TESTED. The BEST Wood Stove for our Off Grid Homestead
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- We squeezed the maximum heat from our firewood on our off grid homestead. Have you ever seen an apples to apples comparison of a blaze king catalytic wood stove to a normal wood stove? Is a blazeking worth it? We did the test, and now you can have all the juicy data.
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For all the Families out there that dont have a son or sons in there family well it is so CLEAR TO SEE THAT ALL IS VERY MUCH STILL ALRIGHT. Having both sons and daughters in the family arrangement is awesome but My GOD LOOK WHAT THIS FAMILY IS DOING WITH just Dad, Mom and 4 awesome girls. Your channel is much more than entertainment its so informational and most importantly therapeutic. MOM and DAD I want to say what a tremendous job you both are doing growing up those Eclxceptional young ladies. Its such a great privilege to be able to get a glims into your world because it's so amazing to see how well rounded you all are. My only recommendation to you guys is that you never stop doing what makes you happy and keep on improving on your improvements. Looking forward to all the new episodes to come.🎉
Wow, thank you so much!
@@Gridlessness keep training em them to be self sufficient ... the boys their age will have to be VERY special to catch their eyes ... less Dad hassle that way ;)
@@Gridlessness yeah.. I envy your setup. You guys are building paradise
@@Gridlessnesswhat about moisture of the wood? ...not that it would change much between the two time frames...but just as farnas overalls how dry?
Wow thanks for sharing. I upgraded from a Blaze King to a Liberator Rocket Heater. I went from 7 1/2 cords of fire wood to 2 1/2 cords equivalent wood pellets. I don’t have wooded lands to harvest firewood so I had to purchase wood $150 per cord approximately $1200 now $350 per pallet $700. $500 savings. The best thing is that it’s totally gravity fed, no electricity required and I can fill the hopper and not have to worry about it for 14 hours
Are you using pellets or split logs? It seems like pellets would work best in that stove?
I have a Liberator in my house (92% efficient), I use about 3 tons pellets per year.
I was wondering how it compares to a rocket stove. Thanks. ☺️
Yes but you’re relying on someone for pellets and not up to code in some states I think. I would love to have one but I think home value is better with a wood stove
@@Ang.0910 it is UL certified amongst other certifications. I got the impression they made certain compromises to the best rocket stove design specifically so they could get some of those certifications (because the certifications are based on regular wood stoves not rocket stoves).
25 years ago I bought a cottage on a lake in Ontario 1100 sqf built in 1950. It had a beautiful Fisher heavy duty large wood stove that was only 5yrs old, worked great and heated the whole place, lived there for 5 years, 5 cords a wood a winter, average. Renovated, and lifted the cottage, slab on grade with 5 course of block, new beams, new windows, spray foam under block wall, and packed the attic with pink, new front and back door, it warmed up faster, and no drafts anymore. The 3rd year I bought a Pacific Energy catalytic medium size meant for up to 1500 sqf. Well let me tell you it was a sauna, took a while to learn how to run it. How to control the burn, minimize coal build up, and make it last when your not home. Replaced the upper air manifold once, the side and back metal pieces that holds bricks upright twice, did the rope on the door a bunch of times to keep a good seal, and that's it. Oh ya and the bricks once. My wood usage went to a 1/3 if not more, best investment ever, and still goin strong, oh ya and that beautiful 1200lb Fisher, its in my shop keeps it warm, put a brass valve in the side of it, copper line and have a reservoir, and burn all my used motor oil. Keep the videos coming, enjoy the ride, and stay warm this winter.
Rose, you are an angel for humoring this madman. LOL, what a number nut.
Off grid you have to run the numbers to survive, in my humble opinion. Microcosm of existence in general, unless you like off grid under a bridge, again my anology is just an opinion. Keep getting it Y'all.
Just started viewing your channel and I’m so impressed by your daughter’s, hard working, fun loving, well rounded hunters and fishing girls, builders, just about everything. You just don’t find that type of woman today’s tech world. You and your wife (mainly your wife) have done an amazing job raising such a wonderful family.
Love your unappreciated comment Rose; "Are we gonna need an adaptor for the adaptor ". 😅
thank goodness for Rose!
