What is a Multi Burner Stove?

A multi burner stove is designed to burn more than one type of fuel. They provide a controlled environment to allow different types of wood and smokeless fuels to burn to create heat.

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

Adjustable Flame

Many multi-fuel stoves have an adjustable flame control. This is a great feature if you are heating and cooking on the same stove because it allows you to adjust the temperature of your fire to meet your requirements and cook/heat food more efficiently. Most multi-fuel stoves have an air vent built into the back of the stove. This helps to keep the fire going after you've finished cooking and can be used for expulsion of all noxious gases.

Contrary to Wood burning Stoves which are only compatible with logs, Multi Fuel Stoves permit the use of any combustible solid fuel like peat, coal, etc. in addition to well-seasoned wood logs. Coal is slowly being discarded since it isn't suitable for areas with smoke control and may produce more toxic gasses than seasoned wood.

To ignite a fire on a multi fuel stove, open the door and place some paper or fire lighters amongst dry kindling and twigs on the grate. Then, light the paper or firelighters, and wait until the kindling catches alight. Once the kindling has caught the light, you can add the kiln dried logs to the top of the kindling, which will allow you to build a fire bed which will allow your logs to burn more efficiently.

A stove that is multi-fuel and of good quality will come with an Ash pan and frame for the grate so that you can remove the ash without opening the door. Certain newer stoves come with built-in grate carriers frames designed to enhance the combustion of your logs allowing more air to pass through the stove when the logs are placed in the fire bed and burning.

If you're planning to go camping or backpacking with your multi-burner stove, it's a good idea that you purchase one with an advanced pot support system, like the MSR PocketRocket 2 or Jetboil MiniMo. These can better withstand windy situations. Non-integrated containers leave more of the fire exposed. The MSR PocketRocket 2 and the newer MSR WindMaster have a unique pot support that can be secured to the side of the stove to enhance performance in the windy conditions.

Adjustable Airflow

A multi fuel stove can regulate airflow, which allows the fire to burn at its maximum rate. This allows the stove to produce heat at a high efficiency without releasing waste gases or smoke escaping into the room. The stove can also be used with other fuels like coal. This is particularly important since certain kinds of solid fuel are unable to be burned in smoke control areas while others are more dirty and more expensive than wood.

Contrary to wood burning stoves which are typically set up with a static grate or a riddling grate system, multi-fuel stoves come with an integrated raised riddling grate that allows combustion air to flow under the fuel, and make it easy to remove the ash from the ash pan. Multi fuel stoves are equipped with a variety of modern technologies, including Cleanburn and Airwash. These technologies ensure that the stove burns at the optimal level for each fuel type.

Modern multi fuel stoves can be adjusted using the secondary and primary air controls. They can be operated manually or automatically, based on your preference. The adjustable airflow feature enables the user to control the amount of primary and secondary air is supplied to the stove in order to ensure that the fire is burning at its most efficient for every type of fuel.

To optimise the performance of your multi fuel stove, it's recommended to select kiln dried wood that have a low moisture content. It is also a good idea to regularly add small quantities of wood to the flame, and ensure that the stove is well maintained. Close the air supply but not completely. This could create a vortex, which will draw the unburned volatiles back into the fire. Make sure to keep the stove door slightly open, but not completely, so that you can add wood only when it's visible through the glass. Place the log horizontally on top of the glowing embers, so that it does not touch the stove's side or the bottom of the grates.

Adjustable Temperature

A multi-burner stove is the best choice if you want the flexibility of burning different fuels. A multifuel stove is capable of burning wood logs, peat or turf briquettes as well as anthracite as well as other fuels that are smokeless. You can now choose from the wide variety of heat sources and save time and money by not having to buy and transport a variety of fuel.

A lot of wood-burning stoves come with primary secondary, tertiary and even primary vents that help regulate the flame pattern. This improves efficiency. These vents allow you to adjust the stove to a specific fuel type and ensure the highest heat output. This is particularly useful because the prices of different fuels can differ greatly.

You can also use a multifuel stove to heat a domestic water system. This will allow you to provide hot water to your home. Some models even double as boilers, heating the water tank for household use. You can warm up your home without having to turn on the central heating system.

One of the major differences between a multi fuel stove and a traditional log burner is that the former can only be used to burn wood logs. If you intend to make use of a wood stove to burn other solid fuels, it is likely that you will require a special grate since they aren't burning the same way as logs.

Multifuel stoves have a metal grate at the bottom of the fire chamber. It allows air to flow from below to keep the flame burning. This is necessary since coal, for instance, requires lots of combustion air in order to stay burning. Therefore, multifuel stoves tend to be fitted with a riddler which can be removed and empty when the fire is alight to prevent a accumulation of ash that blocks the flow of air.

Cleanburn

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

When wood is heated, the gases and particles that have built in the wood throughout its life are released. Older wood stoves or fireplaces release many of these particles and gases directly up the chimney as a result of the heat. This causes poor indoor air quality and low efficiency. New stoves that use Cleanburn technology efficiently use these particles and gases to burn. This technology reduces emissions, enhances combustion efficiency, and reduces the temperature of flue gas.

Jotul has high ambitions regarding climate change, which is the reason we have designed all of our wood burning appliances with cleanburn technology. We have developed our own Cleanburn add-on to help your stove burn cleaner and reduces the buildup of soot on your stove glass and firebox walls, specifically when using fuels with a high moisture content.

Cleanburn wood stoves are an essential item for anyone who relies on firewood as their primary source of heat. They can also be a great way to improve air quality in your home. If you reside in a city or town that is classified as a smoke-free zone switching to a cleaner-burning stove can allow you to stay within the bounds of these regulations and could help people who suffer from asthma or other respiratory issues.

Our multi fuel stoves equipped with cleanburn technology have secondary air and a pre-heated tertiary system and vermiculite or plain steel stove base for optimal combustion. The pre-heated tertiary air system, typically only available on the most expensive stoves, helps to prevent ash and smoke from sticking to the glass of the stove, and also allows more gas to be burned.

The Cleanburn additive from Jotul can also be used in combination with the tertiary-air system that is pre-heated to improve your stoves combustion performance further It is a fantastic method to create an efficient, cleaner carbon neutral flame and reduce the amount of soot that accumulates on the inner firebox wall of your stove.