My folks brought me out a little bit of white oak from Virginia during a visit in October. I split it and stacked it then in a sunny dry spot. Fast forward 3 months and its fully seasoned and ready to use. With predicted lows hitting -7 tonight I decided to break out some of the oak and burn it. We're used to our stove surface temp hitting around 450 degrees using pine. This white oak on the other hand is burning around 525-550 degrees it seems like for hours! You hardwood guys have it good...
Stove rockin at 525:
Damper only 1/4 open:
The goods (I need more):
Stove rockin at 525:
Damper only 1/4 open:
The goods (I need more):