I just found this channel today. I love what you're doing. You have my vote for Dad of the decade award. The skills your Daughters have are amazing, the work ethic is outstanding, learned skills most will never have and put alot of grown Men to shame. The time they spend learning is well spent way better than sitting in a school room learning the crap they teach.I bet they know what a woman is and what a person with problems is at first sight.
Any suiter that comes would be verry lucky to have them in their life. What skill tests do you have for them or what they have for them would be a better analogy. I can see them " I bet I can skin a pig faster than you can, split a cord before you can" These young ladies are the ones every young girl should be looking at as roll models. Well done folks. World leaders in the making.
BE PROUD of what you have grown.
Thank you so much for your kind and encouraging words. We are incredibly proud of the girls! ☺️
She’s about as excited as my wife is excited to hear about my new radial arm saw. Or not at all… But we love them just the same. 😊
I seriously love your videos! I've been watching for about a month now and so is my 7 year old son. He said to me one day, "Mommy, can we be adopted by them?" He and I both want to learn how to hunt, the skinning and preparing of the meat looks so easy and like a lot of fun.
I have a strong belief in using the whole animal and so the things you ask do with the animals you hunt are very inspiring.
At 21.50 Rose does fully understand and excited; Rose and the girls can enjoy the extra time together making an extra raspberry pie each week. Jeff's plan is a success!
Great job and skills displayed by the girls and another quality Jeff's science lesson.
Its actually even better because you get the light and get to watch the fire dancing!
Loved it how u broke down messuring the efficiency of these wood stoves most people dont fully understand how awsome it is what u did showing us a measurable base line to know how much we need for stock and for temp adjustments along with max efficiency and it can be tweeked much more with so many variables we havent figured yet thanks again guys that was awsome im subed now and will be tunning in for more cheers and safe travels✨️✨️👍
Awesome information, love your beautiful family! Canada is very pretty. You guys are very blessed to live in such a beautiful country. Watched over 40 of your videos inthe last 2 days. Have gone fishing down in the Sea of Cortez several times. Fishing for tuna, skip Jack dorado etc
CUDOS TO ROSE FOR RASING A BIG KID LOL, Jeffs' EXCITMENT IS INFECTIOUS LOL
I love your enthusiasm! Once you broke it down in cords of wood, it just clicked.
I've been burning my Blazeking (Princess) for 5 years now in my off grid southern BC cabin-yes, they are a little pricey but worth every penny. Love your channel, keep the videos coming. You guys are raising some awesome young women that are gonna have to find a man that'll be able to match their skills-that's a pretty high bar they'll be setting!!!!
I have a blazed king princess, just wondering, are you burning?Fifteen percent moisture content would?
@@MrSprintcat I'm burning mostly larch and fir with about
Good evening from Syracuse NY everyone and I am glad to see a new video from everyone
I have used a Blaze King stove to heat our log home (2150 sq. ft, 2 level). for 20 years as the sole source heating. About 8 years ago, I upgraded from an older Blaze King (non catalytic) to a newer Blaze King 40, catalytic stove. This cut down wood consumption 2-3 cords. I burn approx 6 cords of wood per year. I start a fire around Nov 1st and it never goes out until around April 1 unless we go away. I stoke the stove completely full of wood twice a day, about every 12 hours. Once in awhile on a cold day, I may have to throw another log on to get me to the 12 hour mark. My house temp on average ranges from 67 in the morning to 78 in the evening depending on outside temp. These Blaze Kings do an outstanding job!!!
I'm still using an old 55 gallon barrel kit. I put a plate in the top of it, so that the smoke has to roll forward towards the door before it can go up above the plate-- and then roll all the way to the back again before it can escape.. So it traps the heat really well. It's very efficient as long as you keep the fire hot; doesn't smoke at all.
Ahhhh the ole adapter to the adapter thingy… so many people do not appreciate the value of your content. God bless you and your Gridlessness family
I don't know why I enjoyed this video so much. It was just surprisingly interesting to watch.
