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Being off grid, we have a propane fridge, not as cool as kerosene, but still really helpful. We've got it set up on the front porch, because in the summer, nobody wants the extra heat I'm the house, but in the winter, the damn thing freezes everything. I've got a gallon of milk that gas reached...

Fuel efficiency in woodstoves is a different thing, and how often you're stoking, poking or otherwise phukin about with the fire is part of it. It's not about how cleanly it burns or how much heat is extracted from an individual piece of wood. Here's another way to look at fuel efficiency too...

Efficiency doesn't stop at how much wood is burned. Like I said, rocket stoves require very small wood to work effectively, they can't handle big stuff because they blow themselves out. So you have to process everything down smaller, and that is a hell of a lot of work. The hardest part of doing...

Know why they aren't more popular? Number 1 is safety. Things burning that hot don't belong in a house. Home owners insurance won't touch em. 2 nobody who heats their home with wood, wants to turn every piece of wood into kindling. The third part is cleaning, and when the smoke is cooled that...

Round here cherry is a little round fruit you buy at the store... Ponderosa and Douglas Fir typically, shagbark cedar or alligator juniper in a pinch. Last year I dropped what I believe was an elm, never saw the tree in leaf. Surprisingly good firewood. Fairly hot with a long burn time...

Wow, I think that would fit inside my current stove's firebox lolz!

Perhaps they can help with your italics problem...lolz

I'm with Kyle. Nothing like propane and propane accessories for getting that fire lit now! (So long as your torch tank is warm enough to flow and make a flame. Legit that's a problem here) I split my kindling down to matchsticks and kiss it with the torch, simple and easy. I use a name brand...

Here in Arizona, we have no concept of heating oil. Just saying. Do you guys mean kerosene, or some heavier oil derivative?

Grass fires are terrifying in just how fast they can run before the wind. Good luck to all of you.

My prayers are with you for the fire season. I was just wondering how things looked in that regard, down your way.

Don't build your chimney with as many kinks as a corkscrew, simple as that. I have a straight flue, a single damper, no blower, no obstructions. I haven't had to clean the flue, ever. I get up and check a few times in the burn season, every other month or so, because we burn a lot of pine, but...

Very good!

When I put the addition on my mom and dad's old place, that's exactly what we did with the old swamp cooler. Turned it around and used it to blow the heat into the addition. Worked almost too well. Being about six feet from the stove, if you turn that thing on high, it sucks all the heat out of...

I've got a dozen fishplate bolts from BNSF stood on my stove as a heat sink. There's a good bit of iron, so they hold heat well, and they're stood in the output of the jacket They do look like hell in that light, and so does my stove. I am overdue for oiling though...