New Jotul wood stove -- F 370 contemporary style

[spirilis]

http://www.youtube.com/jotulna
They officially support the use of BioBricks and other compressed sawdust products in this stove, first time they've done that for a USA-sold stove!

 

[begreen]

Nice kindling burner.

 

[firefighterjake]

Looks like he knows about top down fires and the advantage of them . . . not quite sure why he would want to keep "graduating to a larger log as the fire gets more mature" . . . I just start out with the larger splits and rounds and build the top down fire on top . . . seems a lot easier and more efficient instead of re-opening the door multiple times to keep going up in size with the splits.

 

[spirilis]

Hmm, well, the guy does say that the stove is generally designed to have wood stacked upright against the back teepee-style. I'd imagine it'd be a little awkward trying to pile kindling on top of the splits when the splits are already standing up (at an angle)? I guess it could be done; big splits in the back, kindling towards the front but I dunno how well it'd work.

 

[summit]

like alot of contemporary units, this one accepts a boy scout style teepee stack. With all the skamol they put in this, it should hande bio-brick energy ok, but be ready for alot of ash removal....

 

[spirilis]

what do you mean by a lot of ash removal? I use biobricks (or something similar) and the ash buildup isn't bad... heck this past winter I went months without removing ashes. Although with this unit the ash pan looks rather shallow so it might need frequent tending, but it still looks viable. Shame I won't have the money to do a woodstove makeover this year (or even next probably). Could definitely stand to get rid of my old smoke dragons.

 

[begreen]

If you use low compression logs or bricks, they burn up quickly and create a lot of ash. Kind of like a big cigar. High compression bricks and logs are the opposite. They burn long and create little ash.

 

[Bub381]

Don't know how long his gloves will last the way he's holding them in the flame while loading. I wonder if wood has ever burned down and fallen forward against the glass? Not downing, just wondering.It's BIG glass.

 

[summit]

what do you mean by a lot of ash removal? I use biobricks (or something similar) and the ash buildup isn't bad... heck this past winter I went months without removing ashes. Although with this unit the ash pan looks rather shallow so it might need frequent tending, but it still looks viable. Shame I won't have the money to do a woodstove makeover this year (or even next probably). Could definitely stand to get rid of my old smoke dragons.

small firebox = not much room for ash to build up.