I bought the Kitchen Queen 550 Grand Comfort 1 1/2 years ago, with the idea of heating my home in the winter. About 8 months ago, I gutted the kitchen and rebuilt it mostly by myself, so this is now my first winter using it. I absolutely love it. Because of an idea for the wood stove placement, I started cutting wood 2 years ago. 😁. I just turned 66 and have been by myself for about 9-10 yrs now. Don’t have to be a spring chicken to try new ideas or make new goals. The stove is solid and meets my needs for heat and cooking very well. Cheers!
Hello @telern5681, I am so glad that you commented here. How exciting for you....we too are in our 60's and we are living out our life the way we have always dreamed of. Today and tonight will be the testing of our Kitchen Queen as we are going to be experiencing below freezing temps. Fingers crossed! Take care!
@@honeybugglehomestead Thankyou and please give imfo or phone on where to call and order. Thanks I want one. Beautiful cook stove, and the beautiful oven, wow.
@@harvdog5669 Hello harvdog, you can email Joe Anderson at knoxstove@gmail.com or give him a call at (865) 524-4113 He can direct you to the best price stove you are looking for. Their website is: www.kitchenqueenstoves.com/
All the years as a young lad burning wood, i have never used or have seen anyone use a propane torch to get the draft started without smoking out the house. That my friends is worth the cost of admission,
Yes! I am so happy to see that using the propane torch keeps nearly all the smoke out! I love the coziness of wood heat in a home and would love to learn to cook with a wood stove too! I hesitated in considering buying a wood stove in the future because I didn’t want my home to become overwhelmed with smoke. Thank you so much for posting this video!
@@deannehuizenga4845 Hello! Welcome to my channel. So glad our video on lighting our stove was helpful. I will be making the cooking videos soon so stay tuned!
That is a very beautiful cookstove looks like my grandmother's and that's all she had to cook on when I was a kid got very hot in the house in the summer time back then hardly anyone had air conditioning I live back in the middle of the woods been heating with wood only for 30 years it's a buck model 91 best woodstove I ever had or used you might have a little bit of a draft problem if you have problems with smoke but if you are happy with it that's all that matters love it keep on using it wood heat is good for my old bones
Hello Ray! Thank you for your comments here, we really love the memories that our viewers share about their love for the wood cookstove. We have worked out the draft problem as so many viewers have suggested that we open a window while lighting the fire and that has worked! As for wood heat, it is so much warmer and like you say, our old bones keep toasty warm. Take care Ray!
Hello Carmen! Welcome to our channel! We are loving our wood stove and these past few days she has been chugging along keeping the farmhouse warm and cozy. There was one morning where the temps dipped below zero outside and we fed "Ol' Nellie" lots of good hard wood and she blazed back to life and warmed everything up. The floors, furniture and the walls were warm from her heat. Take care and Merry Christmas!
I always like reading the comments from all the experts telling you what you done wrong. LOL You just do you. Everyone has their way of doing things that works for them. Love the stove. I've been wanting a wood cook stove like yours for a long time. I will eventually get myself one. Thanks for sharing my new friend's.
Hello Bryan, you are 100% correct my friend! Glad you have stopped by our channel. You will love a wood cook stove .....it has added more change to our lives and allowed us to slow down working in the kitchen and preparing a meal. We have learned to be more patient and more purposeful in the areas we enjoy. Happy New Year!
82 Years old and now right in the middle of my first full year of heating with wood. It’s going very well. I am very warm in Central Maine. a state no one has ever heard of or been to. I use the fat stick, but I would never ever oh my goodness use a blow torch. Wow. But there’s nothing more friendlyfriendly than a friendly fire. I have a full tank of oil as a back up that I haven’t had to use at all as the winter has been rather mild so far. This is early January 2023. I also have gas for my stove, but I could cook on the stove if I were out of electricity. I have solar, which would not help if I were out of electricity, but it certainly helps with a very low bill The installation cost was not mine. I practiced with wood last year and stocked up ahead of time this year. Oak is superb- I have ash so I use more than you. My stove is set into the (old) fireplace chimney which means that I do not have to worry about a hot pipe. Nice presentation here!
Hello Debra! Thank you for sharing here...you have a wonderful set up there in Central Main, good for you! Love it that we share that same love for a friendly fire. Happy New Year!
Excellent instructional video for the kitchen queen. The paperwork that comes with this unit does not include clear instructions on the function of each lever. You explain it all clearly. Beautiful home. Thank you.
Hello from our farm in New Hampshire. Kitchen Queen is an excellent stove. Not keen on your chimney. I'm a newspaper and kindling kind of girl with the occasional pine cone. I restored our great uncle's 1930 Home Comfort. She works like la charm. All the best ~ Diane
Hello Diane! Thank you so much for your comment. We went round and round about our chimney design and the was our home is built to accommodate our Kitchen Queen. we are still working out the kinks and have been doing much better in lighting and keeping smoke out of the farmhouse when doing an initial fire. I love the way the stove keeps our house toasty warm!
honeybugglehomestead- You just can't beat these stoves! I would get the smaller model for our farm cottage. Yours would drive us out! We have cathedral ceilings and designed the house around the Home Comfort. She had to have 2 foot clearance in the back. Stove pipe goes straight up⬆some 7 feet. She makes for a dramatic statement in the kitchen. I would miss having this independence from the grid ~ Diane
Thank you for the tip with the propane torch. I just started using a wood burning stove in my basement shop. I'm a bachelor so i turn the heat way down when I leave for work in the morning (and I like to sleep cool so the temperature is pretty low when i get home) I live in Ohio and our winters can be pretty harsh some years. Now I come home and light a fire which quickly heats the house up before I turn the gas furnace to normal heating. It's a small stove so i let it burn out before bed. I'm switching to a heat pump system (I have solar and an EV) so I'm almost done with paying for energy at this point. The little fire doesn't even use up the wood I cut just trimming the trees in my yard. I bought an old farm house inside a city of 2 million so thankfully my taxes are low as I'm still a 'farm'. I have a good sized garden, nearly an acre and plenty of free (wood mostly oak, maple and hickory) even a few Paw paw trees which I hear can grow in the UK!
Thanks for your comment Dead Cat. Sounds like you have a great set-up there at your house....good for you! Your wood burning stove will be vital if things go south.
Hello Leslie! So happy that our perspective was helpful. Once the weather cools down again, we will be doing more cooking videos for those who enjoy that type of content. Happy New Year!
Heating a room with a wood stove is easy, but cooking with a wood stove is difficult. It requires you to bring the stove up to a very high temperature, that most people aren't comfortable with. If you want to heat up a cast iron pan your wood stove will need to be burning at maximum power. A stove heated up to this level often will release a cooked paint smell every time you do it. It's a nice idea to have one of these stoves as an emergency cooking source. But it is not very practical. In days gone past people quickly realized that Coal stoves make a superior cook stove. Coal stoves produce much more heat, and it can be concentrated in a much smaller area.
@@Smartfella_or_fartsmella Hello Paul! Thank you so much for your comment, you have shared some very interesting and informative information. As the weather has been so warm this past week, we would not light the cook stove. It does get very hot when I am cooking on the cook top and have realized that I need to wear thick apron. As propane prices has risen and that is how we have always heated our home, we needed to make long term decisions as to saving money. In our case, this is a more practical choice for our age.
That's a beautiful stove . I had trouble with smoke backing up when the chimney was cold , so I used to crack a window open . It made all the difference . I would move the kindling to the back also . Nice demo ,I like it .
My grandparents had an old wood cook stove. When I was young I hated it. But now I wish I had that old stove. Didn’t know what a jem that thing was but want one now bad.
