SteelCat vs. Ceramic - My verdict

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I'm starting to think that really dry wood might supply so much gas to the cat that it overheats it more.
 
HotCoals said:
I'm starting to think that really dry wood might supply so much gas to the cat that it overheats it more.
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Yeah, it's going to gas faster so bigger splits might be a way to counter that....
 
Woody Stover said:
Yeah, it's going to gas faster so bigger splits might be a way to counter that....
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I concur.
Also I try to bring my stove up to temp slower then I used to,at least when I have time.
 
Car talk is in the DYI forum please.
 
HotCoals said:
I concur.
Also I try to bring my stove up to temp slower then I used to,at least when I have time.
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In the Buck, I can toss a few small splits in the middle and get those burning with the shot gun air to get the stove rolling and the cat lit, then the larger flanking splits level off the rate of gassing.
 
fire_man said:
Thanks to Dennis I learned this easy cleaning method: First brush or vacuum out the ash. Mix 1/2 distilled water and white vinegar in a spray bottle. Spray it so it soaks the cat really well, both sides. Let sit 20-30 minutes and rinse with sprayed distilled water. I used my kitchen sprayer first to get the rest of the ash out before spraying with distilled water.

Worked great, cat lit off like it was just born yesterday.
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Thanks for the info. Gonna try that when the next cleaning is due.
 
This vinegar bath applied to the staineless cat. I'm not sure about doing it to ceramic .
 
Woody Stover said:
I just popped the ceramic back in the Keystone. Here's the first-gen steel, with probably the equivalent of one season on it; Looks pristine.

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Woody, my first gen looked pristine also. But it was DEAD. At times completely lifeless.
 
fire_man said:
This vinegar bath applied to the staineless cat. I'm not sure about doing it to ceramic .
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I may be wrong, but I'm pretty sure I had read articles about the vinegar bath treatment written long before the market release of the SteelCat.
 
Joful said:
I may be wrong, but I'm pretty sure I had read articles about the vinegar bath treatment written long before the market release of the SteelCat.
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About thirty years before the SteelCat came out.
 
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