Your channel is the best...love it
Awesome video, I really need a Blaze King Princess for my home. Saving that amount of firewood used, would be so beneficial, after the cost factor, of buying the stove! Nice to see your young ladies growing so fadt and always willing to help get chores and tasks done. You and Rose are setting an amazing example for them, teaching them valuable life lessons. Im not off grid yet here in Ontario, 🇨🇦, working on converting my home to solar in hopefully the next 5 years. Already on a well, and septic system, just have to get a solar system large enough for my needs. Awesome channel that I keep coming back to watch from time to time. Keep up the cool informative videos. 😁👍🏾😁
what a beautiful family♥
Thank you both for the info. ❤
BlazeKings are the best in the industry by far. My Blaze King Princess is amazingly good. Mine is WET certified installation, and built for 2500 sq.ft. my cabin is 800 sq.ft.. I Love it. Once your wood it burning fast and hot, flip the lever for the catylitic to get hot and then turn it down bit by bit, good gor 30-34 hours. Keeps me 75-80 in my house, uses less wood by far
You are such a geek....I love it.
Something to consider and I used on my cabin with the Blaze King Stove:
Plumbing the intake of a Blaze King (or any wood stove) to draw outside air enhanced its efficiency and improved the indoor air quality. Here are a few key benefits and considerations:
Benefits
Improved Combustion Efficiency:
By drawing fresh outside air directly into the stove, you avoid using already-heated indoor air for combustion. This helps the stove burn more efficiently and maintain consistent performance.
Enhanced Indoor Air Quality:
Using outside air reduces the potential for negative pressure inside the home, which can draw in pollutants, dust, or moisture through leaks or cracks in the building envelope.
Even Heat Distribution:
A system with an outside air intake may help create a slight positive pressure in the home, leading to a more stable temperature and less infiltration of cold air.
Condensation and Moisture Control:
Positive pressure reduces the tendency for humid air to condense on cold surfaces, such as windows or walls, thus protecting the structure and maintaining comfort.
Considerations
Installation:
You'll need to ensure proper sealing of the intake piping to prevent air leakage. Check that the intake is appropriately insulated to avoid condensation within the pipe.
Regulations and Building Codes:
Some local codes might require or recommend this modification for airtight or energy-efficient homes. It's always wise to verify compliance.
Cold Air Challenges:
In extremely cold climates, pre-conditioning the outside air (e.g., running it through an insulated pipe) can prevent cold drafts or impact stove performance.
You are so great together. The end had me laughing so hard. Great episode. 👍👍😂😂
My first comment (after seeing a lot of youtube videos from your channel). First of all I love your channel, one of the best! And now I really feel the urge to step in with a comment. First of all, never ever start a fire from the bottom or in the middle! Allways start a fire from the top! Why? Because you will get more energy out of the logs burning and less sot into the chimney (and yes less smoke too). The part of saving wood, or getting more heat out of the same wood should really be a simle yes to start the fire from the top.
Second on that, regular steel/iron woodstoves will still not be very efficient, most of the heat will go out the chimney (as said in swedish heating for the crows). The solution is some kind of mass heater (there are serveral, in sweden there are "rörspis" or "kakelugn", in the US "mass heaters"). Heating up a large peal of bricks through a channel system captures a huge amount of the energy from the stove, to keep the whole house warm just one fire in the morning and one in the evening is enough. Its a very big save on all wood!
Nice data analysis and comparison. Greetings from Czech Republic.
Been using a Blaze King King model here in the BC Interior for 20 years now. I burn mostly Fir with a bit of Pine depending on the point of the season. It goes 27/7 for 6 to 7 months and I go through about 5 to 6 cord. I put 2 very large pieces of Fir in about 9:00 pm and it will get me through till 7:00 to 8:00 am no problem with an average temp around freezing. When it gets down 10 to 20 below then I have to load er up full. Wouldn't change to anything else.
That secondary combustion flame is what is making the burner more efficient. The lack of secondary combustion is why the smoke from your charcoal maker is inflammable (it can burn). If you add air holes two-thirds the way up the charcoal maker, you should get secondary combustion inside, creating a more efficient machine.
I have a blaze king princess model just like yours. I fill the hole fire box and let it run for 25 minutes for the fire to get going and close the damper to activate the catalyst and set the control to 3 and let it run all night and in the morning I gust couple of logs and
Last all day. Once the the house gets warm I only burn couple of logs. I can get 25 hours of burn at number 3 setting. The set at 75 degrees all the time.
