Very happy with my Blaze King

[BC_Josh]

I keep telling my girlfriend how amazing my stove is, so I thought I'd post my thoughts about it in here as well.

It's a Sirocco 20.2. I'm just constantly amazed at how long it will burn my Doug Fir pieces. It's just wild. I keep thinking "No way, that fire HAS to be out," and then I turn it up a bit and I can see glowing coals after so many hours and I'm not in a rush to reload like I thought I'd be. It's a small stove but the heat output and performance are really great.

I guess I don't really have much of a point to my post, but it'd be nice to hear from other Blaze King owners about how much they love their stove and maybe a few pointers on how to keep it running good. I find it runs better when I make sure to do frequent hot burns, hot enough to burn the glass door clean. I think it helps the catalytic burner to stay unclogged too. It seems to run better with hot burns, rather than letting it burn out and starting cold. And, if it's not turned down too, too low either.

Yep, this is my second season in, and I think this is a marvel of engineering and a really well-built product (if there are any BK reps or employees reading this, please don't let it go to your heads! -- LOL)

 

[Highbeam]

I keep telling my girlfriend how amazing my stove is, so I thought I'd post my thoughts about it in here as well.

It's a Sirocco 20.2. I'm just constantly amazed at how long it will burn my Doug Fir pieces. It's just wild. I keep thinking "No way, that fire HAS to be out," and then I turn it up a bit and I can see glowing coals after so many hours and I'm not in a rush to reload like I thought I'd be. It's a small stove but the heat output and performance are really great.

I guess I don't really have much of a point to my post, but it'd be nice to hear from other Blaze King owners about how much they love their stove and maybe a few pointers on how to keep it running good. I find it runs better when I make sure to do frequent hot burns, hot enough to burn the glass door clean. I think it helps the catalytic burner to stay unclogged too. It seems to run better with hot burns, rather than letting it burn out and starting cold. And, if it's not turned down too, too low either.

Yep, this is my second season in, and I think this is a marvel of engineering and a really well-built product (if there are any BK reps or employees reading this, please don't let it go to your heads! -- LOL)

No other stove offers the same wide range of outputs with thermostatic control which is really what makes this stove brand stand out. If BK stopped selling stoves then about the closest competitor is woodstock.

Lots of stoves can burn hot and fast. Lots burn cleanly, and efficiently.

 

[nortcan]

Hi all, we used the Ashford 30.2A for only 2 weeks long, but during the very cold times we just got. The principal reason for a B.K. stove was the *supposed *to be able to get long burn times from it. In my mind, if I can get a full/real 8 hrs burn time,/ heating time with no re-lighting the stove after that and a warm house ( we like a warm house : 22/23*C during day time and 21*C at night)), I would be satisfied with the stove. But great *deception*...( lol) : the stove doen't burn a steady 8 hrs but ...did 12 to 15 hrs easily and could last lot more if wanted, no re-lighting during those 2 weeks, house always warm after these long burns. We got many stoves in the past but none were keeping the house warm enough on a steady base . Just two things not perfect : the glass get very black and is hard to get clean, but the long burn times win the first place over the black glass. Second : the stove being placed in a sort of * alcove *, the air damper knob is hard to read cause the white indicator arrow is placed on the back side of the knob. I made a simple change to *see* if it could be easier to read it/adjust it if placed in front of the knob, lot easier to select the temp. and be able to come back at it without hesitation. Very satisfied now, tomorrow is in the future sooooo...will see if love is still there after a few more time.

 

[Tron]

Well, the glass is just one necessary downside of burning low-and-slow. You can clean it up either with a razor blade or by running the stove on high for an hour or so, but it's really only cosmetical.
Regarding the thermostat, I don't even look at the "swoosh", I set it roughly by angle and call it a day. Mostly somewhere between 2:30 and 3:30. If we have a cold spell, I might to to 4:00.

 

[nortcan]

Well, the glass is just one necessary downside of burning low-and-slow. You can clean it up either with a razor blade or by running the stove on high for an hour or so, but it's really only cosmetical.
Regarding the thermostat, I don't even look at the "swoosh", I set it roughly by angle and call it a day. Mostly somewhere between 2:30 and 3:30. If we have a cold spell, I might to to 4:00.

You'r right, black glass is less important than the stove's advantages... But about the thermostat dial position's, it would be the same work for B.K. to place the indications in front of the knob instead of at the back of it. When new to the stove, the thermostat knob's position is important to be repeat without any guess , specially when Monsieur et Madame have to adjust the thermostat and get the best of it without thinking to the work/job clock lol! And when the stove is placed in a corner or in an alcove, it gets even more important to see what we do! Why not make it easy when it's more logical?

 

[Todd]

They used to have numbers on that dial, don’t know why they changed it?

 

[stoveliker]

Because they didn't like the phonecalls of folks saying "his on 3 doesn't do what mine on 3 does, so one is broken", not recognizing that it depends on the flue(and home) system too.

I did put on my own tickmarks so that I can be more repeatable.

 

[Todd]

Because they didn't like the phonecalls of folks saying "his on 3 doesn't do what mine on 3 does, so one is broken", not recognizing that it depends on the flue(and home) system too.

I did put on my own tickmarks so that I can be more repeatable.

so now they get phone calls saying his at 3 o’clock doesn’t do what mine does at 3 o’clock. 😂

 

[nortcan]

Many stove owners complaint about the difficulty to find the same air damper adjustment they want to get, and that is normal if no mark on the air damper system , we don't have all the same mechanical ease and stoves are not placed the same way in the place/room/alcove.... Woodstock Stoves as an example, made the new Progress Hybrid 209a equipped with marks on the air damper so it's easier to find the good air damper setting every time. They did so cause many custommers asked for it. That is call listen to the custommers . Some little details are cheap to make and improve even a well made product like B.K. stoves .

 

[Tron]

it would be the same work for B.K. to place the indications in front of the knob instead of at the back of it.

I agree, since a stove is usually set against a wall, I don't see the reason to put the dial/swoosh on the right/back side of the knob, either.