Hello and thank you for visiting our channel. I can really sympathize with you. My grandma had a big wood stove in her original kitchen here at the old homeplace before the old house was demolished. I remember when we would come and visit her, waking up in the morning to that old stove warming up the kitchen and soot all around the 12 ft high ceilings. The smell of wood smoke in the kitchen while she prepared breakfast......
I worked wood heaters for 60 years, never had one that smoked out like yours, curious about the condition of the chimney flu if it is not drawing properly. I always used the smaller bits and fat lighter wood on bottom and larger on top, that worked best for me.
Hello Jeffrey, thank you for your comment, I think it is a fair assessment. We believe the reason we have to take the time to warm up the flue is because we have one 45 degree bend and two 90 degree bends and our chimney is 30 foot high. Once everything is heated up, our draw if fine. Everything is brand new...the stove, the chimney pipes the triple wall thimble and the masonry chimney. We are going to try a couple of other ways to light the stove and will report back...stay tuned!
Yes, I had a chimney that was problematic so I had to be very careful when lighting it up. I would never build my fire that was up side down to start with. I was watching him in awe.
@@marcoprolo7318 Thank you for your comment Marco, we are having fun cooking and heating our home with this stove. My husband loves his propane torch to light the kindling and his cigars❤🔥
Its the right angle of the pipe that causes draw issues but I'm guessing he had no choice in the layout , or Posibly that wall is facing a head wind naturally plus it exits out the wall and that obviously would result in another curve for the stack run of pipe and it would immediately have a temp difference at that curve as it exits creating a turbulence in the draw convection resulting in a drag of air flow kind of like how an open front cooler works in the dairy part of a store its almost like a wall and has an affect simular to the surface tension of water in how it can hold its own properties in place .
Watched this video and learned a few things. Then looked at your ( About ) page. Ha who would have guessed you all are in West Ky where I grew up, now in Indiana because of my job but hoping to move back home soon.
Thanks for this I researched KQ's years ago - the company changed and the design changed but this new model seems nice. A lot of armchair experts giving you criticism and/or advice and you're so kind in your responses kudos to you! One thing I think is worth note - I feel safer with an exterior chimney as opposed to one that runs through the inside of the house - however there is a trade off. An inside chimney stays much warmer because 90% of it resides within the house, stays relatively warm, and will always draft much easier. An exterior chimney is the same temperature as it is outside and requires a pre-warm, in my opinion, to get the draft started. Every chimney, and every stove, requires trial and error methods for lighting and burning. I have no criticism for your pre-warm, or your top -down fire, or modern use of available methods such as propane torch - and its true Grandma didn't use one, but realistically if she had the technology back then - perhaps she would have used one. Also - draft is affected not only by a warm chimney or a cold chimney, and bends in the pipe, but also your landscape - whether you live on a windy hill, or down in a calm valley. Humidity, temperature, and wind conditions also affect it greatly. You must experiment to see what works for you in your location. I think you've done great for your particular circumstance. There exists no one size fits all solution with burning wood.
Hello UnkleAl, what a nice comment from you...thank you! Lots of excellent information you have shared that make a whole lot of sense. I have shared everything you wrote with Kevin and he is delighted with what you have shared as well. We thank you for visiting our channel and hope that you have a blessed New Year!
Thanks for getting back to me - I did the same thing as you! What type of burn times are you getting? i have only achieved on burn that lasted 8 years and it was FULL of wood - completely maxed out. Their website and their promo materials say 12-16 hours. I knew that was overblown, but at this point it seems like its blatant false advertising. I do not have much success with longer fires.
Hello Sweet potato! Once the kindling had fully ignited the logs we close the damper fully and then open fully when we feed the fire and then close it up again fully. I have seen other videos where some people do keep their damper open a taddy......thank you so much for your comment and for visiting our channel! Take care!
@@honeybugglehomestead Awesome. I did leave it shut and it worked amazingly. I had been doing it wrong and now it is working wonderfully. Again, thank you for the great tutorial. 🌞🌞
Thank you so much, we love it to be a home where guests can slip off their shoes and put their feet up on the couch. Make yourself at home kind of place 🥰
Pretty sure neither grandmas used a torch to start their stoves! :) Anyway, thanks for the video, very interesting to watch a fire in what at one time was a standard item in every house! Looking forward to some cooking videos, could be almost unlimited video material! :)
You are correct William, my grandmother lit her wood cook stove with kindling and a match. Thank you for your comment, glad you are enjoying our content....more cooking videos to come!
The height of the chimney outside determines draft. You may need to add a length of pipe to get it to draft properly. You should never have to preheat the chimney. Good luck.
Good morning ! Thank you for your comment, our chimney is a 30 foot masonry chimney that extends beyond the roof pitch. We appreciate all who leave us suggestions on the draft and draw of our stove pipe.
Maybe my chimney is easier to heat but I just burn whatever cardboard I have to heat up the chimney. There’s always plenty since we save cardboard boxes from food packaging, pizza boxes, mail, etc. Next to the cardboard I throw in a few handfuls of sticks collected from the woods. Sticks are free and plentiful, and don’t need to be stacked neatly as they’re irregularly shaped and will always allow airflow. On top of the sticks, you add the wood/logs. No special fire starting kindling needed.
Hi , been researching numerous wood cook stoves , and keep coming back to look at the kitchen Queen . Only two holes in the cook surface i see , i wonder if cleaning the ash build-up on top of the oven has to be done blindly & if one can get a vacuum hose in there to do it . Been cleaning them for years , where the tops lift off , the ash clean-up is easy , and Good , with a scrapper and vacuum . Other than that , i've heard its well built , and i think i like it . If your doing another vid. show us the back if you can & about the water res. Thanks C.
Hello @cyrilbrun8764, Thank you for your comment, you can get a vacuum hose in there on the top part of the stove no problem....lots of room. As ours is new (as of this year) we have yet to clean off the soot. However all you need to do is lift off the eye hole cover over the oven and use your scraper to push the ash and soot down the side of the oven. I don't think we will vacuum ours. Then you can clean out the residue from the bottom where there is a clean out. I did contact the person who sold us the stove at KQ and he also delivered it to our farmhouse. He stated that we should clean it when it is at least 1/4 inch of soot/ash. We are really enjoying our KQ 550 and will be happy to do a short video of the 17 gallon water reservoir. I will try to get that up next week.
I’ve had a Kitchen Queen for a few years now. I love it. I have never had a problem starting a fire in it. I don’t warm the flue. I save paper towel rolls and stuff them with saved dryer lint for kindling. I throw in a few small logs with my “kindling” and it always starts like a gem. When I use the oven to bake, I ignore recipes, and cook until the food is done, rotating a few times for even heat. The top is very hot over the firebox, so that’s where I fry, and I braise on a trivet over the fire, or on the stovetop in the middle, turning every now and then, or on the far right to slow cook. Love this stove. Very well made
I have an original Lang that has two burner plates and a griddle. The griddle section cams in place over the oven. When I reworked my stove I just cammed up the griddle plate and vaccumed out an inch of ash.
The fan is 100% electrical. the strips you mentioned are called thermocouples and when combined together they are called a thermopile. The more "strips" you have, the more electrical power you can create, If you had a really BIG thermopile, you could run you washing machine...truly.
Hello Phil! This is a hot rolled mild steel 1/16 th thick that I rounded the corners on. I drilled it for screws and used 1 inch long ceramic standoffs to space it away from the wall. The base plate is hot rolled mild steel 1/8th thick, I also rouned the corners on that plate of steel as well to match the back plate. we purchased the steel at our local metal shop. Take care!
Appreciate the insight...I have a wood stove at home and you really need to get the basics down or you will start to panic if you don't know what to do.
Hello @loganc7724! That is a true statement...we can sleep soundly with the wood stove burning all night, keeping the house warm because we have worked hard to learn how to operate this 900 pound heater/cookstove!
