What Is In Your Stove Right Now?

[Dieselhead]

Spruce been the flavor lately, usually 830-830 loads. I made a rookie mistake last night and didn’t load the wood cart for this mornings load. Now out to battle the “blizzard of ‘26” in a little bit 🤓

 

[Turbo89]

Overnight reload did ok, came out to STT of 150, inside temp of 50 and plenty of coals to relight with some Amazon paper and splitter slash. She’s warming back up now with some maple and pine.

Winds whipping outside, about to do my first pass of snowblowing.

 

[thewoodlands]

Last night is was all Ironwood, this morning we have a combo of Maple & Ironwood.

 

[NickW]

7 degrees with aspen and black ash in right now. Last nights load of cherry, birch, white ash and hickory got in late and still has the temperature at 68. Unfortunately the glass was a bit brown. The wood my wife brought in Saturday is still a little damp even with the fans blowing on it... Going to be a fight the rest of this season.

 

[Turbo89]

Shops cooking, STT 500, CAT 1430, inside temp 68. 26 outside and still snowing/windy.

burning a mix of maple and ash right now.

 

[Dieselhead]

I mixed it up for the overnight load that just went in with some sugar maple. I did a half a load so it will be mostly coals before tomorrow mornings 5:55 full load of 95% shagbark hickory and 5% sugar maple. I already have the cart staged by the stove warming up and drying off as some blowing snow got on it even though it’s under a covered porch. We have some colder temps coming in than we have seen in a week or so. I saw some teens and 20’s for daytime and nighttime highs.

 

[Turbo89]

Well timed reload tonight, tossed in a mix of hickory and maple. STT 480, CAT settled in at 1165, inside temp 68, outside 26.

Lots of snow here, it was nice to warm up by the fire after snow-blowing.

 

[stoveliker]

I've added some oak splits during the day, here and there, not paying much attention to the stove.
Now a full reload of red and white oak.
30 outside, feels like 20.
Low for the night is 23. Upstairs is 70.

 

[Dieselhead]

Hickory is in for the next 24hrs. It wasn’t a fantastic full house the split sizes were fighting me a little bit. Then it started taking off on last nights coals so I called it good enough. I’ll see what’s next when I’m back home tomorrow.

 

[NickW]

Same old thing here, black ash and aspen. 15 degrees with snow starting soon, but certainly nothing like the east coast. Quite OK not dealing with over 3' of snow...

 

[Turbo89]

Delayed post here, got her up and going this morning with some hemlock and ash.

 

[stoveliker]

Last night's 10 pm load is done.
A sliver of spruce on the bottom, a split of oak and two small splits of silver maple to get me to tonight.

 

[stoveliker]

25 outside, going down to 18. 70 upstairs.
Red oak in the stove.

 

[Burnin Since 1991]

Natty Gas! I'm at the family compound on Cape Cod and thats the only utility that is working. We have an NG fireplace and it's pulling the load.

 

[NickW]

Coals simmering right now. Going down to 4 tonight so there'll be a chunk of beech or hickory in tonights load.

 

[bigealta]

Hickory and ash with a sliver of oak.

Nice rolling blue flames I had on some oak and mulberry uglies earlier . Pictures never do it justice as usual

It looks like the bottom of your front secondary burner tube is rotting out? Maybe it's just the pic as i know your stove is not that old.

 

[MRD1985]

It looks like the bottom of your front secondary burner tube is rotting out? Maybe it's just the pic as i know your stove is not that old.

There is some surface rust on them, no rot holes actual rot. It’s on its 3rd season. Stove runs pretty hot, probably why it is the way it is. Replacement tubes are $59 each. Probably have to replace some stuff next year.. blower bearings are a little noisy, the front air deflector baffle insulation is a bit crumbly/backing plate a little warped (been like That for at least a season or 2), some surface rust on the secondary tubes, but still function just fine. Pictures seem to make it look worse than it actually is. Door gasket is a little tired too and requires periodic adjustment.

 

[NickW]

2 above, real feel of -9. Last nights stuffed load of cherry, white ash and I think it was 1 sugar maple left nice coals and still 69 degrees. Typical daytime load of aspen and black ash is in. Cold day today with a high of 15 and overnight of -2 forecast, then a couple of nice days before colder again for the weekend.

 

[MRD1985]

After spending all day digging out from the storm after my 48 hr shift from hell, finally got the stove going. Oak, ash, hickory and sugar maple.

 

[Dieselhead]

After spending all day digging out from the storm after my 48 hr shift from hell, finally got the stove going. Oak, ash, hickory and sugar maple.

Time to settle in, have a cold one or 3 if you like to partake 🍻 you earned it!

 

[MRD1985]

Time to settle in, have a cold one or 3 if you like to partake 🍻 you earned it!

Not yet…got to go out and get stuff for dinner and then cook…

 

[stoveliker]

The stove fell out of the active cat temp around 3 pm.
So 18 hrs.
It's cold now, took some ashes out. Mine split until sometime tomorrow. The time from 4 am to 9 am below 35 tomorrow is not worth it with my wood supply...
Sometime tomorrow morning I'll relight.

 

[MRD1985]

Time to settle in, have a cold one or 3 if you like to partake 🍻 you earned it!

 

[shortys7777]

Ash

 

[MRD1985]

Was tired last night and slept through my overnight reload. Wife is running on the treadmill this morning, too messy to run outside. After she’s done I’ll load the stove. Still have a few coals from the 4pm load yesterday, probably won’t be enough though.