I wonder how many non-cat stoves could burn a load of just bark and not overfire their stove?
Just for the fun of it, I loaded pure Oak bark in the Progress last night and it burned pretty much like a normal load - lots of lazy secondaries for a couple hours and then a slow burn to ashy coals. The load burned down faster than plain cord wood but I was amazed how well controlled it was. I actually got a 7 hour burn out of this load with a 250 stovetop at the end.
I loaded the stove only partially with bark other times to get a feel for how it burned before I fully loaded it. This stove can burn small splits of Cottonwood and still not overfire.
This is one reason I really like cat stoves, they can be dialed down so low.
Just for the fun of it, I loaded pure Oak bark in the Progress last night and it burned pretty much like a normal load - lots of lazy secondaries for a couple hours and then a slow burn to ashy coals. The load burned down faster than plain cord wood but I was amazed how well controlled it was. I actually got a 7 hour burn out of this load with a 250 stovetop at the end.
I loaded the stove only partially with bark other times to get a feel for how it burned before I fully loaded it. This stove can burn small splits of Cottonwood and still not overfire.
This is one reason I really like cat stoves, they can be dialed down so low.