Okay, What is a Safe % M/C of wood for a Cat Stove???

Poindexter said:

August 27, 2014 my wife was cold. It was the day I started saving money on the oil bill with the Ashford, and I saved a LOT of money on the oil bill, close to $4000 over the 14/15 burning season. I remember (and wrote down) the date so that this year and later years when we are making plans or discussing how big the wood pile should be I can point out we run the stove from (about) August 27 to May 15. My burn season is 8.5 months, and yes honey, the woodpile does take up a lot of space in the back yard.

Honestly I think cord wood at 20%MC is crap, but I got lots of 16% to burn instead and YMMV.

I'll issue the Poindexter challenge, part II. .
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My original was over on a BBQ forum. I personally prefer the flavor of BBQing over hardwood lump charcoal instead of briquettes. Lump is more expensive, but I found doing back to back cooks of the same recipe changing only the charcoal I (and my family) have a very noticeable preference for hardwood lump.

So here is the Poindexter challenge part II. Once you get your 20% wood for the coming season in the shed, pull out just enough to do a hot reload on your stove (Ashful will need double of course) and put it somewhere inside the heated envelope of your house until December 26. You just go ahead on and burn that 20% crap from whenever it gets cold all the way through Christmas day and do a hot reload the morning of Boxing day with the really dry stuff down in your furnace room. Dec 26 falls on a Saturday in 2015, I'll be sure to stop by here and look for a new thread...

EDIT: Do be sure your stash is 12% or wetter before you toss it in the stove so BKVP doesn't have a coronary.

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BKVP said:

No beer for you next month! Your better half is welcome of course....

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