This morning when I woke up the house was 72, stove top 250 with a decent bed of coals. I went out and got 3 smaller splits about 6"x2"x18". I noticed the smallest of them was super heavy. I almost tossed it back thinking is must be soaking went. After about 10 seconds that split sitting on the hot coals started to burn like a puddle of oil. That little sucker burned for nearly an hour and the stove top got up to 650 with the air shut all the way down. It was still burning long after the other two were down to coals. If my chimney was not clean it would certainly have started a chimney fire.
I have burned pine most of my life and never come across a piece of that burned like that in any stove. I was good and awake this morning after that little treat.
I have burned pine most of my life and never come across a piece of that burned like that in any stove. I was good and awake this morning after that little treat.