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19 Feb ’12
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KVR said
I actually showed them construction pics of when we built it, tolde them the only way the pipes would freeze would be if all the windows in the house were blown out or we were in a mini ice age.
I would be careful of using that mini ice age argument.
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15 Feb ’12
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well crap, there goes that
6 Feb ’13
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Its interesting you both use morning fires. I'm not saying occasionally we don't do a morn fire if were going to be around. We have ended up mostly using the fire at night..say 5 or 6ish til 9-ish...we then stop feeding it and let it chill for the night. Maybe I can try coupling that with cooking dinner on the fire to save electric...were trying..were just typical consumer culture on a learning curve. I have a long way to go to close more energy gaps in our home lifestyle.
Jain says her house overheats...our house has such mass that I'm not sure you can overheat it..plus our stove is a bit on the small side. Ususally run it with door open to get that fireplace feel..ahh.the radient waves of heat hitting your face...cannot beat that. We have so many cloudly days I think it really helps to have a mini sun with no obstructions (like glass or metal door) to our selves. Or course if we our not there we close the door lol..but man sure is a wonderful feeling...very cozy.
@kvr Do you still like your wood stove oven??
I think it would be an excellent gift to the family for Christmas this year...our setup is like yours 6" pipe. Do you use it lots?
15 Feb ’12
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we do, but use it sparingly, sad to say to get it up to proper temp and time to cook anything significantly you need to keep the wood stove fired up, which then causes the house to get unbearably warm, there have been quite a few times where I cooked a roast in it and had all the windows wide open on the front of the house. I am planning an outdoor kitchen in the spring and am debating just using it out there.
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Speedfunk6 Feb ’13
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That was so helpful KVR...appreciate the honesty..its a bit of money so I'd like to make sure it will work. I can heat stuff up on the surface like soups but an oven would help my wife...I don't really bake...might get baked occasionally but I digress..
So for instance if you were to use it. You need to get chimney temp up to 350-ish? How long does that take you before you feel stove is of temp to start?
Do you need to rock your stove to get It there (the overheating?)
We don't cook hardly any meat but things like backing some frozen bread/tufo lasagna/potatoes/pot pies/kale chips.
How long do you usually need to run said fire to accomplish your cooking goals?
6 Feb ’13
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I agree with the outdoor kitchen..looking forward to building one of those as well.
15 Feb ’12
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The oven heats up pretty fast, about the same speed as the stove pipe. If the stove pipe coming out of the stove stays around 400-500 degrees the oven will maintain between 325-375.
The way we normally run the stove is we start with 2 pieces of wood, let it burn down some and then add 2 more, once that is burning down we add 2 more and then let it burn itself out. On a 20-30 degree day this will get the house around 75-80 degrees and the burn time will be 3-4 hours total. On sub-zero days will usually do two more firings.
So that leaves us with roughly an hour and a half to two hours of ideal cooking time of 350 degrees in the oven which severely limits what we can cook without overheating the house. I have had to finish off some things in our traditional oven when I just couldn't stand the heat any more.
It's why I am thinking of putting it in an outdoor kitchen, I want to build a rocket stove and set this right on top, I figure I can fire it up as high as I want with no worries.
@mountainmedic bought one a couple years ago and might have some more feedback on how his experience has been with it.
6 Feb ’13
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I saw your other post as well on a different thread.
I feel like my chimney temps are not up to that. I can put my hand pretty close to single wall black pipe ...I need one of those fancy laser thermometers . My buddies got one ...and I you got one as well. They look very useful!
I just read a good idea some simple type person did...they get some coals going ..shove them to back of stove and put dish directly in the firebox...I might have to give that a try.
The one thing I don't like is another piece of resistance in the chimney to slow draft and to have to clean out... still thinking that's for sharing that info K.
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