnishings low 80's plus there was solar gain from a south facing bank of windows,just the facts. The osage was 2 years old and bone dry at 14%,the stove was packed solid north and south.
 
Very Nice burn time.
 
Impressive! I have to ask. Do any BK owners get bored not being able to tend the stove every once in a while? In all seriousness, I find myself eyeing the stove after 10 hours hoping for a reload. Of course, I don't put a hundred pounds of wood in at a time. :bug:
 
Today I just burnt down coals ..even at that the house was over 75f.
27f in the morning..i guess it got up to 35..fairly warm day..did pick up 4.5" of snow though!
 
ohlongarm said:
This is what the inside of the King looked like after a 30,yes thirty hour burn with a solid packed load of osage orange,usefull heat for 24 hours.But at the end when pictures were taken 30 hours had elapsed stovetop was 200. The house was maintained at 75,74* for 24 hours but did drop[ down to 69 at 30 hours.Last night was 16* wind chill with high winds.
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Makes you wish ya bought a different stove doesnt it. :p
Glad all you fellas are enjoying your new investement.
Cheers.
 
If I were you, I'd swap that stove for some other brand. It just burns too long and even. That's just wrong.
 
I've switched to my hardwood mix (pallet wood 4x4s, about 80% oak) I've been getting 35-40 hour burns with 8-12 18" pieces (not packed very tight)... The stove is on low of course. Keeps it a comfortable 72-74 in here.

I found a dealer trying to get rid of softwood for free, only catch is you have to haul it yourself. He has at least 30+ cords stacked up. Everyone around here is a firm believer in softwood causes creosote.... So that means one heck of a great deal for me :) The chinook burns a full stove of softwood for a good 25-30 hours before temps drop off.

and to answer the question of does it get boring... yes... it does. I'll stare at the stove and say... Oh goodie I get to reload soon!! I'll wait a half an hour then reload.... Half an hour later I go to reload... and see it's still got a good bit... That half hour turns in to a few hours... Sometimes I turn the stove up just so I can reload sooner.
 
Hass said:
I've switched to my hardwood mix (pallet wood 4x4s, about 80% oak) I've been getting 35-40 hour burns with 8-12 18" pieces (not packed very tight)... The stove is on low of course. Keeps it a comfortable 72-74 in here.

I found a dealer trying to get rid of softwood for free, only catch is you have to haul it yourself. He has at least 30+ cords stacked up. Everyone around here is a firm believer in softwood causes creosote.... So that means one heck of a great deal for me :) The chinook burns a full stove of softwood for a good 25-30 hours before temps drop off.

and to answer the question of does it get boring... yes... it does. I'll stare at the stove and say... Oh goodie I get to reload soon!! I'll wait a half an hour then reload.... Half an hour later I go to reload... and see it's still got a good bit... That half hour turns in to a few hours... Sometimes I turn the stove up just so I can reload sooner.
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I would haul some of that soft wood!
Alabama is only maybe 30 mins from me.
My pm box is open!
 
You need to put up some photos of your place with 52 windows. I don't get how you could not lose more heat, even if they where the best on the market.
 
NATE379 said:
You need to put up some photos of your place with 52 windows. I don't get how you could not lose more heat, even if they where the best on the market.
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the 52 windows are 1"x 1" each.
 
NATE379 said:
You need to put up some photos of your place with 52 windows. I don't get how you could not lose more heat, even if they where the best on the market.
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We have over 50 mew metal clad wood windows, step down from the top. You know when the wind is blowing. If you have windows that open, at some wind speed I think they all leak no matter how much you spend. You can get around the low R value of all the glass by cranking the stove but it is hard to get around the penetration. Indoor storms are part of my interior build out plan.
 
Take a look at the house behind this stack of larch and you will see some of the windows,they look a little larger than 1X1,but not all are this large.Wood frame with double panes one inch air space between panes with breathing holes.Windows are also high impact and have sustained huge branches busting into them without breaking till we cut down the trees that were to close to the house.
 

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Looks like you are pretty protected from the wind except maybe the direction that lounge chair is pointing? Wind is a bigger influence for me than temps. 5 degrees and still is easier to heat than 25 and blowing. Below zero and blowing is where it gets interesting.
 
The lawn chair is facing east,the north and west side of the house are protected by 60 to 70 foot tall fir trees that soak up alot of wind.Never had a problem heating this place at all south side gets tremendous solar gain even in winter. And when the wind howls the wind is barely discernable inside all joists are 2X12 fir and steel I beams scan on two sides from north to south. 15 years ago 2 monstrous sycamores came down on the house and only penetrated the roof nothing more. The architect built this little place to last.
 
The picture sucks, but this is the active coals from a 24 hr burn on the Isle Royale:

Point being, I can believe that the cavern sized blaze king could/should do as you say.
 

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I hear ya ,it's just little things that I notice as I get more into this little beast. This coming March will be 1 year owning this stove. Probably the most amazing thing so far is its frugality in wood usage. At this rate I've got minimally 3 years wood on hand,and growing. Even if our winter got super severe low single digits during day and zero or below at night 3.5 cords would be my guess for the burn season.I'm not even at 1.5 so far this year.
 
Hass said:
I've switched to my hardwood mix (pallet wood 4x4s, about 80% oak) I've been getting 35-40 hour burns with 8-12 18" pieces (not packed very tight)... The stove is on low of course. Keeps it a comfortable 72-74 in here.

I found a dealer trying to get rid of softwood for free, only catch is you have to haul it yourself. He has at least 30+ cords stacked up. Everyone around here is a firm believer in softwood causes creosote.... So that means one heck of a great deal for me :) The chinook burns a full stove of softwood for a good 25-30 hours before temps drop off.

and to answer the question of does it get boring... yes... it does. I'll stare at the stove and say... Oh goodie I get to reload soon!! I'll wait a half an hour then reload.... Half an hour later I go to reload... and see it's still got a good bit... That half hour turns in to a few hours... Sometimes I turn the stove up just so I can reload sooner.
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I am very impressed. Folks need to realize that not all BKs are the same. The king is much much larger than the chinook/princess. To even suggest 35-40 hours burn time (even just a 200 degree stove at the end) from a sub 3CF firebox can only be explained by alien technology.
 
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