I visited a dealer that sold Blaze King woodstoves today and they had the Blaze King 1107 Parlor model on display.
I knew these stoves, from reading posts here, were super clean burning stoves with large capacity an a long clean burn time. I also read these stoves were UGLY
But, the stove I thought was was very nice looking IMHO. Maybe the Ultra or Classic may not strike the eye so good, but the only one I saw was the Parlor model and again, I thought it was a nice looking stove - one I'd put in most any living room.
Other things that I liked were the huge firebox (4+ cu ft) coupled with a catalyst combuster. To me, that's a recipe for long clean burns. I liked the front door/glass arrangement. It kind of angled back a bit and I should think that makes it really easy to see onto the firebox when standing. I liked the door lip being so high above the stove floor - lots of ash containment there. I didn't look at the ash pan, I assume it has one. It would be nice to have a 6 vs 8 inch flue, don't know if anyone is using a 6 inch on a BK. Another thing I liked about the firebox was that it was more of a cube on shape vs being rectangular, short in height and deep. I also looked at a Buck Stove 91 and it's firebox is super deep, but not so tall. I like the BK's firebox better, though I have a very high regard for the 91.
Bottom line - I think this Blaze King Parlor stove is a great stove.
Bill
I knew these stoves, from reading posts here, were super clean burning stoves with large capacity an a long clean burn time. I also read these stoves were UGLY
But, the stove I thought was was very nice looking IMHO. Maybe the Ultra or Classic may not strike the eye so good, but the only one I saw was the Parlor model and again, I thought it was a nice looking stove - one I'd put in most any living room.
Other things that I liked were the huge firebox (4+ cu ft) coupled with a catalyst combuster. To me, that's a recipe for long clean burns. I liked the front door/glass arrangement. It kind of angled back a bit and I should think that makes it really easy to see onto the firebox when standing. I liked the door lip being so high above the stove floor - lots of ash containment there. I didn't look at the ash pan, I assume it has one. It would be nice to have a 6 vs 8 inch flue, don't know if anyone is using a 6 inch on a BK. Another thing I liked about the firebox was that it was more of a cube on shape vs being rectangular, short in height and deep. I also looked at a Buck Stove 91 and it's firebox is super deep, but not so tall. I like the BK's firebox better, though I have a very high regard for the 91.
Bottom line - I think this Blaze King Parlor stove is a great stove.
Bill
There's a reason the manufacturer put an 8" collar on this stove. It's a BIG fellow. I have a fireplace about 4' from the flue it is hooked to now. I'm getting ready to put an 8" thimble right above the fireplace and move the stove over. The flue liner for the fireplace is about 13" square. That's about 11 1/2" square inside dimension. Compared to the 8" flue liner which is about 6 1/2" square inside where it is hooked up now. Got a total of about 22' in height since it is located in my basement. Does anyone foresee a problem from the larger flue liners versus the 8" stovepipe I will eventually have?
