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Ideal Steel Wood Stove

Some folks prefer to take a little pellet gel, alcohol gel and squirt in small amounts to establish the flame. Others prefer tack cloth, impregnated cotton balls, char cloth, and other fire starters. Whatever you are comfortable with is fine. Lots of fire starters and techniques out there. We occasionally are questioned about coal, in addition to biomass for fuel. Coal burns too hot and the stove was not designed for coal. Although coal could be lit and placed in the firebox, it has the potential to fatigue the stove metals and potentially shortens stove life. Coal is higher in volatiles, pollution, and CO. We do not recommend coal or charcoal fuel in stoves. This ensures as long a stove life as possible. The stove was designed for renewable dry wood or biomass.

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The stove is a rugged 50 lb of heavy gauge stainless steel. The thermal mass of a stove this size typically are rated for heating larger tents, tipi's, yurts, or spaces such as 12' x 12' wall tents, or 12' x 12' Peak tents down to -30 degrees Fahrenheit. We recently received a review (below) from a happy customer heating his 16' diameter Bell tent in temperatures down in the low 20's. Warmer climates mean potentially larger size tent heating capabilities. Heating ratings are dependent on ambient temperatures, elevation, season, moisture content, humidity, and wood fuel species, density, and other variables. The secondary gasification firebox with baffle allows for a smaller footprint design due to greater efficient combustion. The dimension is: 9 & 1/4" wide x 10 & 1/4" deep x 7 & 3/4". About 75% of a cubic foot will call it. It is a small firebox offering efficient performance.

Our testing results are softwoods burn about 1 hour & 1/2 with heat radiating to about 2 hours maximum. Dry hardwood significantly improves the duration of the burn. Recent dense hardwood testing resulted in a 4-hour burn with very prolonged smoldering and just fine ash as end product due to efficient secondary combustion. So anticipate a 2 - 4 hour burn maximum duration of burn when stoking the firebox with hardwood and less with softwood species. Density and species will provide variable results.