2015-2016 Blaze King Performance thread (Everything BK)

Highbeam said:

When you say wide open is that meaning setting against the max open stop? As in, pedal to the metal?

Click to expand...

Not on the hard stop. Mine is setup with the hard stop at 6 oclock. Kinda hard to see the numbers because mine is a corner install, but rigt anout the 5 oclock position corresponds to the numer three onmy old style numbered dial.

I dont run the stove pedal to the metal much of ever. I fooled with a little when i was learning to do cold starts within the legal time limit as a newly regulated burner, but even during cold starts that setting doesnt get the stove hot measurably quicker then leaving the dial at 5 oclock - at least at my house.

I did see a bk thermostat opened up at my local bk dealer last winter, some kinda open house. It pretty clear to me the alien technology spring in there can both open and close the throttle plate a little bit, but if i twist the throttle around to the hard stop the spring cant help me later on in the burn.

Hotter than a pistol here in Walla Walla. Ran the ac for a few hours. Mowed the lawn, helped a buddy look for a buck, played with grandkids, packed bags and heading to the Kenai Pennisula.

That King in the corner looks pretty lonely!

BKVP said:

Hotter than a pistol here in Walla Walla. Ran the ac for a few hours. Mowed the lawn, helped a buddy look for a buck, played with grandkids, packed bags and heading to the Kenai Pennisula.

That King in the corner looks pretty lonely!

Click to expand...

Late start this year for sure. AC? Wow. I'm burning right now, it's 45 outside.

Unusually warm here, too! Thank you, El Niño? Expecting afternoons in the 70's early this week! Will be back down to lows near freezing by the end of the week, if the forecasters are doing their job.

begreen said:

It's amazing how much colder that area is. We got down to 56 last night, now at 60F. This has been a balmy October so far. I still have peppers, eggplants and tomatoes growing outside, though at a much slower rate now.

PS: Did you lose power yesterday?

Click to expand...

The pumpkins are out, garden tilled under, grass still growing though. We did not loose power but one gust was pretty impressive. The fruit trees are at about 50% leaf now.

I've been trying burning a few big splits at a time to slow down the burn rate even more after reading bkvp's suggestion to do that. Seems to work pretty well in this true shoulder season.

The steel cat has been awesome, smoke free.

I have a king stove on the first floor of my 1600 sq ft ranch in Wisconsin we run this stove from oct to end of April. Works great until temps get below zero then we struggle to keep the house at 60 to 65. We are finishing the basement - about 800 sq ft and I want to add a small stove. It's usually 10 degrees cooler in the basement than upstairs but I have added a bunch of insulation and 2 egress windows this summer so I'm not sure what that will do to the temps. Just started looking. What suggestions do you have for what stove would work good for this size basement? Would like to stay with another cat.

Siray13 said:

I have a king stove on the first floor of my 1600 sq ft ranch in Wisconsin we run this stove from oct to end of April. Works great until temps get below zero then we struggle to keep the house at 60 to 65. We are finishing the basement - about 800 sq ft and I want to add a small stove. It's usually 10 degrees cooler in the basement than upstairs but I have added a bunch of insulation and 2 egress windows this summer so I'm not sure what that will do to the temps. Just started looking. What suggestions do you have for what stove would work good for this size basement? Would like to stay with another cat.

Click to expand...

How bout an Ashford 20 or sirocco 20?

webby3650 said:

How bout an Ashford 20 or sirocco 20?

Click to expand...

I like the stoves, worried it would be too much for the small space. We plan on having our master bedroom in the basement so I don't want something too big. The room this stove will be in is a home office 15 x 12

Siray13 said:

I like the stoves, worried it would be too much for the small space. We plan on having our master bedroom in the basement so I don't want something too big. The room this stove will be in is a home office 15 x 12

Click to expand...

You won't find a more controllable slow burning stove than a blaze king.
Keep in mind you can't technically have a Woodstove in a bedroom.

begreen said:

If you want cat and small what stove are you thinking about? Is the floor insulated or concrete?

