What stovetop temp do you guys find your glass starts to burn clean if you've dirtied it up? I have two thermos that read 100F apart. If I go by the one that reads low I have to overfire the damn stove to get the glass clean.
Burning glass clean
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Diabel
Minister of Fire
Are you referring to dirty glass from soot i.e. unseasoned wood or air cut too fast......or are you referring to that hazy film on the glass from 24/7 burning? In terms of the first let it rip wide open to 650* griddle & that will clean the glass, or if you're worried about overfire then that soot should burn off in the coaling stage. As for the second there is nothing you can do but let the stove/glass cool enough so you can wipe it with wet paper towel. At least this is what I have experienced.
So here's my issue: with the VC, measuring off the griddle I get temps that are 100F higher than when measuring
directly off the cast iron. When I go by the griddle temp, things generally run like crap, so I'm more inclined to measure off the casting.
directly off the cast iron. When I go by the griddle temp, things generally run like crap, so I'm more inclined to measure off the casting.
Diabel
Minister of Fire
If you run your stove 600* griddle 500* casting you should have no problem burning soot off the glass. Sometimes I will push 700* griddle which you say is 600* casting....at this point I start to feel a bit uneasy since the stove starts making funny crackling noises..
My stove makes clanging noises regardless of the temp, so I don't pay it much attention.
And of course, my two thermometers read 100F apart, so who the he'll knows....
And of course, my two thermometers read 100F apart, so who the he'll knows....
Diabel
Minister of Fire
Yeah, I have a suspicion I've been overfiring this thing to a degree, but I have no real idea given the vagaries of where to measure and which thermometer to trust. Oh well, nothings broken (yet).
And comparing my thermos, if I take the one that reads higher as the 'safe' one, essentially what I've been doing is flirting with 700F on the casting. From what I've read people seem to run them around there, although I don't know if they were measuring
griddle or casting temps.
griddle or casting temps.
jharkin
Minister of Fire
In my very limited experience Ive found that over 700F on the griddle is when I see the start of glowing metal at the corners of the cat hood. So I try to keep it at 650F or under.
As long as I keep the burn temps over 500 I don't usually get dirty glass, but if I do have black soot on the glass from a long low overnight burn it can take all day to burn off even at these temps. I wonder if its harder to burn our glass clean than with burn tube non-cat stoves? I figure the firebrick lining must keep their firebox temps much hotter than ours making the glass cleaner. Now if we had a window into the refractory chamber in the back I bet that would be realllllllly clean
As long as I keep the burn temps over 500 I don't usually get dirty glass, but if I do have black soot on the glass from a long low overnight burn it can take all day to burn off even at these temps. I wonder if its harder to burn our glass clean than with burn tube non-cat stoves? I figure the firebrick lining must keep their firebox temps much hotter than ours making the glass cleaner. Now if we had a window into the refractory chamber in the back I bet that would be realllllllly clean
Mine is a non cat. Definitely no glowing metal at those temps for me, at least not that I've seen.
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