I always wanted one of these and when I move to the pacific northwest I will def be getting one for sure, nice job on the chimney too. Smart to incorporate a clean out for easy cleaning
Thanks Dave, appreciate your comment. Yes, you will def need one where you are looking to move to! The clean out is right for us as we will not want to have to go on top of the roof to clean out the chimney.
I have used a wood cook stove 30 years. It seems to me that you're draft is being slowed down by all the bends and angles. You are probably aware of that it, it looks and works good. Way to go!
Hello John, we have never had that issue before. We have learned to crack open a window prior to lighting the kindling and as long as we use seasoned wood and have a good draw, we are good to go 🔥👍🪵
Hello Chet, with the way things are going these days, I wouldn't be surprised if what you say is true. Thank you for your comment....it really is a beautiful stove. It just fits our needs perfectly.
Hello and welcome to my channel. I would say in a 24 hour period to keep the house warm all day and all night and to cook on, we are using 20-25 split hard wood logs.
Don't know how tight your house is, but insuring there is adequate make-up air insures there is not a negative pressure inside the house which would draw smoke into the house.
Hello Lee! Thank you, we have finished, smoothed and edged knotty pine floor boards. Measuring at 16 ft, screwed down to the under flooring board. Smooth to walk on in bare feet and warm in the winter.
LOOKS LIKE YOU HAVE GOOD STOVE A FAR CRY FROM THE FIRST COOK STOVES THE OLD TIMERS IN FARMING COUNTRY WOULD USE CORN COBS ANS SOMETIMES A LITTLE COAL OIL AND MY AUNT HAD HOME COMFORT AND SHE WQOULD FIRE IT UP AT LEAST 3 TIMES A DAY IVAN FROM ILLINOIS.
Hello Ivan! You are correct...wood stoves have come a long way since the old days. Thank you for your comment and for visiting our channel. Have a great rest of your day!
Ciao! Grazie per aver visitato il nostro canale! Il fuoco scoppiettava nell'ora in cui veniva acceso. Sembra un sacco di lavoro, ma faccio buon uso della mia torcia e una volta acceso il fuoco nella stufa accendo il mio ottimo sigaro mentre il bollitore bolle per una tazza di tè Rosie Lee.
Here in the United States 🇺🇸 if you have an older wood/cooking stoves included and don’t have a “Underwriters Laboratory” seal on it and your house or garage burns down your insurance company might not insure it won’t get reimbursed. Older stoves need to be taken apart and new gaskets and sealed well. I have done a few older wood stoves and I formed customers of this insurance problem. Thanks for the video.
Hello Robert, it does seem like a lot of prep, but the goal is always to eliminate smoke coming into the room while lighting the stove. We are open to trying different methods and will update here when we find a better method. We will start filming the cooking portion soon. Take care!
I purchased it off of Amazon...here is the description: MINEOREY 6-Blades Heat Powered Stove Fan, Non-Electric Firepace Fan for Log/Gas/Pallet/Wood burning Indoor/Outdoor/Camping stoves
Hello! Yes, we have a 17 gallon water tank attached to the back of the wood stove and the water gets very hot. I use the water to wash dishes with or to add to the foods I am cooking on the stove when needed. We purchased the tank for emergency purposes in mind. Take care!
these types of stove fans generate electricity via thermocouples using the seebeck effect. space probes like the nasa voyager and cassini use a chunk of radioactive plutonium as a heat source to generate electricity in the same way.
have you tried cracking a window before and during starting the fire to see if that helps the draw?..And make sure no bathroom vents, dryers or range exhausts fans are running
Hi! Thank you for your question. We will try that and see if lighting the fire with a match with our window near the stove open before and during will help the draw. We do not have any vents or exhaust fans running when we are lighting the fire, but thank you for letting us know that that could be an issue.
Hi Steven, you may be correct. We opted for a masonry chimney so that we would never have to replace any outside metal chimney parts. We are still getting the hang of it and so far, we are getting better at it. Any tips are greatly appreciated!
Hello Jeff, we noticed that coming from the clean out door the very first week that the new stove was lit. New stove, new chimney....we did have a heavy rain that first week.
Hello @donnalee1310! That lever that was opened for the torch to get to to warm the flue is called a damper or a draft. Thank you for bringing that to our attention as we didn't call it a damper, we referred to it as the flue. With the damper in the open position, it allows the smoke from the fire to continue up the stove pipe and out the chimney. With it in the closed position, the smoke/heat is directed to circulate around the oven box and heat the oven for baking. I hope this answers your question....Happy New Year from Kevin and Honeybuggle (Maritza)
@@kimmieskuisinehomesteading1575 Give Joe Anderson from Kitchen Queen a call, he will be able to tell you if their small size is able to be installed in your smaller type of house. You can reach him at this number....(865) 524-4113
Hello Michael, welcome to our channel. My wife likes to light the fire with some kindling and a piece of fatwood and a match. This works perfectly well when it is not freezing outside. So you are correct. I always stack the wood and make it ready for her incase she wants to cook and start the cookstove....when it's me lighting the fire in the fire box, I get it done with my blowtorch and then light my cigar and watch the flames flicker in the window. Happy New Year Mate!
Hello and welcome to our channel! We new there was a huge need out there and went with our instincts. As you can see by the numbers of views....the information is desired by some folk! Happy New Year to you!
Hello Poppapawn! Thank you for sharing your insight. If we didn't have a minisplit heater/air conditioner directly behind our cookstove outside, we would have not had to have so many bends. Straight up is the BEST way...you are blessed to have 2 stoves without any draft or pre heating problems. We have worked out the best way to pre-heat and deal with drafts thanks to our followers here on TH-cam who have posted in the comments wonderful suggestions for us to use. Take care!
I'm sure you realize you'd get a better draft without the angle pipe. having it go straight up for at least 6 feet before any bends would be recommended.
Hello Fucco, yes, we did realize that. This was our only option as we have a mini split system directly behind the wood stove on the outside of the farmhouse. Thank you for your input, we really appreciate it. Welcome to our channel...Happy New Year!
Hello Connor! With the damper in the open position, it allows the smoke from the fire to continue up the stove pipe and out the chimney. With it in the closed position, the smoke/heat is directed to circulate around the oven box and heat the oven for baking. I hope this answers your question. Happy New Year!
I like the idea of the propane torch to warm the flu. I'm going to try that. I use the 'small fire first' method but you do get smoke some times. One thing I do that works for me - is once the flu is warm and I light the main fire, (the point where you light your fat stick) I close the door but leave it open an inch. That creates a sort of super draw effect and I find I don't get any smoke coming in to the room and the fire catches quickly. Just thought I'd share that. I'll do a video on it some time this year. Wranglestar did a good video on this and 8m in is where he talks about the door. th-cam.com/video/CgKCBnxm3ig/w-d-xo.html&ab_channel=Wranglerstar
Hello Welshhomestead! Thank you so much for your comment! We are going to try your method as well....we will be using this stove here at our homestead for the rest of our lives and know we will always be learning while we are still breathing! Happy New Year.
Hello Bluelightguy, you are correct to say lots of paper will heat the pipe fast, we don't collect newspaper and the torch seems to be working well. Thank you so much for your comment. We appreciate each and every one. Happy New Year!
Yes there is a technique to lighting a wood cook stove unfortunately this video did not show it. If you knew anything about fire you would not put your kindling above the logs. That silliness with preheating is just that. Kindling and paper if you want to use paper goes on the bottom and the wood gets larger as you go up. If your stove smokes when you first light it you have the draft set wrong or possibly too short a chimney or too small a diameter pipe.
