There have been several posts about cat maintenance. I'm just poking fun, it's about the same level of maintenance/cleaning that I perform on both of my stoves, but they are not typical non cats. The upper chamber on the Morso is an ash/soot collector as is the entire cooker. On the bright side I don't get much if any build up in my chimney for either stove.
Yeah, they like to tout the benefits of never having to start a fire by saving the coals through a long, low-output burn, but when all is said and done they appear to do a lot more fussing around than we ever do. Maintenance doesn't sound like any picnic, compared to my cat stove. They don't have an ash grate either and as we know, that bites..Seems like these BK stoves need more babysitting than a noncat
Yeah, they like to tout the benefits of never having to start a fire by saving the coals through a long, low-output burn, but when all is said and done they appear to do a lot more fussing around than we ever do. Maintenance sounds like a lot more work for them, even though I also have a cat stove. They don't have an ash grate either and as we know, that bites..
There's definitely an art to shoveling efficiently and cleanly which you can master with time, like most things you learn. I got to the point where very little dust escaped..like none. It's work, though, holding the pan under the door and depositing the ash in the pan by sliding it off the shovel, rather than dumping it. And you have to shovel out when draft is good, to contain the dust well.
You missed exit 34, the one for Easy Street; You went from the Jotul 12 to a BK.
I did my cat maintenance because I was bored and wanted to save the $200.00 on a new cat lol.. turned into a fun night and I learned something new.
My cat maintenance has been reduced to pulling it out each summer and vacuuming it. Then I wrap a new gasket around it, and slide it back into the hole. Done. I replaced them both after 3 years, and will probably do the same again after 6 years, because the cost isn’t really enough to make fussing around with them worth the time.
Yeah, but you have the only other stove on the market that can really compete with BK on any level of true merit. I don’t think anyone has ever said anything bad about Woodstock, other than that they’re perhaps the only stove more ugly than the older/traditional BK models. [emoji14]Maintenance doesn't sound like any picnic, compared to my cat stove. They don't have an ash grate either and as we know, that bites..
Exactly. I have time to burn at 10pm, or a few minutes here and there while waiting on a slow computer at work, but daylight hours at home are precious and few. Get that bizzatch loaded and cruising, then get outside!If I have extra time, I'd rather blow it loafing on the internet instead of fiddling with a stove.
No reason to open the bypass regardless what you do. The bypass has its use and it should be use just for those purposes.
Throw a couple kindlings on in the front on the coals first and let them get going, then load. That way you've got some flame going to eat the smoke.
If the spring is constricted from high heat output, you reload and turn down, the firebox winds up with a rich air fuel mixture. Reduce thermostat settings incrementally...allow spring to relax.
Wide band wood stove? I can dig it. Maybe a boost/vac measurement would be fun too, but I guess some folks already have mag guagesDon't say "air fuel mixture" in this thread, or you know you are going to get a half dozen PMs asking where the best spot is to drill the firebox for the probe....
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