What is a Multi Burner Stove?

A multi burner stove is designed to burn more than one kind of fuel. They create a controlled space for various types of smokeless or wood fuels.

They have a firebox into which the fuel is inserted and lit the door opens to access it with a glass door and air vents that let you regulate the stove's air supply while limiting the speed at which the fire burns.

Adjustable Flame

Many multi fuel stoves feature an adjustable flame height control. This is great for heating and cooking on the same stove since it allows you to set the temperature of your fire to match your requirements and cook or heat food more efficiently. The majority of multi-fuel stoves come with an air vent that is built into the back of the stove. This can help keep the fire burning even after you've finished cooking. It also can be used for expulsion of any harmful gases.

Unlike Wood Burning Stoves that can only be used with logs, Multi Fuel Stoves allow you to use any combustible solid fuel like coal, peat etc in addition to well-seasoned wood logs. Coal is slowly being discarded because it is not suitable for use in areas of smoke control and may produce more harmful gases than seasoned wood.

To ignite a fire on a multi fuel stove simply open the door and place some paper or fire lighters amid dry twigs and dry kindling on the grill. Light the paper or firelighters, and wait until the kindling is flames. Once the kindling has caught flame, you can add the kiln dried logs to the top of the kindling, allowing you to create a fire bed that will help your logs burn more efficiently.

A multi-fuel stove of good quality will have an ash pan and grate carrier frame to allow you to remove the ash without opening the door. Some newer stoves come with an inbuilt grate carrier that allows more air to flow through while the logs are burning.

If you're planning to backpack or camp using your multi-burner stove it's recommended you purchase one with an advanced pot support, like the MSR PocketRocket 2 or Jetboil MiniMo. They're better able to withstand windy situations. Non-integrated canisters leave more the fire exposed. The MSR PocketRocket 2 and the newer MSR WindMaster have a unique pot support that can be secured to the stove's side to improve performance during the windy conditions.

Adjustable Airflow

Multi fuel stoves can regulate the airflow to ensure that the fire burns at the optimal rate. This enables the stove to produce heat at an efficient rate, avoiding waste gases and smoke entering the room. It also allows the stove to be used with various types of fuels, including coal. This is crucial since certain kinds of solid fuel aren't able to be used in smoke control areas and others are dirtier and more expensive than wood.

Unlike wood burning stoves, that are typically constructed with an unmoving grate or riddling grate system, multi fuel stoves have an integrated raised riddling grate which allows combustion air to flow under the fuel, and make it simple to remove ash from the ash pan. Multi fuel stoves are equipped with a variety of innovative technologies, including Cleanburn and Airwash. These technologies help ensure that the stove runs at the optimal level for each fuel type.

Modern multi fuel stoves can be adjusted using the secondary and primary air controls. These can be operated manually or automatically, based on your preference. The adjustable airflow feature allows the user to control the amount of primary and second air is pumped into the stove, so as to ensure that the fire is burning at its most efficient for every type of fuel.

To maximize the performance of your multi fuel stove, it is recommended to select kiln dried wood that are low in moisture content. It is also a good idea to add small wood burning stoves amounts of wood to the flame, and keep the stove well maintained. Shut off the air supply but not completely. This could create an eddy, which can draw unburned volatiles back into the fire. Try to keep the door of your stove slightly open but not completely so that you can add wood only when it is visible through the glass. Once a log is added, place it horizontally on the glowing embers so that it doesn't touch the sides of the stove or the bottom of the grate bars.

Adjustable Temperature

A multi-burner stove is a great option for those who want the flexibility of burning different fuels. In addition to wood logs a multifuel stove can also burn turf or peat briquettes as well as anthracite coal, and various kinds of smokeless fuels. You can now have an array of heat sources and save time and money by not having to buy and transport various types of fuel.

A lot of wood burning stoves have primary, secondary and occasionally third air vents to aid in controlling the flame pattern and increase efficiency. The utilization of these air vents allows you to adjust the stove for a particular kind of fuel and have a fire that is optimal with great heat output. This is particularly useful since the price of various fuels can differ greatly.

You can also use a multifuel stove to heat a domestic water system. This allows you to supply hot water to your home. Certain models can also be used as a boiler to heat the hot water tank to be used by household. You can warm up your home without having to turn on the central heating system.

The main distinction between a multi-fuel stove as well as a log burner is its capability to burn only wood logs. If you intend to use the wood burner to burn other kinds of solid fuel, then it's likely to require the addition of a special grate and an ash pan since these types of fuels do not burn in the same way as logs do.

Multifuel stoves are equipped with a metal grates at the bottom of the fire chamber. This allows air to flow from below and keep the flame burning. This is due to the fact that coal, for instance, needs a lot of combustion air to stay burning. Multifuel stoves are fitted with riddlers that can be removed to empty the ash, while the fire is still burning. This prevents ash from blocking the air flow.

Cleanburn

A multi fuel stove is fantastic since it allows you to burn wood, smokeless coal and even certain mineral fuels. It is crucial to select a high-quality wood or wood pellet that has been properly seasoned and dried to less than 20% moisture content.

When wood is heated the gases and particles that have accumulated in wood over time are released. Older fireplaces and wood stoves release a lot of these particles and gases directly into the chimney due to the heat. This leads to poor indoor air quality and lower efficiency. New stoves equipped with Cleanburn technology however efficiently burn these gases and particles. This reduces emissions and results in a more efficient combustion, and significantly lower temperatures for flue gas.

Jotul has big goals regarding climate change, which is why we design all of our wood-burning appliances using cleanburn technology. We have also developed our own Cleanburn additive that can help your stove burn cleaner and reduces the amount of soot that builds up on the walls of your fireplace and stove glass, particularly when you are using a high moisture content wood or fuels that are softer, such as softwood.

A wood stove with cleanburn technology is a must for anyone who uses wood as their primary source of heating. It is a great method to improve the air quality within your home. If you live in an area designated as a smoke free zone, switching to a stove that is cleaner burning will help you adhere to the strict regulations of this regulation and can make a big difference for those suffering from asthma or other respiratory issues.

Our multi-fuel stoves with cleanburn come with secondary air and a tertiary system that is preheated as well as the stove's base made of plain steel or vermiculite for optimal combustion. The pre-heated-tertiary air system, which is usually only found on the most expensive stoves, helps to prevent smoke and ash from sticking to the glass of the stove and permits more gases to be burnt.

Cleanburn from Jotul is an excellent addition to use in conjunction with the preheated tertiary air system to improve the efficiency of combustion in your stove. It will produce a cleaner and more efficient flame, which is carbon neutral, and reduce the amount of soot that build up on the interior wall of the firebox.