Hello @hartstudebakerkid! Thank you for visiting our channel. All opinions are welcome here and I wanted to let you know that I honestly did my homework about lighting "my stove". First, check out what a "top down fire" is , second, the draft is in the open position and the chimney is about 30 feet high extending 2.5 feet past the roof line. But, all that being said, you are trying to be very helpful to give me ideas of what I could be doing wrong and you took the time to share and I appreciate it! Thank you and Happy New year!
@@honeybugglehomestead A top down fire is best built outside when you are building a fire directly on the snow. Building that kind of fire in a stove works directly opposite of physics and slows down how fast your fire will catch. I watched your video and you have a draft problem which is why you are having problems. You should not be having to open the ash door or the main burn door to get that fire going.. When was the last time you looked up or down your chimney? When I fire up my Lund or even the Franklin for that matter when either is burning they have a low frequency howl in them from the draft. In your video you said that you cleaned the chimney with a brush from the bottom. THere is much more to it then that you need to brush all the surfaces including the pipes and fire screen and roof cap. If you just run a brush up from the bottom your fire screen in the roof cap is probably half clogged and the underside of the cap probably has ash stringers hanging down partially blocking the draft.
@@hartstudebakerkid Hello again! Actually this is a brand new wood stove, new stove pipes and and a brand new masonry chimney. At the time of the filming of this video, we had lit this stove about 10 times. I admit, we have much to learn and again you are very knowledgable and we appreciate you taking the time to comment here as many people look for answers to their wood stove problems, looking to the comment section of TH-cam videos. Here is the link about building a "top down" fire. We may have it all wrong and if we do, we will be the first to admit it here. I have copied your instructions for cleaning when brushing all of the surfaces...we will definitely use your process as it is very thorough indeed. The title is Wood Stove 101 : The Perfect Way to Build a Fire, Top-Down : mffire.com/wood-stove-101-perfect-way-build-fire-top/#:~:text=In%20a%20top%2Ddown%20fire,to%20the%20large%20logs%20below.
@@honeybugglehomestead I am a US Forest Service and Fire Department Firewise certified fire prevention specialist so I know the physics of fire and the top down fire building slows the fire growth. Is it possible you are simply not setting your dampers right. I think I saw one on the pipe and your stove could have one and then you have the slider for the air feed. You admitted that you have only lit this stove 10 times which is why I suspect that you are setting it wrong because you should feel the draft on your hand once you have it set right.
@@hartstudebakerkid Thank you again for taking the time to share your knowledge here on our channel. We will try building it as you say and will report back here. Take care.
Hello Theresa! Welcome to our channel and thank you for commenting, we have always wanted to visit the beautiful state of Georgia. Happy New Year! From Kevin and Maritza (Honeybuggle)
@@honeybugglehomestead Please do visit. I live in Augusta and the lake near my home is beautiful and covers .around 2000 miles of shore line. This is also home of The Masters Tournament.( golf)
Hello Mate! No, I am from south London who came to the US in the 1980's and just became an American citizen this past July. Thanks for stopping by our channel....Happy New Year!
Hello! Our Mini Split system is directly behind the cook stove outside and the fittings for the upstairs unit are running up the outside siding right where a straight stove pipe could have gone. This was our only option to have the angle of the pipes the way they are now.. Glad you are here visiting our channel! Happy New Year.
I bought the Kitchen Queen 550 Grand Comfort 1 1/2 years ago, with the idea of heating my home in the winter. About 8 months ago, I gutted the kitchen and rebuilt it mostly by myself, so this is now my first winter using it. I absolutely love it.
Because of an idea for the wood stove placement, I started cutting wood 2 years ago. 😁. I just turned 66 and have been by myself for about 9-10 yrs now. Don’t have to be a spring chicken to try new ideas or make new goals. The stove is solid and meets my needs for heat and cooking very well. Cheers!
Hello @telern5681, I am so glad that you commented here. How exciting for you....we too are in our 60's and we are living out our life the way we have always dreamed of. Today and tonight will be the testing of our Kitchen Queen as we are going to be experiencing below freezing temps. Fingers crossed! Take care!
@@harvdog5669 Helllo harvdog! We paid a little under 5K for everything including a summer grate. We had a 6 month wait as well.
@@honeybugglehomestead Thankyou and please give imfo or phone on where to call and order. Thanks I want one.
Beautiful cook stove, and the beautiful oven, wow.
@@harvdog5669 Hello harvdog, you can email Joe Anderson at knoxstove@gmail.com or give him a call at (865) 524-4113 He can direct you to the best price stove you are looking for. Their website is: www.kitchenqueenstoves.com/
Wow ...such a beautiful cookstove ...love the glass viewing doors ❤
All the years as a young lad burning wood, i have never used or have seen anyone use a propane torch to get the draft started without smoking out the house. That my friends is worth the cost of admission,
So glad you enjoyed that part! It works for us!
Yes! I am so happy to see that using the propane torch keeps nearly all the smoke out! I love the coziness of wood heat in a home and would love to learn to cook with a wood stove too!
I hesitated in considering buying a wood stove in the future because I didn’t want my home to become overwhelmed with smoke.
Thank you so much for posting this video!
@@deannehuizenga4845 Hello! Welcome to my channel. So glad our video on lighting our stove was helpful. I will be making the cooking videos soon so stay tuned!
Next video say blood pudding
@@rdkndr1 will do ! Ha!
That is a very beautiful cookstove looks like my grandmother's and that's all she had to cook on when I was a kid got very hot in the house in the summer time back then hardly anyone had air conditioning I live back in the middle of the woods been heating with wood only for 30 years it's a buck model 91 best woodstove I ever had or used you might have a little bit of a draft problem if you have problems with smoke but if you are happy with it that's all that matters love it keep on using it wood heat is good for my old bones
Hello Ray! Thank you for your comments here, we really love the memories that our viewers share about their love for the wood cookstove. We have worked out the draft problem as so many viewers have suggested that we open a window while lighting the fire and that has worked! As for wood heat, it is so much warmer and like you say, our old bones keep toasty warm. Take care Ray!
I honestly didn't realize that there is such an "art" to using a wood burning stove. This was truly fascinating! Thank you for sharing your knowledge!
Hello Carmen! Welcome to our channel! We are loving our wood stove and these past few days she has been chugging along keeping the farmhouse warm and cozy. There was one morning where the temps dipped below zero outside and we fed "Ol' Nellie" lots of good hard wood and she blazed back to life and warmed everything up. The floors, furniture and the walls were warm from her heat. Take care and Merry Christmas!
I always like reading the comments from all the experts telling you what you done wrong. LOL You just do you. Everyone has their way of doing things that works for them. Love the stove. I've been wanting a wood cook stove like yours for a long time. I will eventually get myself one. Thanks for sharing my new friend's.
Hello Bryan, you are 100% correct my friend! Glad you have stopped by our channel. You will love a wood cook stove .....it has added more change to our lives and allowed us to slow down working in the kitchen and preparing a meal. We have learned to be more patient and more purposeful in the areas we enjoy. Happy New Year!
@@honeybugglehomestead Happy New Year to you too. Will be watching for more great video's to come.
82 Years old and now right in the middle of my first full year of heating with wood. It’s going very well. I am very warm in Central Maine. a state no one has ever heard of or been to. I use the fat stick, but I would never ever oh my goodness use a blow torch. Wow. But there’s nothing more friendlyfriendly than a friendly fire. I have a full tank of oil as a back up that I haven’t had to use at all as the winter has been rather mild so far. This is early January 2023. I also have gas for my stove, but I could cook on the stove if I were out of electricity. I have solar, which would not help if I were out of electricity, but it certainly helps with a very low bill
The installation cost was not mine. I practiced with wood last year and stocked up ahead of time this year. Oak is superb- I have ash so I use more than you.
