What is a Multi Burner Stove?

A multi-burner stove is designed to burn a variety of types of fuel. They create a controlled environment to allow various types of smokeless and wood fuels to burn to produce heat.

They have a firebox into which the fuel is inserted and ignited and a door that allows access to it, a glass window and air vents that allow you to regulate the stove's air supply while controlling how quickly the fire burns.

Adjustable Flame

Many multi fuel stoves feature an adjustable flame height control. This is an excellent feature for cooking and heating your stove at the same time. You can adjust the heat to suit your needs and cook or heat your food more efficiently. Most multi-fuel stoves have an air vent built into the back of the stove. This can help keep the fire going after you've finished cooking. It can also be used to expel all noxious gases.

Multi-fuel stoves are a fantastic alternative to wood burning stoves that can only burn logs. They permit you to burn any solid fuel like peat, coal and so on. in addition to well-seasoned logs. Coal is slowly being discarded as it is not suitable in smoke control areas and may produce more toxic gases than wood that is seasoned.

Open the door of the multi-fuel stove. Put some paper or fire lighters between the dry kindling on the grates. Then, light the paper or firelighters, and wait until the kindling catches alight. When the fire is lit, you can add your kiln-dried logs on the top to create a fire bed. This will assist your logs to burn more efficiently.

A stove that is multi-fuel and of good quality will come with an Ash pan and grate carrier frame so that you can take out the ash without opening the door. Certain stoves with modern technology have a built-in grate carrier, which allows more air to pass through while the logs are burning.

If you are planning to backpack or camp using your multi-burner stove it is recommended that you buy one with 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 more recent MSR WindMaster have a unique pot support that clamps on to the stove's side to improve performance during windy conditions.

Adjustable Airflow

Multi fuel stoves can regulate the flow of air to ensure that the fire burns at a high rate. The stove produces heat efficiently, and the room is not suffocated with fumes or waste gases. It also permits the stove to work with various types of fuels, including coal. This is especially important as some forms of solid fuel aren't able to be burned in smoke control areas, and some are more soiled and more expensive than wood.

Multi fuel stoves have a raised riddling grates that allows combustion air to flow underneath the fuel. This makes it easier to take ash from the ashpan. Multi fuel stoves come with a variety of innovative technologies, including Cleanburn and Airwash. These technologies ensure that the stove runs at the optimal level for each type of fuel.

The air primary and secondary controls are used to adjust the modern multi-fuel stoves. These can be operated by hand or automatically, based on your preference. The variable airflow feature lets you to control the amount of secondary and primary air is supplied to your stove. This will ensure that the stove is burning at the highest efficiency for the type of fuel you use.

To optimise the performance of your multi fuel stove, it's advisable to use kiln-dried logs that are low in moisture content. It's also recommended to regularly add small quantities of wood to the flame, and to keep the stove maintained. Shut off the air supply, but not completely. This can create an air vortex that will draw unburned volatiles back into the fire. Try to keep the door of the stove slightly open, but not completely, so that you can add wood only when it's visible through the glass. When a log is added put it on the glowing embers so that it doesn't touch either the side of the stove or the bottom of the grate bars.

Adjustable Temperature

A multi-burner stove is the best option for those who want the ability to burn a variety of fuels. A multifuel stove is capable of burning wood logs, peat or turf briquettes as well as anthracite and other fuels that are smokeless. This means that you can take advantage of a wider range of heating sources and cut down on the amount of time and money on transporting and buying various types of fuel.

Many wood-burning stoves feature primary, secondary and even tertiary vents that aid in regulating the flame's pattern. This increases efficiency. The use of these air vents allows you to adjust the stove for the type of fuel you prefer and get an optimal fire with high heat output. This is particularly useful because the prices of different fuels can vary greatly.

You can also make use of a multifuel stove to heat a domestic water system. This will allow you to provide hot water to your home. Some models can even function as a boiler, heating tanks of water for use by household. You can heat your home without turning on the central heating system.

The primary difference between a multi-fuel stove as well as a log burner is its ability to only burn wood logs. If you want to make use of a wood stove to burn other solid fuels, it is likely that you'll need a special grate as they don't burn like logs.

Multifuel stoves feature a metal grate at the base of the fire chamber. It allows a flow of air from below to keep the flame burning. This is due to the fact that coal for instance, requires lots of combustion air to remain in flame. Multifuel stoves come with riddlers that can be removed to empty the ash while the fire is still burning. This stops ash from blocking the air flow.

Cleanburn

A multi fuel stove is beneficial since it allows you to burn smokeless coal, wood and even certain mineral fuels. It is important to select high-quality wood or wood pellets that are properly seasoned and kiln dried to less than 20 percent moisture.

When wood is heated, the gases and particles that have accumulated up within the wood over time are released. Older fireplaces and stoves release a lot of these up the chimney together with the heat, resulting in a low efficiency and poor air quality in indoor areas. New stoves that make use of Cleanburn technology efficiently burn these particles and gases. This technology reduces emissions, improves the efficiency of combustion and reduces flue gas temperatures.

At Jotul we have a high level of ambition for climate change, which is why all of our wood burning stoves are constructed with cleanburn technology. We have also developed our own Cleanburn additive that helps your stove burn cleaner and reduces the amount of soot accumulation on your firebox walls and stove glass, particularly when you're using more moist wood or fuels that are softer, such as softwood.

A stove that is equipped with cleanburn technology is essential for those who use wood as their main source of heating, and it is an effective option to improve the air quality inside your home. If you reside in a city or town that is classified as a smoke-free zone switching to a stove that is cleaner burning will allow you to stay within the bounds of these regulations and could be a huge benefit for people suffering from asthma and other respiratory issues.

Our multi fuel stoves with cleanburn technology come with secondary air and a pre-heated tertiary system, and a plain steel or vermiculite stove base to ensure the best combustion. The pre-heated tertiary system, which is usually only found on the most expensive stoves, helps to prevent ash and smoke from sticking to the glass of the stove and allows for more gases to be burnt.

The Cleanburn additive from Jotul can also be used in combination with the pre-heated tertiary air-system to improve your stoves combustion performance even further and is a great way to achieve a cleaner, more efficient carbon neutral flame as well as reduce soot deposits on the inside of the firebox of your stove.