Hello all,
This winter marks the start of my third season of burning with my VC Defiant 1610. I've learned a lot about how to run the stove, but still looking to perfect the process. To the fellow defiant users out there, I have some questions for you:
1. what temp do you allow your griddle top to come up to and run at?
2. Do you use a thermometer on your exhaust pipe that comes off the firebox?
3. What temps do you see when you are running your stove hard?
Since VC secondary burn outlet is low in back, how do you run the stove for longer burns? Right now we are just putting in 3-4splits in at a time and always make a clear path to the secondary burn outlet. Now we are wondering what steps we need to follow to load the stove so 5 or 6splits can go in at once and produce a longer burn. The defiant is so big, but right now I feel like we can only burn three log burns at a time. If you are filing up the box, what are you doing withthe coals and how are you stacking/loading the splits to get longer burns?
Any comments are appreciated. I just feel that with a large stove, it should be able to provide longer burns. If someone does have success with a particular method for these stoves I'd love to hear about them.
Thanks!
jr
This winter marks the start of my third season of burning with my VC Defiant 1610. I've learned a lot about how to run the stove, but still looking to perfect the process. To the fellow defiant users out there, I have some questions for you:
1. what temp do you allow your griddle top to come up to and run at?
2. Do you use a thermometer on your exhaust pipe that comes off the firebox?
3. What temps do you see when you are running your stove hard?
Since VC secondary burn outlet is low in back, how do you run the stove for longer burns? Right now we are just putting in 3-4splits in at a time and always make a clear path to the secondary burn outlet. Now we are wondering what steps we need to follow to load the stove so 5 or 6splits can go in at once and produce a longer burn. The defiant is so big, but right now I feel like we can only burn three log burns at a time. If you are filing up the box, what are you doing withthe coals and how are you stacking/loading the splits to get longer burns?
Any comments are appreciated. I just feel that with a large stove, it should be able to provide longer burns. If someone does have success with a particular method for these stoves I'd love to hear about them.
Thanks!
jr