My stove is set into the (old) fireplace chimney which means that I do not have to worry about a hot pipe. Nice presentation here!
Hello Debra! Thank you for sharing here...you have a wonderful set up there in Central Main, good for you! Love it that we share that same love for a friendly fire. Happy New Year!
Excellent instructional video for the kitchen queen. The paperwork that comes with this unit does not include clear instructions on the function of each lever. You explain it all clearly. Beautiful home. Thank you.
Thank you for your kind comments. we are so glad you found our video helpful! Take care @pakkelly
Hello from our farm in New Hampshire. Kitchen Queen is an excellent stove. Not keen on your chimney. I'm a newspaper and kindling kind of girl with the occasional pine cone. I restored our great uncle's 1930 Home Comfort. She works like la charm. All the best ~ Diane
Hello Diane! Thank you so much for your comment. We went round and round about our chimney design and the was our home is built to accommodate our Kitchen Queen. we are still working out the kinks and have been doing much better in lighting and keeping smoke out of the farmhouse when doing an initial fire. I love the way the stove keeps our house toasty warm!
honeybugglehomestead- You just can't beat these stoves! I would get the smaller model for our farm cottage. Yours would drive us out! We have cathedral ceilings and designed the house around the Home Comfort. She had to have 2 foot clearance in the back. Stove pipe goes straight up⬆some 7 feet. She makes for a dramatic statement in the kitchen. I would miss having this independence from the grid ~ Diane
@@dianehall5345 Amen Girl!
Thank you for the tip with the propane torch.
I just started using a wood burning stove in my basement shop. I'm a bachelor so i turn the heat way down when I leave for work in the morning (and I like to sleep cool so the temperature is pretty low when i get home) I live in Ohio and our winters can be pretty harsh some years. Now I come home and light a fire which quickly heats the house up before I turn the gas furnace to normal heating. It's a small stove so i let it burn out before bed. I'm switching to a heat pump system (I have solar and an EV) so I'm almost done with paying for energy at this point. The little fire doesn't even use up the wood I cut just trimming the trees in my yard. I bought an old farm house inside a city of 2 million so thankfully my taxes are low as I'm still a 'farm'. I have a good sized garden, nearly an acre and plenty of free (wood mostly oak, maple and hickory) even a few Paw paw trees which I hear can grow in the UK!
Thanks for your comment Dead Cat. Sounds like you have a great set-up there at your house....good for you! Your wood burning stove will be vital if things go south.
Im green with envy. I really like that stove set up!
Thank you Touche! It works great for our lifestyle and the farmhouse. Happy New Year!
Hello! I'm from southern Ohio, just came across your website. I hit the subscribe button!!!
Welcome to our channel, it an honor to have you here!
I’ve learned a lot , thank you
I'm researching what it would be like to cook with a wood cook stove and your perspective was helpful!
Hello Leslie! So happy that our perspective was helpful. Once the weather cools down again, we will be doing more cooking videos for those who enjoy that type of content. Happy New Year!
Heating a room with a wood stove is easy, but cooking with a wood stove is difficult. It requires you to bring the stove up to a very high temperature, that most people aren't comfortable with. If you want to heat up a cast iron pan your wood stove will need to be burning at maximum power. A stove heated up to this level often will release a cooked paint smell every time you do it. It's a nice idea to have one of these stoves as an emergency cooking source. But it is not very practical. In days gone past people quickly realized that Coal stoves make a superior cook stove. Coal stoves produce much more heat, and it can be concentrated in a much smaller area.
@@Smartfella_or_fartsmella Hello Paul! Thank you so much for your comment, you have shared some very interesting and informative information. As the weather has been so warm this past week, we would not light the cook stove. It does get very hot when I am cooking on the cook top and have realized that I need to wear thick apron. As propane prices has risen and that is how we have always heated our home, we needed to make long term decisions as to saving money. In our case, this is a more practical choice for our age.
That's a beautiful stove . I had trouble with smoke backing up when the chimney was cold , so I used to crack a window open . It made all the difference . I would move the kindling to the back also . Nice demo ,I like it .
Welcome ! I will try that, thank you for sharing your experience. Happy New Year!🎊
@@honeybugglehomestead :
Very Beautiful 🤩 wood 🪵 stove 🔥.
My grandparents had an old wood cook stove. When I was young I hated it. But now I wish I had that old stove. Didn’t know what a jem that thing was but want one now bad.
Hello and thank you for visiting our channel. I can really sympathize with you. My grandma had a big wood stove in her original kitchen here at the old homeplace before the old house was demolished. I remember when we would come and visit her, waking up in the morning to that old stove warming up the kitchen and soot all around the 12 ft high ceilings. The smell of wood smoke in the kitchen while she prepared breakfast......
Thanks for informing video ,enjoy watching it.
Glad you enjoyed it!
Wonderful cook and heat stove, just beautiful.
Thank you for this information. Happy New Year. Take care, Mike
Hello! You are welcome and Happy New Year to you!
Very nice and well explained, Thanks
Glad it was helpful!
Great video. 👍
Thank you Roz, nice to have you here at my channel!
@@honeybugglehomestead Thank you. I look forward to watching more of your videos. Happy Holidays. 😊
Thank you for sharing such a great and educational video! I suscribe to your channel 🤓
Hello @rositaroja5349! Thank you, we are happy to know that our video was helpful to you. So glad to have you here...welcome!
Very informative! I like the way you explain things.
Thank you Steve, I appreciate your comment!
You are welcome! Stay warm
Thanks for posting this. Been strongly considering the KQ. This helps me and it's not a sales pitch.
Thank you for your comment! We love our KQ, but we know many excellent stoves are out there. Thank you for visiting my channel!
I bought a Kitchen Queen last year. I love it. Starting the fire is always easy, lights the first try every time.
@@sjams4223 We do love ours as well!
I worked wood heaters for 60 years, never had one that smoked out like yours, curious about the condition of the chimney flu if it is not drawing properly. I always used the smaller bits and fat lighter wood on bottom and larger on top, that worked best for me.
Hello Jeffrey, thank you for your comment, I think it is a fair assessment. We believe the reason we have to take the time to warm up the flue is because we have one 45 degree bend and two 90 degree bends and our chimney is 30 foot high. Once everything is heated up, our draw if fine. Everything is brand new...the stove, the chimney pipes the triple wall thimble and the masonry chimney. We are going to try a couple of other ways to light the stove and will report back...stay tuned!
@myworldmywayhelen4255 Thanks for your comment, also for watching and visiting my channel! Merry Christmas.
Yes, I had a chimney that was problematic so I had to be very careful when lighting it up. I would never build my fire that was up side down to start with. I was watching him in awe.
@@marcoprolo7318 Thank you for your comment Marco, we are having fun cooking and heating our home with this stove. My husband loves his propane torch to light the kindling and his cigars❤🔥
Its the right angle of the pipe that causes draw issues but I'm guessing he had no choice in the layout , or Posibly that wall is facing a head wind naturally plus it exits out the wall and that obviously would result in another curve for the stack run of pipe and it would immediately have a temp difference at that curve as it exits creating a turbulence in the draw convection resulting in a drag of air flow kind of like how an open front cooler works in the dairy part of a store its almost like a wall and has an affect simular to the surface tension of water in how it can hold its own properties in place .
Watched this video and learned a few things. Then looked at your ( About ) page. Ha who would have guessed you all are in West Ky where I grew up, now in Indiana because of my job but hoping to move back home soon.
Hello Mr. Tony! That is really amazing...we love western KY. welcome to our channel!
Nice video .. If you can pipe-in outside air to the firebox you would be able to use less wood and not use the heated air for combustion.
We have a beautiful cookstove with nickel trim. It is always looking dull. Have you found something to keep it shiny?
