I like BKs, and they were high on my list when I bought my last stove. Just sayin that long burns are not on the top of the list of priorities for a lot of folks. For me and a lot of people, once you get past 10 - 12 hours, burn times become much less important. Diminishing returns sets in and other attributes become more important.
I agree with that. It was a really big deal when my wife worked away from home, now that's she's here all day, not so much. Although she hates to mess with it. With the BK she doesn't need to very often anyway.
Maybe for you, and front loaders, but it works just fine for me and side loaders. But I guess we are talking inserts here.
But then it is really N-S loading again, wait.............................. paradox?
Where can I find one of these side-loading inserts?
For your 20+ hour burns you are loading your stove with twice the amount of wood then I do for a 12+ hour burn. I use 5 -6 medium splits for 12+ hours. You don't need to present your side by distorting the facts. Really not necessary nor helpful.
My point has nothing to do with Woodstock. I'm just saying that super long burn times are not on the top of everyone's priority list. There are many other attributes to take into consideration.
I'm working on that...........Where can I find one of these side-loading inserts?
On some stoves this might the case. For me, I can fit the same amount of wood in my Quadra-fire IR that I can fit in my princess. It makes big heat, no doubt and there's nothing you can do about it! By morning it's down to a few coals and that's it. The princess is still working whole chunks of wood and monster coals. Most often I leave for work without touching it. It does 24-30 hour burns while the IR does 8-10 hours of usable heat.
You make a good point. If I were to load my stove with the same amount of wood as a fully loaded BK, it would not burn as long, but would give off more BTU's per hour as it did burn compared to the BK. The efficiencies between my stove and the BK are very close. But if I reduce my load size down to say 60% of capacity (5 - 6 splits), my burn times only decrease a small amount. I'm not sure what is going on here. Any ideas Webby? So therefore, I can get 24 hours of heat from 12 medium size splits. But it takes 2 burn cycles. Go figure.
Your condescending replies only reveal your insecurities. Typical school yard bully mentality.
Some of it could be that the end of a burn time in a BK is when the cat goes inactive. Other stoves don't really specify, typically it just means that a new load of wood was able to reignite without striking a match. Small coals left and that's about it.
Yeah, this whole 'burn time' definition is a slippery slope. Anyway, lets get this thread back on course.
