I have seen posts about people using real big splits the kind you can only get like 3 in the stove total.
Last year I really didnt have real good and dry wood but the wood I had worked but it was not ideal.
I tried this recently instead of raking my coals forward I just spread the coals out and had a pretty decent depth of good hot coals, I'd say about 3" deep.
So I loaded the stove up with 3 huge splits, Splits that were good and dry.
The 3 huge splits filled the stove pretty good but not like I could pack in small splits. There was more room up top around the secondary tubes.
I was skeptical if not having the stove completely full if the stove wood burn all night plus loading on such a coal bed would make them burn too fast.
My thought was the bigger splits would burn slower on the deep hot coal bed and not over heat the stove. Plus I made sure I got the air turned down in time not to let things get too hot.
It all worked really well , I got a 9 hour burn with a stove load with just 3 splits and the stove not packed full and loaded on such a hot coal bed.
House was a nice and warm 71 in the morning when I got up.
Big Chunk Good and Dry wood is a nice option to have.
All 3 chunks were Red Oak. One of the splits was a chunk like 8" by 9" 20" long .
Last year I really didnt have real good and dry wood but the wood I had worked but it was not ideal.
I tried this recently instead of raking my coals forward I just spread the coals out and had a pretty decent depth of good hot coals, I'd say about 3" deep.
So I loaded the stove up with 3 huge splits, Splits that were good and dry.
The 3 huge splits filled the stove pretty good but not like I could pack in small splits. There was more room up top around the secondary tubes.
I was skeptical if not having the stove completely full if the stove wood burn all night plus loading on such a coal bed would make them burn too fast.
My thought was the bigger splits would burn slower on the deep hot coal bed and not over heat the stove. Plus I made sure I got the air turned down in time not to let things get too hot.
It all worked really well , I got a 9 hour burn with a stove load with just 3 splits and the stove not packed full and loaded on such a hot coal bed.
House was a nice and warm 71 in the morning when I got up.
Big Chunk Good and Dry wood is a nice option to have.
All 3 chunks were Red Oak. One of the splits was a chunk like 8" by 9" 20" long .
