I took a few days off this week while the kids were on break. As my dry wood supply is never what I would like it to be, I figured I might as well experiment with burning some chunk from my late summer/fall processing.
7:50 AM nice hot bed of coals by leaving the door open for 15 minutes
7:52 AM a bed of 2 year dried small splits of lesser varieties well lit
7:55 AM chunks loaded up
7:59 AM chunks well under way by leaving the door propped
8:20 AM chunks charred and no hissing after 20 minutes with the door closed
8:22 AM cat lit right off after 2 mins with the bypass closed
I've been doing this a few days now and haven't noticed any gunk in the cap which is where I usually get the you are burning stuff you shouldn't be burning indicators. Turning the stove down stalls out the cat but running wide open is OK when its cold out and I still get 12 hour burns. Certainly not as ideal as burning the ideal length 2 year plus dried stuff, but this saves a little bit of it for when I need it.
7:50 AM nice hot bed of coals by leaving the door open for 15 minutes
7:52 AM a bed of 2 year dried small splits of lesser varieties well lit
7:55 AM chunks loaded up
7:59 AM chunks well under way by leaving the door propped
8:20 AM chunks charred and no hissing after 20 minutes with the door closed
8:22 AM cat lit right off after 2 mins with the bypass closed
I've been doing this a few days now and haven't noticed any gunk in the cap which is where I usually get the you are burning stuff you shouldn't be burning indicators. Turning the stove down stalls out the cat but running wide open is OK when its cold out and I still get 12 hour burns. Certainly not as ideal as burning the ideal length 2 year plus dried stuff, but this saves a little bit of it for when I need it.