Click to expand...

I'm not sure what my options are yet. The floor is concrete but would like to cover it with an insulated subfloor. The walls have 2 inch foam board and 2x4 fiberglass.

Siray13 said:

I like the stoves, worried it would be too much for the small space. We plan on having our master bedroom in the basement so I don't want something too big. The room this stove will be in is a home office 15 x 12

Click to expand...

We have our wood stove in the basement, in a room about 14 x 24, walls insulated, including the dividing wall between a family room and the stove room (family room used to be a garage, thus the insulation). We started out with a non-epa earth stove, and would help heat the house, but of course overpowered the stove room (my office). Found an older blaze king Royal Heir, very similar to the sirroco 20, a small firebox that is totally enclosed and used it for a couple of winters, and worked real well. Found a Blaze King King model, and was back to too large a stove. Now have a Princess and works well, but I still believe the convection enclosure would make the stove room more comfortable.

I think you could probably make that Sirroco work. If the walls are not up yet in the basement, see if you can design it in such a way that air will circulate well throughout the basement or at least in the spaces you want the heat. Maybe extra wide door between office and bedroom or wall vent fans to move the heat a bit.

Good luck and keep us posted on progress.

I loaded my stove last night with 3 smaller cherry splits and ran it on high for about 2 hours. I have read a few times on here where ppl say not to run it on high for that long then others day that it's not a problem. What are your guys thoughts on running the stove on high that long?

Highbeam said:

Agreed. I've never been able to burn the junk off. I've tried.

Click to expand...

So far I haven't either. Razor blade until winter I guess...

mwhitnee said:

So far I haven't either. Razor blade until winter I guess...

Click to expand...

I did the half our on "3" thing yesterday to blow out the tar deposits from shoulder season burning as recommended by BKVP weekly. It converted the firebox tar nicely but failed to even put a dent in the glass accumulation. I even purposely loaded the fuel near the door glass to get maximum heat on the glass. Maybe you hardwood guys get a different kind of tar. I won't get into anything deciduous until next year. It's all three year CSS fir, cedar, and a little pine.

It was 80 in the house. That stove can make some mojo during the burnoff events and then we had a sunny day. Shoulder seasons are great, 45 at night and 70 with sun during the day.

Will have to tell you how my glass does, later this year, Highbeam. Aside from framing lumber and cedar for some kindling, there's nothing but oak and ash in this year's stacks.

I am secretly hoping for an especially cold winter in eastern PA so we can all find out what a BK can really do.

Ashful has every posible card against him, but he has an epic wood pile and a brace of state of the art stoves.

My wife is looking at two degree programs in the lower 48, but ill have ready access to white oak near both of them if we go.

Fwiw i dont care a rats anatomy how my glass looks. Its all about what my wife chooses to wear around the house.

BK = happy wife = happy life.

Poindexter said:

Fwiw i dont care a rats anatomy how my glass looks. Its all about what my wife chooses to wear around the house.

BK = happy wife = happy life.

Click to expand...

Even when the glass is really bad, you can still see through the top 40% or so in a V shape.

Poindexter said:

I am secretly hoping for an especially cold winter in eastern PA so we can all find out what a BK can really do.

Ashful has every posible card against him, but he has an epic wood pile and a brace of state of the art stoves.

My wife is looking at two degree programs in the lower 48, but ill have ready access to white oak near both of them if we go.

Click to expand...

Maybe we can trade places! I've got 2 stoves and a fireplace! You can burn till your hearts content!

What degree, poindexter?

Ashful said:

What degree, poindexter?

Click to expand...

I'm betting air quality....or environmental sciences.

Someone help me tighten the byapss screw, just did my cleaning on al my pipes. Im looking down my stove and with the bypass closed it seems their is some play with the bypass door moving side to side and up and down. I see a bolt and a screw. The gakset seems flat but is good condition. Is the bypass supposed to be as tight as the front door? Gonna call blaze king and ask also. Any help would be awesome!