Eccelent setup Govnah sorry stupid American Joke lol I love the way you did your "clean-out" forward thinking! I Loved the video I'm now a subscriber!
Welcome! Glad to have you and Happy New Year!
Thanks for this I researched KQ's years ago - the company changed and the design changed but this new model seems nice. A lot of armchair experts giving you criticism and/or advice and you're so kind in your responses kudos to you! One thing I think is worth note - I feel safer with an exterior chimney as opposed to one that runs through the inside of the house - however there is a trade off. An inside chimney stays much warmer because 90% of it resides within the house, stays relatively warm, and will always draft much easier. An exterior chimney is the same temperature as it is outside and requires a pre-warm, in my opinion, to get the draft started. Every chimney, and every stove, requires trial and error methods for lighting and burning. I have no criticism for your pre-warm, or your top -down fire, or modern use of available methods such as propane torch - and its true Grandma didn't use one, but realistically if she had the technology back then - perhaps she would have used one. Also - draft is affected not only by a warm chimney or a cold chimney, and bends in the pipe, but also your landscape - whether you live on a windy hill, or down in a calm valley. Humidity, temperature, and wind conditions also affect it greatly. You must experiment to see what works for you in your location. I think you've done great for your particular circumstance. There exists no one size fits all solution with burning wood.
Hello UnkleAl, what a nice comment from you...thank you! Lots of excellent information you have shared that make a whole lot of sense. I have shared everything you wrote with Kevin and he is delighted with what you have shared as well. We thank you for visiting our channel and hope that you have a blessed New Year!
Thanks for getting back to me - I did the same thing as you!
What type of burn times are you getting? i have only achieved on burn that lasted 8 years and it was FULL of wood - completely maxed out. Their website and their promo materials say 12-16 hours. I knew that was overblown, but at this point it seems like its blatant false advertising. I do not have much success with longer fires.
Great vid
Thank you for the video. I thought we had to keep the damper open a tad bit, but no??
Hello Sweet potato! Once the kindling had fully ignited the logs we close the damper fully and then open fully when we feed the fire and then close it up again fully. I have seen other videos where some people do keep their damper open a taddy......thank you so much for your comment and for visiting our channel! Take care!
@@honeybugglehomestead Awesome. I did leave it shut and it worked amazingly. I had been doing it wrong and now it is working wonderfully. Again, thank you for the great tutorial. 🌞🌞
I love the floor! I would love to have a wooden floor like that
Hello Ken! The floor is soft on bare feet in the summer and warmed by the stove in winter. Happy New Year!
Lovely house.
Thank you so much, we love it to be a home where guests can slip off their shoes and put their feet up on the couch. Make yourself at home kind of place 🥰
Toll und effizient
lovely!!
Pretty sure neither grandmas used a torch to start their stoves! :) Anyway, thanks for the video, very interesting to watch a fire in what at one time was a standard item in every house! Looking forward to some cooking videos, could be almost unlimited video material! :)
You are correct William, my grandmother lit her wood cook stove with kindling and a match. Thank you for your comment, glad you are enjoying our content....more cooking videos to come!
We just got a kitchen queen and had our 1st fire in it$
Yay! So happy for you...enjoy a cozy warm home this winter with yummy food to eat at your table.
The height of the chimney outside determines draft. You may need to add a length of pipe to get it to draft properly. You should never have to preheat the chimney. Good luck.
Good morning ! Thank you for your comment, our chimney is a 30 foot masonry chimney that extends beyond the roof pitch. We appreciate all who leave us suggestions on the draft and draw of our stove pipe.
@@diann9159 We agree, it sure doesn't hurt.
Maybe my chimney is easier to heat but I just burn whatever cardboard I have to heat up the chimney. There’s always plenty since we save cardboard boxes from food packaging, pizza boxes, mail, etc. Next to the cardboard I throw in a few handfuls of sticks collected from the woods. Sticks are free and plentiful, and don’t need to be stacked neatly as they’re irregularly shaped and will always allow airflow. On top of the sticks, you add the wood/logs. No special fire starting kindling needed.
Hi , been researching numerous wood cook stoves , and keep coming back to look at the kitchen Queen . Only two holes in the cook surface i see , i wonder if cleaning the ash build-up on top of the oven has to be done blindly & if one can get a vacuum hose in there to do it . Been cleaning them for years , where the tops lift off , the ash clean-up is easy , and Good , with a scrapper and vacuum . Other than that , i've heard its well built , and i think i like it . If your doing another vid. show us the back if you can & about the water res. Thanks C.
Hello @cyrilbrun8764, Thank you for your comment, you can get a vacuum hose in there on the top part of the stove no problem....lots of room. As ours is new (as of this year) we have yet to clean off the soot. However all you need to do is lift off the eye hole cover over the oven and use your scraper to push the ash and soot down the side of the oven. I don't think we will vacuum ours. Then you can clean out the residue from the bottom where there is a clean out. I did contact the person who sold us the stove at KQ and he also delivered it to our farmhouse. He stated that we should clean it when it is at least 1/4 inch of soot/ash.
We are really enjoying our KQ 550 and will be happy to do a short video of the 17 gallon water reservoir. I will try to get that up next week.
I’ve had a Kitchen Queen for a few years now. I love it. I have never had a problem starting a fire in it. I don’t warm the flue. I save paper towel rolls and stuff them with saved dryer lint for kindling. I throw in a few small logs with my “kindling” and it always starts like a gem. When I use the oven to bake, I ignore recipes, and cook until the food is done, rotating a few times for even heat. The top is very hot over the firebox, so that’s where I fry, and I braise on a trivet over the fire, or on the stovetop in the middle, turning every now and then, or on the far right to slow cook. Love this stove. Very well made
@@sjams4223 Thank you so much for your comment! Sounds like you have it down when it comes to lighting and cooking.
I have an original Lang that has two burner plates and a griddle. The griddle section cams in place over the oven. When I reworked my stove I just cammed up the griddle plate and vaccumed out an inch of ash.
The fan is 100% electrical. the strips you mentioned are called thermocouples and when combined together they are called a thermopile. The more "strips" you have, the more electrical power you can create, If you had a really BIG thermopile, you could run you washing machine...truly.
That's incredible! Thank you.
if I hadn't watched this video of yours, I wouldn't know how to light a stove, although I've been lighting my fireplace for 30 years...ha ha ha
Hahahahah....that's a good one!
Also - can you give me information about the hearth pad it is on - is it similar to the steel you use for the heat shield?
Hello Phil! This is a hot rolled mild steel 1/16 th thick that I rounded the corners on. I drilled it for screws and used 1 inch long ceramic standoffs to space it away from the wall. The base plate is hot rolled mild steel 1/8th thick, I also rouned the corners on that plate of steel as well to match the back plate. we purchased the steel at our local metal shop. Take care!
Just wandering whats the white box above the stove
Excellent stuff bro, have you considered video of preparing coffee Ect
Hello Clarence! I had not considered it, but I may give it a try, thanks for the suggestion! Happy New year Mate!
Appreciate the insight...I have a wood stove at home and you really need to get the basics down or you will start to panic if you don't know what to do.
Hello @loganc7724! That is a true statement...we can sleep soundly with the wood stove burning all night, keeping the house warm because we have worked hard to learn how to operate this 900 pound heater/cookstove!
I always wanted one of these and when I move to the pacific northwest I will def be getting one for sure, nice job on the chimney too. Smart to incorporate a clean out for easy cleaning
Thanks Dave, appreciate your comment. Yes, you will def need one where you are looking to move to! The clean out is right for us as we will not want to have to go on top of the roof to clean out the chimney.
