Use and Care Manual

FirstFire‐Remembertoopenadoor
and/orwindowtoventilatethearea.
Youmayfinditnecessarytoopen
severaldoorsorwindowsforplenty
of

ventilation.
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OPERATION 
Break‐In Fires
• Thiswoodburningunitisconstructedofheavygauge
steelandcastironandisbuilttolastalongtime.
However,inordertoensurenoexcessivethermalstressesareinducedonthe
metaldurin g the
firstfire,threebreak‐infiresshouldbeburned,eachoneslightlyhotterthanthelast.These
break‐infireswillnotonlyhelpthestovebodyacclimatetothehightemperaturesofthefire,
butwillalsoslowlycurethehightemperaturestovepaint,whichwillensurethehigh
qualityfinishlastsforyears.
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• Thisstovehasasingleaircontrolrodwhichregulatesthewoodburnrate;whentheprimaryair
controlslideispushedallthewayintotheunit,thestovewillburnmoreslowlyandputout
heatoveralongertimeperiod. Conversely,whentheaircontrolslideispulledallthewayout,
theunitwillburnmorequicklyandputoutalargeramountofheatoverarela
tivelyshorter time 
period. Donotattempttomodifytherangeofaircontroladjustmentforanyreason.
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• Thefirstbreak‐infireshouldbejustalargekindlingfire,gettingthestovetoabout300° .Once 
thistemperaturehasbeenreached,allowthefiretodieoutwiththeaircontrolopen.The
secondandthirdbreak‐infiresshouldbeabitlarger,withsomesmalldrysplitsaddedtothe
kindlingload. Thetemperaturegoalduringthesefiresisabout350°F–450°F;don’tle
tthefire
gethotterth anthat.
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ContinuousOperation–DailyOperationafteryourBreak‐InFires
Start‐up
- Loadthefireboxwithwood,splittomoderatesize.
- Ontopofthestartupwood,adddrykindlingsplitintoverysmallpieces.
- Ignitethekindlingfromthetopuntilaflameisestablished. 
- ClosethedoorandsetthedampertoHigh(fullyopen)toreduceth
eamountofsmoke.
HighBurn
- Besurethedogboxisnotcoveredwithashesorcoals(seeBrickLayout,page34,fordogbox
location).
- Loadwoodloadontothecoalbedafterchoppingandpackingcoals,ifnecessary.
- Closethedoor,setthedampertoHigh(fullyopen)an
dsetblowertoHighspeed.
LowBurn
- Besurethedogboxisnotcoveredwithashesorcoals(seeBrickLayout,page34,fordogbox
location).
- Loadwoodloadontothecoalbedafterchoppingandpackingcoals,ifnecessary.
- Closethedoor,setthedampertoHighandsetblow
ertoHighspeed.
- After15minutes,setthedampertoLow(fullyclosed)andsetblowertoLowspeed.
MediumBurn
- Besurethedogboxisnotcoveredwithashesorcoals(seeBrickLayout,page34
,fordogbox
location).
- Loadwoodloadontothecoalbedafterchoppingandpackingcoals,ifnecessary.
- Closethedoor,setthedamperto½closedandsetblowertoHighspeed.
- After15minutes,settheblowertoLowspeed.
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