I can see the advantage of the BKs as second stoves in our climate, or as primary stoves in the Pacific Northwest or similar climates. They clearly will burn long and low, which may be great for a climate that sits at 55 or so, where it is too damp and cloudy to be comfortable, but too warm to need 30,000 or more BTUs. In that case, a slow steady 6000 - 9000 BTUs would be great. Here, where we may go from 30 to 60 in a few hours during the shoulder season on a regular basis, we use less wood and keep our homes really comfortable just starting a very small fire each night to take the chill off the home. We put out way more heat during that short time, even when we set for a catalytic burn, and I know I need that heat when it is chilly enough for me to light a fire. The PH window stays crystal clear on a cat burn, and throws a lot of heat out the glass right away, and the Fireview does a pretty darn nice job too. If one has only one stove, I just don't see a tremendous advantage for a BK in the NE or MW. BKs own manual states that to get a lot of heat, which one can do, one has to load the stove really frequently. Not so with the Woodstock stoves. Twice a day loaded full produces a great deal of heat.