I think they’ve recently outlawed wood burning there
Hello @aWomanFreed, I believe you are correct, these stoves are not permitted in certain states. We are fortunate that here in KY they are allowed.
I have used a wood cook stove 30 years. It seems to me that you're draft is being slowed down by all the bends and angles. You are probably aware of that it, it looks and works good. Way to go!
Hello Richard! Yes, I believe you are correct, it is all of the bends in our pipe. Thank you for visiting our channel and Happy New Year!
Where do you find a piece of steel that nice for the heat shield you attached to the wall?
We purchased the steel at our local metal shop.
what do you use to clean of top of it if it got rust on it?
How do you handle and smoke starts pouring into the house? Weather through the top burner plates or through the seals in the door?
Hello John, we have never had that issue before. We have learned to crack open a window prior to lighting the kindling and as long as we use seasoned wood and have a good draw, we are good to go 🔥👍🪵
What a beautiful and masterfully designed/fabricated stove. The US EPA will surely try to eliminate this "freedom machine."
Hello Chet, with the way things are going these days, I wouldn't be surprised if what you say is true. Thank you for your comment....it really is a beautiful stove. It just fits our needs perfectly.
new stoves like these are available in the usa and are epa approved. lehman's hardware sells them.
take a look at the top down fire method, its designed in mind to warm the flue and has been used in scandanavia etc for centuries.
Hello @kitobi10660 ! This is the method that we use too....thank you for visiting our channel and Happy New Year!
That's awesome stove sir. If you don't minded me asking how much wood do you burn during a normal day of cooking and such?
Hello and welcome to my channel. I would say in a 24 hour period to keep the house warm all day and all night and to cook on, we are using 20-25 split hard wood logs.
If it's colder outside open a window or a door before lighting, same effect but you save your propane
Thank you Bob, we will try that! We love all of the comments and feedback we have been getting. Theres more than one way to light a wood stove!
Don't know how tight your house is, but insuring there is adequate make-up air insures there is not a negative pressure inside the house which would draw smoke into the house.
I want to install one of these in my house.
You will love it!
How was that floor done? I love it
Hello Lee! Thank you, we have finished, smoothed and edged knotty pine floor boards. Measuring at 16 ft, screwed down to the under flooring board. Smooth to walk on in bare feet and warm in the winter.
@@honeybugglehomestead thank you
LOOKS LIKE YOU HAVE GOOD STOVE A FAR CRY FROM THE FIRST COOK STOVES THE OLD TIMERS IN FARMING COUNTRY WOULD USE CORN COBS ANS SOMETIMES A LITTLE COAL OIL AND MY AUNT HAD HOME COMFORT AND SHE WQOULD FIRE IT UP AT LEAST 3 TIMES A DAY IVAN FROM ILLINOIS.
Hello Ivan! You are correct...wood stoves have come a long way since the old days. Thank you for your comment and for visiting our channel. Have a great rest of your day!
Stufa bellissima, ma serve tutto questo per fare un bel fuoco 🔥?
Ora vedo solo un fuocherello.
Ciao! Grazie per aver visitato il nostro canale! Il fuoco scoppiettava nell'ora in cui veniva acceso. Sembra un sacco di lavoro, ma faccio buon uso della mia torcia e una volta acceso il fuoco nella stufa accendo il mio ottimo sigaro mentre il bollitore bolle per una tazza di tè Rosie Lee.
Here in the United States 🇺🇸 if you have an older wood/cooking stoves included and don’t have a “Underwriters Laboratory” seal on it and your house or garage burns down your insurance company might not insure it won’t get reimbursed. Older stoves need to be taken apart and new gaskets and sealed well. I have done a few older wood stoves and I formed customers of this insurance problem. Thanks for the video.
Hello scotsman, thank you so much for your comment. You are so welcome, move videos to come! Happy New Year.
That's a lot of work to prep a stove. Love the idea of cooking on a wood stove though
Hello Robert, it does seem like a lot of prep, but the goal is always to eliminate smoke coming into the room while lighting the stove. We are open to trying different methods and will update here when we find a better method. We will start filming the cooking portion soon. Take care!
Where did you get the fan, and what brand is it? Did you get it from the manufacturer that made the stove?
I purchased it off of Amazon...here is the description:
MINEOREY 6-Blades Heat Powered Stove Fan, Non-Electric Firepace Fan for Log/Gas/Pallet/Wood burning Indoor/Outdoor/Camping stoves
you could use your chimney heat for warming water...
Hello! Yes, we have a 17 gallon water tank attached to the back of the wood stove and the water gets very hot. I use the water to wash dishes with or to add to the foods I am cooking on the stove when needed. We purchased the tank for emergency purposes in mind. Take care!
@@honeybugglehomestead great job! greeting form Austria
@@beelinekhan460 Greetings to you as well! So glad you are visiting my channel!
these types of stove fans generate electricity via thermocouples using the seebeck effect. space probes like the nasa voyager and cassini use a chunk of radioactive plutonium as a heat source to generate electricity in the same way.
have you tried cracking a window before and during starting the fire to see if that helps the draw?..And make sure no bathroom vents, dryers or range exhausts fans are running
Hi! Thank you for your question. We will try that and see if lighting the fire with a match with our window near the stove open before and during will help the draw. We do not have any vents or exhaust fans running when we are lighting the fire, but thank you for letting us know that that could be an issue.
Looks like your chimney is mostly outside, which I think is your main problem of getting a draft started.
Hi Steven, you may be correct. We opted for a masonry chimney so that we would never have to replace any outside metal chimney parts. We are still getting the hang of it and so far, we are getting better at it. Any tips are greatly appreciated!
I want one
Put your kindling toward the back near the opening and smoke won't come back on you.
They should pay you to be the kitchen queen king
Hahahah!!!! I love it! Thank you for your comment and welcome to our channel. Kevin is my spokesperson for Ol' Nellie our Kitchen Queen cook stove🙂
If You've got the torch isn't the "fat" wood rather redundant. Just aim the torch at the bottom of the pile and let her eat. That's what I do.
How often do you replace that propane bottle?
about once a year.
Is that creosote coming from the bottom of the clean-out door on the chimney?
Hello Jeff, we noticed that coming from the clean out door the very first week that the new stove was lit. New stove, new chimney....we did have a heavy rain that first week.
Did I understand correctly that you closed the flue once you established the fire? If so, where does the smoke go if it cannot leave thru the chimney?
Hello @donnalee1310! That lever that was opened for the torch to get to to warm the flue is called a damper or a draft. Thank you for bringing that to our attention as we didn't call it a damper, we referred to it as the flue. With the damper in the open position, it allows the smoke from the fire to continue up the stove pipe and out the chimney. With it in the closed position, the smoke/heat is directed to circulate around the oven box and heat the oven for baking. I hope this answers your question....Happy New Year from Kevin and Honeybuggle (Maritza)
Me and my husband are building a 726 square foot home would a wood cook stove be too big to put in?
Absolutely! You could fit a small Kitchen Queen in there for sure!
@@honeybugglehomestead our builder told us that the house is to small fir a wood cook stove
@@honeybugglehomestead the stove I wanted the measurements are length 36 inches width is 24 inches and height is 53.5 inches . Is that a big stove?
@@kimmieskuisinehomesteading1575 Give Joe Anderson from Kitchen Queen a call, he will be able to tell you if their small size is able to be installed in your smaller type of house. You can reach him at this number....(865) 524-4113
@@honeybugglehomestead thanks for the info
If your using a blowtorch do you really need kindeling and fatwood?
Hello Michael, welcome to our channel. My wife likes to light the fire with some kindling and a piece of fatwood and a match. This works perfectly well when it is not freezing outside. So you are correct. I always stack the wood and make it ready for her incase she wants to cook and start the cookstove....when it's me lighting the fire in the fire box, I get it done with my blowtorch and then light my cigar and watch the flames flicker in the window. Happy New Year Mate!
