1st fire

[nmaho]

Ok had my first breakin fire used fat wood kindling, got up to 150degrees with a lot of smoke and bricks are black now. Will this all clear up as I raise temps? Or should I be doing something different?

 

[Jags]

Fat wood is just for starting fires. Using too much will give you the results that you are seeing. As you get hotter fires it will clear up.

(moved to the Hearth forum).

 

[begreen]

Ok had my first breakin fire used fat wood kindling, got up to 150degrees with a lot of smoke and bricks are black now. Will this all clear up as I raise temps? Or should I be doing something different?

The inside of your stove is only really clean when it leaves the factory. Your subsequent fires may clear some of this up if you are burning dry wood. But then it will get covered with ash. C'est la vie. Can you add your stove model to your signature line?

 

[Kosmik]

Well at least you didn't get that sucker raging over 550 for a few hours on the first burn...
Ooops.

Took me a while to figure out why the stove was smoking. Ended up wiping some paint off the top.

 

[Wood Duck]

Yes, the inside of the Your stove will clean up a lot when you build a hot fire. The soot will mostly burn up but some ash will be left behind. The bricks will look pretty clean, but the ash on the glass will make it look cloudy, so you'll have to wipe the glass with a damp cloth. You can either try to wipe off the soot, or wait until you've had a hot fire and it will wipe more easily.

I usually use only two or three pieces of fatwood along with a bunch of kindling to start a fire.

 

[BobUrban]

As they say on "fast and loud" - let er rip, tater chip! Get that sucker hot and the goo will be gone but clean - never again.

 

[logger]

I only use 2 pieces of fatwood when starting a fire and as BeGreen mentioned, they are for starting purposes only. Try throwing some dry kindling on top of them or 2 small splits and use the air control to adjust the heat so you keep an eye on the temp. If you need another split to raise the temp, just throw it in. If your wood isnt the seasoned enough Id buy a bag of good wood at your local grocery or convenient store to help w the process. Congrats on new stove!

 

[hamsey]

Yes, It will clear as the others have said. My first break-in fire everything got black. Second was a little better. Third my brick was clean. Now only when I do a cold start do the bricks get a little black and it is usually gone when that first load in burned down. Enjoy your Jotul, I was skeptical at first but the thing does a great job when run right. Good wood is a must though