Super classic burning tip

[moxy]

Last year I found that burning my super classic 24/7 produced a large amount of overnight coals which would easily start a fire the next morning. The problem is that these coals would not produce the same heat as a full load of wood and would soon reduce the amount of space for more wood requiring me to empty the stove.

My solution now is to divide the box into left and right using one side for splits and the other side to burn the coals to ash. As the splits are burnt to coals, I move the coals over to the other side allowing them to burn to ash. When one side is mostly ash, I reverse the procedure. So far I have been able to increase the amount of time between emptying box and decrease the coals. Seems to work.

 

[Millar]

I am employing a slightly different version of this . Overnight coals get raked around then 2 or 3 splits to build heat . Days above -5 C just get a split on on side then 2-3 hours later one on the other side . Mostly ash wood so lots of ashes . Three pieces for an overnight burn.
We cut our own firewood and it was processed for the wood furnace so is longer than most .

 

[Kodiak]

Great idea. I ve been doing a similar thing just pushing coals to one side and loading splitz onto other side but will need to eventually clean out properly. Works great though to get those big splitz in there either way with all the coals. Nice.

 

[joshah122]

Last year I found that burning my super classic 24/7 produced a large amount of overnight coals which would easily start a fire the next morning. The problem is that these coals would not produce the same heat as a full load of wood and would soon reduce the amount of space for more wood requiring me to empty the stove.

My solution now is to divide the box into left and right using one side for splits and the other side to burn the coals to ash. As the splits are burnt to coals, I move the coals over to the other side allowing them to burn to ash. When one side is mostly ash, I reverse the procedure. So far I have been able to increase the amount of time between emptying box and decrease the coals. Seems to work.

I did the same with mine last night and worked great! I still had several hours of burn time left and house was comfortable. I probably loaded a little early last night around 9 and the coals were still hotter than I usually have on reload, but still going well at 5 with and instant restart when I added a smaller morning load since I didn't have to try and bring the house temp back up. Great tip!

 

[Enplater]

I know it sucks but you can wake up early am (0130 ish) and turn the air damper all the way open. Wake up a few hours later and rake the coals forward and put a smaller split of pine across the coals and leave the air wide open until you wake up. I used to do this with my old stove and I hated it but I had manageable coals in the morning.
Now, during the week, I usually let the fire go out and let the furnace take over.
Maybe wood species could be a factor too? I’ve been burning hickory lately and also end up with a lot of coals in the morning.