To your beautiful young daughters / hang tuff girls , I was 17 before I found out my name wasnt Get Wood. Hey , to Dad n Mom , I just love your channel. Im a single Dad in the countryside of Ohio, one daughter that is 25 , and Maggie is a hard worker. I thought youall had 3 girls, but possibly 5 ? Anyway I am pleased your channel popped up in, within the last year as an option of my type of channel. I also follow Steve up in Canada, on his big game channel and the Sasquatch people. Please keep up thee excellent video content. Jimmy O.hio
I have a older Blaze King king in my shop we load it about ever 14 hrs could go 16 , it sat in lower level of house hardly used in like new condition ,I paid 500.00 $ for it 4years later we had to replace cal co verter 400.00 dollars Blaze King awsome heat stove i also reduce to 6inch pipe
Those blaze kings are great stoves. I’m looking for another one to replace our current stove.
There hard to find but the vintage Blaze King 302 is one to look up I seen one on DIY Alaska enjoy it and Merry Christmas
Thanks for another great video
Hi good job you can get a rear fan blower for the model you have that will give you a better heat
I did not understand most of your math but, I got it at the end! Haha. You're daughter is one awesome girl!
God Bless from your Canadian Friend.
Thanks for the information!
I've been inside Blaze Kings plant in Walla Walla, Wa. They truly make a solid and safe stove. I tend to stick to tried and true and I have always felt that Blaze King gave me good bang for my buck. But technology waits for no one.
Good video. Never seen one tested before. I need to recheck my stove I don't think it has firebrick in it. hmmmm
The efficiency of that stove is outstanding
I painted the wall up to the ceiling with ceramic additive to the paint 5 coats and increase the stove temp 100F-150F.
9:58 Single wall pipe gives you more heat into the space. You really only need double walled pipe where it goes out through the roof. Or if you have a well insulated space and want combustion air to come from outside instead of burning your breathing air from the inside. That tends to make you dizzy and fall down. and die.
I frankly was quite disappointed with our catalytic stove. Good luck with yours
Wow this is crucial data 😮 so interesting how ya figured that out..
No follow up for the manure pile, years ago ? Always wondered how ya did with that .. should have created lots of heat too ?
I am so amazed that Rose is able to hold back her emotions on your data. Most woodstoves rate themselves with BTU's. It then goes to the type of wood used. Ya did good
I think BTUs were invented back in the days of steam engines. If not for America we would not have to pander to that antiquated measurement.
@@chrisallen2005 true but it is still used as a measurement of heat output.
@@onewhitestone Can't deny that. I still have measuring tools that read in inches.
You are the high tech off grider
Great video,very interesting.cheers guys
My parents stopped using electric heat in the 70's and we had a Heat O Later fireplace that did a pretty good job heating their three bedroom house wirh 12 foot vaulted ceilings but you had to burn a lot of wood to keep it reasonably comfortable. Then they got a Blaze King fireplace insert and not only did it burn a lot less wood it could literally heat you out of the house in the middle of December in the Oregon Cascades with little to no visible smoke coming from the chimney. Now that my mom is too old to be cutting wood she has switched to a Blaze King pellet stove and it is even more efficient than the insert. Blaze King advertises an 81% thermal efficiency which is right on par with what oil and natural gas furnaces typically operate at.
8:30 Windshield Ice Trick
Keep a spray bottle of isopropyl alcohol handy. Spray it on the film of ice and watch the frost slide off.
WHAT😳! I don't know how they can even justify that for wood stove pipe!
Amazing data👍🌞.
JO JO IN VT 🇺🇲💞
Id love to see more of Dad and the guitar and the family singing at tbe end. Just sayin
2 things - @gridlessness, I'm curious what the remote temp system you use is, mind sending a reply as to what that is? Also, At around 3:00, you said, "...we're gonna find out how much wood, then paused and my brain immediately filled in "a woodchuck can chuck...." ;-)
They make an adapter to go from 8 inches to 6 inches. My Frist wood stove was an All Nighter. It was an air tight stove. I went from 4 cords to 2 cords a year with a 80 efficiency wood stove.
Most interior stove pipe is single wall as it is in heated space and also contributes to heating the area. You need Double wall through the roof and beyond so the smoke doesn't condense in the cold weather creating creosote dripping down and potential chimney fires
19:02 😂
I already had a hunch with his thought process, then he goes straight to pie if you have 25mins to spare....
