Blaze King Smoke spill solution

[vwmike]

Long time member, haven't posted in awhile.

I burn my princess 1999 model, 24/7 october-april up here in the pnw. Burn mostly doug fir, 4 chords a year. I have 27' up and out chimney insulated class a.

I've always had smoke spill at reload no matter how perfect the sequence.

I first saw this mod at my local blazeking dealer on a king, they didn't have the extra piece welded in, but on a hinge so if if you hit it with a piece of wood it would swing out of the way. They have it on an awkward chimney setup in a small showroom, and its always run on low so they also had smoke spill problems.

My welder happens to live 20 ft away in the garage so I tried this and it works amazing. No more smoke spill! I think the door opening design is flawed as it's higher than the smoke path out of the top of the stove if smoke flows towards the front. I've had a PE summit and even an old Jotul 118 on this exact chimney and neither had smoke spill ever with those stoves.

maybe this will help someone else out there.

 

[nortcan]

Nice job. Maybe the plate could be held with some swivel hinges? So when loading wood high and touching the plate it could have some play in it ? But if your solution works , bravo!

 

[Highbeam]

That stove looks identical to my 2012 model that also spills smoke on hot reloads where previous noncat stoves did not. I am on just a 12' chimney though. I just suffer through it and try to minimize the spillage.

I don't think I would have put such a strong bead on the sides. These stoves can crack around the door frame so strengthening things that are maybe meant to flex could increase that.

I have noticed that the door opening is much bigger and taller than the bypass opening. I have even been known to hold my arm up against/across the top of the loading door opening to keep the smoke in which is really the same thing you did but much less permanent!