What is a Multi Burner Stove?

A multi-burner stove is designed to burn a variety of types of fuel. They provide a controlled atmosphere to allow different types of smokeless and wood fuels to be burned to generate heat.

The stoves are equipped with an open firebox in which the fuel is positioned and lit. They also come with a door to access, a window, and air vents that regulate the flow of air and the speed of the fire.

Adjustable Flame

A lot of multi fuel stoves come with an adjustable flame height control. This is an excellent feature for cooking and heating your stove at the same time. You can alter the heat according to your preferences and cook or heat your 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 to expel any noxious gases.

Contrary to Wood burning Stoves which are only compatible with logs, Multi Fuel Stoves allow you to use any combustible solid fuel like peat, coal and so on in addition to seasoned wood logs. Coal is being eliminated gradually because it is not suitable for areas with smoke control, and can produce more toxic gases than wood that is seasoned.

Open the door of the multi-fuel stove. Place some paper or fire lighters between dry kindling grates. Then, you can light the paper or firelighters and wait for the kindling to light. Once the kindling has caught alight you can then add the dried logs that you kiln-dried 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 high quality will have an Ash pan and frame for the grate so that you can take out the ash without opening the door. Certain stoves with modern technology have a built in grate carrier, which lets more air flow through the grate when the logs are burning.

If you plan to go camping or backpacking with your multi burner stove it is a good idea to choose one that has an advanced design for pot support like the MSR PocketRocket 2 and Jetboil MiniMo that are better able to withstand the elements of wind. Non-integrated canisters leave more of the fire unprotected. The MSR PocketRocket 2 and the newer MSR WindMaster have a unique pot support that clamps on to the stove's side to increase performance in windy conditions.

Adjustable Airflow

Multi fuel stoves can regulate the airflow so that the fire burns at the optimal rate. This allows the stove to produce heat at an efficient rate without releasing waste gases or smoke entering the room. The stove can also be used in conjunction with other fuels like coal. This is especially important as certain types of solid fuel are not able to be burned in smoke control areas, and others are dirtier and more expensive than wood.

Contrary to wood burning stoves which are typically set up with an unmoving grate or riddling grate, multi fuel stoves have an integrated raised riddling grate which allows combustion air to flow underneath the fuel, making it easy to remove the ash from the ash pan. Many of our multi fuel stoves come with a range of cutting-edge technologies, including Cleanburn and Airwash, which help to ensure that the stove is operating at the highest level for the particular fuel.

The air primary and secondary controls are used to adjust the modern multi-fuel stoves. They can be operated either manually or automatically, depending on your preference. The adjustable airflow feature allows the user to control how much primary and secondary air is delivered to the stove in order to ensure that the fire is burning at its highest efficiency for each type of fuel.

To optimise the performance of your multi fuel stove, it is recommended to use kiln dried logs that have a low moisture content. It is also a good idea to regularly add small amounts of wood to the flame, and ensure that the stove is well maintained. Don't shut off the air supply completely however, as this could cause a vortex to draw volatile compounds that are not burned back into the fire. Instead, you should leave the stove door open to a point that's comfortable for you and only add electric wood stove that is visible through the glass pane. Place the log horizontally on the top of the glowing embers so that it doesn't contact the stove's sides or the bottom of the grates.

Adjustable Temperature

A multi-burner stove is the best option if you want to have the versatility of burning a variety of fuels. In addition to wood, multifuel stoves can also burn peat or turf briquettes anthracite coal as well as various different types of smokeless fuels. This means you can have more heating sources and decrease the amount of time and money spent on buying and transporting different kinds of fuel.

A lot of wood burning stoves have primary, secondary and sometimes tertiary air vents to aid in controlling the flame pattern and improve efficiency. These vents allow the stove to be adjusted to a particular type of fuel and ensure the highest heat output. This is especially beneficial since the cost of different fuels can vary widely.

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 even double as boilers, heating a tank of water for use by household. You can warm up your home without having to turn on the central heating system.

One of the major distinctions between a multi-fuel stove and a traditional log burner is that the former can only be used to burn wood logs. If you are using a wood burner to burn other types of solid fuel, it will probably require the addition of a special grate, and an ash pan because these kinds of fuels don't burn the same way as logs do.

Multifuel stoves have a steel grate that is located at the bottom of the fire chamber that allows air to flow from below to keep the flame burning. This is because coal, for instance, needs lots of combustion air to remain burning. Therefore, multifuel stoves are typically equipped with a riddler that can be removed and emptied when the fire is burning to avoid a build-up of ash that would block the air flow.

Cleanburn

The multi fuel stove is great because it can 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% moisture.

When wood is heated up in the oven, gases and particles that have accumulated in wood over time are released. Older wood stoves and fireplaces release a lot of these up the chimney along with the heat, which results in lower efficiency and poor air quality inside. Modern stoves that utilize Cleanburn technology efficiently use these particles and gases to burn. This lowers emissions and leads to a more efficient combustion, as well as significantly lower temperatures for flue gas.

At Jotul we have high-level climate goals that is why all of our wood-burning stoves are built with cleanburn technology. We have developed our own Cleanburn add-on to help your stove burn cleaner and decreases soot buildup on your stove glass and firebox walls, especially when you are using fuels that have 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 an excellent way to improve the the air quality of your home. If you live in a city or town that is designated as a smokeless zone, then switching to a cleaner-burning stove can help you stay within the limits of these regulations and can be a huge benefit for people suffering from asthma and other respiratory issues.

Our 5kw multi fuel stove fuel stoves equipped 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-air system, which is normally found only on the highest end stoves, prevents ash and soot sticking to the stove glass and allows more gases that are produced during combustion to be burned.

Cleanburn from Jotul is also a fantastic additive to use in combination with the preheated tertiary air system to boost the efficiency of your stove. It will produce more efficient and cleaner flame, which is carbon neutral, and reduce the amount of soot particles that build up on the interior wall of the firebox.