At first I thought this homestead were in Britain. Nice british english is always a delight these days. Well done!
Thank you for your comment. Glad you enjoyed the video, more to come this winter.
Can't believe you made a documentary out of lighting a fire.
Hello and welcome to our channel! We new there was a huge need out there and went with our instincts. As you can see by the numbers of views....the information is desired by some folk! Happy New Year to you!
Somedays it’s hard to get a good draft
Is your Kitchen Queen the 550 or the 870? ~Thanks, Diane
Hi! It's the 550!
NICE
Thanks!
I HAVE TWO WOOD STOVES CHIMNEY GOES STAIGHT UP NO DRAFT PROBLEM NO PREHEATING WONT USE BENDS
Hello Poppapawn! Thank you for sharing your insight. If we didn't have a minisplit heater/air conditioner directly behind our cookstove outside, we would have not had to have so many bends. Straight up is the BEST way...you are blessed to have 2 stoves without any draft or pre heating problems. We have worked out the best way to pre-heat and deal with drafts thanks to our followers here on TH-cam who have posted in the comments wonderful suggestions for us to use. Take care!
... never knew Bruce Willis had a wood stove...
Hahahah! He has been mistaken for Bruce Willis a time or two!
How much is it? Pl
The cookstove cost us $4500
I'm sure you realize you'd get a better draft without the angle pipe. having it go straight up for at least 6 feet before any bends would be recommended.
Hello Fucco, yes, we did realize that. This was our only option as we have a mini split system directly behind the wood stove on the outside of the farmhouse. Thank you for your input, we really appreciate it. Welcome to our channel...Happy New Year!
Around 16 minutes you close the flue?! Where is the smoke going?
Hello Connor! With the damper in the open position, it allows the smoke from the fire to continue up the stove pipe and out the chimney. With it in the closed position, the smoke/heat is directed to circulate around the oven box and heat the oven for baking. I hope this answers your question. Happy New Year!
I like the idea of the propane torch to warm the flu. I'm going to try that. I use the 'small fire first' method but you do get smoke some times. One thing I do that works for me - is once the flu is warm and I light the main fire, (the point where you light your fat stick) I close the door but leave it open an inch. That creates a sort of super draw effect and I find I don't get any smoke coming in to the room and the fire catches quickly. Just thought I'd share that. I'll do a video on it some time this year. Wranglestar did a good video on this and 8m in is where he talks about the door. th-cam.com/video/CgKCBnxm3ig/w-d-xo.html&ab_channel=Wranglerstar
Hello Welshhomestead! Thank you so much for your comment! We are going to try your method as well....we will be using this stove here at our homestead for the rest of our lives and know we will always be learning while we are still breathing! Happy New Year.
I, too, prop the a door open quite often for a draft (draught).
my biggest mistake when we built was putting in a fireplace instead of the plain woodstove - love the old style cookstyle woodstoves
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How many times dose he say flue ?
I counted 5 times in the first 2 minutes!
My Englishman was confused naming the damper hole with the flue pipe!
you forgot to mention smoke 😊😊
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Lots of paper to get the pipe hot fast is what is needed not a gas torch
Hello Bluelightguy, you are correct to say lots of paper will heat the pipe fast, we don't collect newspaper and the torch seems to be working well. Thank you so much for your comment. We appreciate each and every one. Happy New Year!
@@honeybugglehomestead thanks for the reply you have a very happy new year
The angle of the flue is the problem.
You just may be correct! Thanks for commenting.
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If you close the door, not all the way, you will create a natural draft until the fire starts...
Hello Samantha, thank you for your comment...You are right, that is a great way to get the fire going strong.
Yes there is a technique to lighting a wood cook stove unfortunately this video did not show it. If you knew anything about fire you would not put your kindling above the logs. That silliness with preheating is just that. Kindling and paper if you want to use paper goes on the bottom and the wood gets larger as you go up. If your stove smokes when you first light it you have the draft set wrong or possibly too short a chimney or too small a diameter pipe.
Hello @hartstudebakerkid! Thank you for visiting our channel. All opinions are welcome here and I wanted to let you know that I honestly did my homework about lighting "my stove". First, check out what a "top down fire" is , second, the draft is in the open position and the chimney is about 30 feet high extending 2.5 feet past the roof line. But, all that being said, you are trying to be very helpful to give me ideas of what I could be doing wrong and you took the time to share and I appreciate it! Thank you and Happy New year!
@@honeybugglehomestead A top down fire is best built outside when you are building a fire directly on the snow. Building that kind of fire in a stove works directly opposite of physics and slows down how fast your fire will catch. I watched your video and you have a draft problem which is why you are having problems. You should not be having to open the ash door or the main burn door to get that fire going.. When was the last time you looked up or down your chimney? When I fire up my Lund or even the Franklin for that matter when either is burning they have a low frequency howl in them from the draft. In your video you said that you cleaned the chimney with a brush from the bottom. THere is much more to it then that you need to brush all the surfaces including the pipes and fire screen and roof cap. If you just run a brush up from the bottom your fire screen in the roof cap is probably half clogged and the underside of the cap probably has ash stringers hanging down partially blocking the draft.
@@hartstudebakerkid Hello again! Actually this is a brand new wood stove, new stove pipes and and a brand new masonry chimney. At the time of the filming of this video, we had lit this stove about 10 times. I admit, we have much to learn and again you are very knowledgable and we appreciate you taking the time to comment here as many people look for answers to their wood stove problems, looking to the comment section of TH-cam videos. Here is the link about building a "top down" fire. We may have it all wrong and if we do, we will be the first to admit it here. I have copied your instructions for cleaning when brushing all of the surfaces...we will definitely use your process as it is very thorough indeed. The title is Wood Stove 101 : The Perfect Way to Build a Fire, Top-Down : mffire.com/wood-stove-101-perfect-way-build-fire-top/#:~:text=In%20a%20top%2Ddown%20fire,to%20the%20large%20logs%20below.
@@honeybugglehomestead I am a US Forest Service and Fire Department Firewise certified fire prevention specialist so I know the physics of fire and the top down fire building slows the fire growth.
Is it possible you are simply not setting your dampers right. I think I saw one on the pipe and your stove could have one and then you have the slider for the air feed.
You admitted that you have only lit this stove 10 times which is why I suspect that you are setting it wrong because you should feel the draft on your hand once you have it set right.
@@hartstudebakerkid Thank you again for taking the time to share your knowledge here on our channel. We will try building it as you say and will report back here. Take care.
my grandma could have had breakfast cooked by the time you got done screwing around
Hello Chuck, glad to have you here and thanks for your comment...I had a good chuckle! Happy New Year Mate.
The fat stick you used , we call it fat lighter in Georgia USA.
Hello Theresa! Welcome to our channel and thank you for commenting, we have always wanted to visit the beautiful state of Georgia. Happy New Year! From Kevin and Maritza (Honeybuggle)
@@honeybugglehomestead Please do visit. I live in Augusta and the lake near my home is beautiful and covers .around 2000 miles of shore line. This is also home of The Masters Tournament.( golf)
@@theresapate8718 Sounds absolutely beautiful!
Are you an Ozzie living in the US?
Hello Mate! No, I am from south London who came to the US in the 1980's and just became an American citizen this past July. Thanks for stopping by our channel....Happy New Year!
Why did you angel your pipe. That would drive me crazy.
Hello! Our Mini Split system is directly behind the cook stove outside and the fittings for the upstairs unit are running up the outside siding right where a straight stove pipe could have gone. This was our only option to have the angle of the pipes the way they are now.. Glad you are here visiting our channel! Happy New Year.