Spoken like a true toker. 😊😂
To me those cast iron stoves seem crazy because in Finland basically all wood stoves are masonry stoves, feels like you would lose a lot of heat just out the smoke stack when there is nothing that stores that heat.
You can also really effect the amount of loading that you do if you just take a bit more time and actually puzzle your pieces in there better, rather than tossing the in randomly. You don't have to go overboard, but just choose a little wiser and spin and turn your woods so that it all stacks together better and you can always get more wood in there. My problem is that mine usually starts getting too hot and tries to run away. lol.. Even with both flues shut. I have to toss in a cup of water sometimes if it gets way too hot like that.
I know y’all have a hydraulic cylinder laying around…let’s see a video of y’all making a wood splitter. Just an idea. Love all of your vids. God Bless..Joe in MS
How much wood would a WoodChuck chuck... Great video!! Subscribed
Interesting unit that you invented. I would add that it's relation to energy (E=kT, where k is the Boltzmann constant) is:
[T*time/mass] = Kelvin * second / kg = (Joule * second ) / (kg * Joule/Kelvin) = [(E*time)/(mass*Boltzmann constant)],
meaning your unit (assuming the time interval for both stoves is the same), while not energy, is still proportional to it, times the time, of course.
Do you derive pleasure making ordinary people's brains hurt?
It will work even better with the correct size pipe. Matters more in the house when loading and less smoke escapes.
Great work, I like to see real world examples vs manufactures name plate as wood burning has far too many variables to simply quantify it with a one size fits all source of truth. I have a place king and it’s epic. Trying to keep the house warm and stretch out burn time is fun and addictive.
Your 48 hour average data sound pretty good a large cubic stove with catalytic.
Next time check your performance during subzero temperatures and blowing storm.
In the meantime search Sedore 3000 upside down” stove.
Stay warm and your back to the wind.
I have a blaze king princess. I mostly love the stove, except for the half hour startup process.
We put a insert in Our Brick Fireplace. With a fan to blow air from top of stove in the Room. It Saved Alot of Wood. & Heat😅
Im heating a 1800 sq ft 2 story house with a lopi freedom bay fireplace insert. 22 yrs now. Start it late sept till late April or mid May. Wood comes from tree trim co's at 18". Use a hydraulic splitter. I split a months at a time. I don't like risk of it all split and stacked. I think over a 2 year supply is here, a few or more sheets of old OSB lay on top of it stacked. Keeps it dry. This stove is EPA approved plus it has a fan pushing room air in the bottom front atound the stove, out the top. Mid size fire heats good. Sub zero its running 600° at its most efficient. House is perfect.
Your pipe should be single wall when it's exposed in the room like that.. It helps radiate the heat out into the room, but once you pass through the ceiling-- you would want it to be double wall/insulated in your attic... If it's just passing through your building/roof-- it's fine to keep it all single wall, as long as you have a proper roof adapter, that keeps everything far enough away from the wood. You're golden
Do a test of the Blaze King with a 6” stove pipe versus an 8” stove pipe.
I have a feeling the lower velocity but higher flow of hot exhaust will give you better heating results with a catalyst.
This means more dwell time for the smoke to interact with the hot catalyst enhancing secondary combustion.
So great real science!💕
Have you ever thought about a rocket mass heater style?
Trying to convince the wife to leave the city fro a while, and i use your videos as proof its possible and not without luxuries.
As always enjoyed it immensely
As good as the Blaze King was in this example, a Rocket Mass Heater would be significantly better with exhaust temperatures probably down around 120F as they extract so much heat PLUS burn at a higher temperature to consume as much of the combustibles in every piece of wood.
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Love from India ❤
now when are you going to do part 3 of the electricity from wood you promise? les England
That's so funny that you "leave a tunnel".. lol I've been doing that trick for years.. What I usually do is lean two flat sides against each other to make a triangle tunnel; and light kindlin, twigs and a little cardboard inside that.. and it will burn and light the wood forming the tunnel; etc. Very reliable.. just light it and walk away... The tunnel is Key. It's funny that we can come to the same conclusions on our own.
