Hottttttttttt

[bartlett920]

I started a fire a little bit ago with 3 2"x2x16 oak timbers and a1"x16 hedge log and supercedar left the stove air open and ran to the store. Well I got home about 15 minutes later and heard the smoke detector going off got inside and the fire was hottttt! So I turned it down and went in the attic to check the chimney pipe and it was cold so I guess it was a close one must of had it hot enough to reseason the paint on the stove. Hell I didnt think there was enough wood in it to get that hot I would say it was pushing 800-900 degree stove top temp!

 

[Dexter]

I've heard that Hedgewood (Osage Orange) is the densest, hottest burning wood available in the U.S., that it burns like coal.

 

[polaris]

I think most of us have walked away with the draft control a bit to far open at least once or twice. It's kind of scary isn't it?
Dexter is correct about Hedge apple/Osage orange. It has the highest BTU output of anywood available in these parts.

 

[bartlett920]

yeah that is usually all I burn but it was just one little stick I threw in. The only bad part about hedge is when air gets to it it likes to pop sparks and coals out!!

 

[Backwoods Savage]

Hedgeburner, may that lesson forever stay foremost in your mind whenever you light a fire. No matter how much wood you put in, tend that stove. Do your part and the stove will do it's part.

Glad nothing was harmed.