Blaze King Ashford

[brewer69]

Hello all , thanks for all the past info you have provided, been very helpful, we are still deciding between the Blaze King Ashford ( wife didn’t care for the looks of the Princess or Sirocco but liked the cast look of the Ashford) and the Lopi Liberty Hybrid,. , my concern with the Liberty is if we are going to be able to burn it low enough to enjoy the fire without running us out of the house, nor sure how well they idol down and haven’t been able to talk with anyone burning the new Hybrid model to find out how they preform on low burns. When I ask about the Ashford at a BK dealer, one salesman said they were cast panels that were assembled with gaskets and bolts, another salesman said they were a steel body stove , basically an Sirocco fire box with cast panels added to the fire box, unfortunately the display model has some new stoves in front of it so couldn’t get close enough to inspect, anyone know how they are made? Thanks. Sorry mods meant to post this in the Blaze King stove thread

 

[begreen]

The Ashford is a steel body stove with a cast iron outer jacket. It will run at a lower output than the Liberty, but not as hot at full throttle.

 

[reaperman1]

If enjoying the fire is important keep in mind BK’s often run in “black box” mode with no visible flame. And keeping the glass clean is a side effect burning slow.

 

[brewer69]

If we crank it up while in the room does the glass clean up to get a nice view of the fire than turn it back down for the night when we head off to bed?

 

[Murray01]

If we crank it up while in the room does the glass clean up to get a nice view of the fire than turn it back down for the night when we head off to bed?

Probably not without cooking you out of the room. I can clean my door glass running at max for 20 minutes or so and keep it fairly clean running at “normal” or higher. I need outdoor temperatures at -20C or colder to be able to run the stove at those temperatures. I have the Princess model.

 

[BKVP]

Probably not without cooking you out of the room. I can clean my door glass running at max for 20 minutes or so and keep it fairly clean running at “normal” or higher. I need outdoor temperatures at -20C or colder to be able to run the stove at those temperatures. I have the Princess model.

The Princess and King have twice (Princess) and three times (King) firebox depth. It is the depth of these two models that results in more difficulty cleaning the glass thermaly. The Ashford glass is much easier to keep clean by operating at higher burn rates.

BKVP

 

[Murray01]

The Princess and King have twice (Princess) and three times (King) firebox depth. It is the depth of these two models that results in more difficulty cleaning the glass thermaly. The Ashford glass is much easier to keep clean by operating at higher burn rates.

BKVP

Thank you, I stand corrected.

 

[begreen]

The Princess and King have twice (Princess) and three times (King) firebox depth. It is the depth of these two models that results in more difficulty cleaning the glass thermaly. The Ashford glass is much easier to keep clean by operating at higher burn rates.

BKVP

The Ashford's glass is vertical. Does the slight angle of the glass on the Princess and King contribute to this issue?

 

[stoveliker]

More likely the heat radiating from the core of the fire, which is much lower due to the deeper bellies.

At least I see my gunk evaporate not necessarily when there's a lot of flame but when I have a highly radiating glowing mass.

 

[begreen]

I was thinking it's harder for the airwash to evenly cover the interior surface of the glass if it's not vertical.

 

[BKVP]

The Ashford's glass is vertical. Does the slight angle of the glass on the Princess and King contribute to this issue?

No so much. But the fuel load sits much closer to the loading door. We've placed a false floor in the KE40, raised it 6" and glass cleaned up more easily than OEM depth of 9".

 

[Highbeam]

The Princess and King have twice (Princess) and three times (King) firebox depth. It is the depth of these two models that results in more difficulty cleaning the glass thermaly. The Ashford glass is much easier to keep clean by operating at higher burn rates.

BKVP

Totally worth it for that deep ash belly. Also, it's not the entire glass that gets dirty while running on low, just the bottom corners. Still plenty of clean glass to see the fireshow during warm up or whenever you want to plus to see the cat glow.

I’ve cleaned it once this year.