Sungguh luar biasa keluarga ini👍👍👍
I love watching you guys
I thought this was going to be boring as I have a Blaze King Princess and I know it's better than other stoves. However it was quite the opposite I quite enjoyed the whole vid, thank you for taking the time.
There's never a boring moment with this family
I really like how you use math to calculate the efficiency of all your upgrades and even on that big arrow thing you guys shot and the black powder gπn too. Even when you know it will be more efficient. Guess one day you'll find something less efficient?? I think not!! Smart family smart people Rose and Jeff are and you're teaching your kids too. Awesome job!!
Great stove
You should always seal your flues, and never reduce the spigot size on the fire
The flue should be the the same diameter as spigot on the fire
I'm excited! anther pie guy!
Great video. Looks like Blaze King is a must have.
I would like to know about your temperature sensor seen in this video. You had a dongle outside and one inside. What’s it called?
Jeff and Rose ya'll have raised 5 very hardworking and smart and talented and beautiful young women . Jeff what are you going to do when they all get married and aren't there to help you do everything they do now?
Went from an old school cast iron to a blaze king, to a blaze king with thermosiphon water system, now I'm going to make the final upgrade to a masonry cook stove
I couldn't afford a blaze king, but was able to get a Drolet. My place is only 255 sq ft. I lad an old wood stove that was given to me go through so much wood last year. This nano sipps wood!
I love this stuff! Your kids would hate me, cuz i would next say ok, now we do this for alder, lodgepole, cedar, fir . . Ha ha. Pretty fun.
I love this channel!
Okay, you have me excited... that is a significant improvement in economy. I am wondering though, how often and how difficult is it to clean that catalyst grid? Or, because it gets so hot, does it need cleaning at all??? 🤔
needs to be cleaned about once a month apparently. these stoves sound great but also it sounds like they need some babying to keep them operating correctly.
For the catalyst in the house stove, we didn’t have to clean it for the first 10 years. Now we do it every few years. It’s quite easy to clean with a shop vac.
@@Gridlessness as a result of your video i watched the video - What I wish I knew before buying a Blaze King Wood Stove - Cameron Contracting Ltd.
i have no skin in the game nor any direct knowledge.
it sounds like people burn junk in the stove, clog up the catalytic burner and clean it themselves which wrecks it. a new catalytic burner wouldn't be cheap.
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If your Blaze King is operated correctly, and you use seasoned wood, you don't need to clean the catalyst. That's the whole point. It burns everything that causes soot, so what would there be to clean? I miss my BK something fierce.
What you have a blaze king ,Dave will be jealous. I wanted to know did you ever finish the wood gasifier or was it to hard to do and got thrown on the I'll do one day pile?
WETT approved install!! 🤣
I know what that means. My late hubby was a WETT certified installer and chimney sweep!
based on what ive read on diy forums and other videos, the main reason your kosi stove was inefficient with wood seems to be from not having a chamber to retain heat. in the videos ive watched, people created an enclosure at the top or added an extra layer in the wood chamber to increase the surface area of heat absoption(pretty much whats in the new stove). that setup allows the stove to burn at a higher temp, which inproves burning efficiency.
spending 2500 on the stove is quite an investment, especially given the minimal return in what was emphasized. personally if youre looking for a more automated process, i would be looking into a pellet setup instead. a pellet stove with an automatic feeder and ignitor would reduce the need for manual refills and you can make them yourself, though i havent used this type of stove so im not entirely sure of the specifics.
Its not that hard to figure it out. But putting it in numbers after the test makes it so much more clear.
The old Stove looses a lot of its heat because it goes straight up in the chimney.
The Blaze King has that Valve that can reduce that loss and in that way you get more heat out of the wood instead of blowing it straight in the air through the chimney.
The fact you have the Pipe as single tube is alsa a win, that way you get some heat in the room to :P
They also now have a firebox that reburns the wood coal gases expelled during burning making the firebox more economical less amounts of wood or coal also it can heat water to be sent to homes for hot water and infloor heating
You know people are Canadians when you see their hockey skates used as wall art. 💯
Just some points to consider
was there any wind outside,
Did you Burn wood from the same tree or atleast species , does wood size make a burn difference?
What was the stove temperature in fire box and exhaust temperature
We're the air and damper setting the same