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 various types of wood and smokeless fuels to burn to produce heat.

They have a firebox into which the fuel is inserted and lit and a door that allows access to it, a glass window and air vents that allow you to control the amount of air that is supplied to the stove while controlling how quickly the fire burns.

Adjustable Flame

Many multi-fuel stoves feature an adjustable flame control. This is great for cooking and heating with the same stove because it lets you adjust the heat of your fire to match your needs and cook/heat food more efficiently. The majority of multi-fuel stoves come with an air vent built into the back of the stove. This allows you to keep the fire going after you've finished cooking. It also can be used to expel all noxious gasses.

Multi-fuel stoves are a great alternative to wood burning stoves, which can only burn wood. They allow you to burn any solid fuel such as peat, coal, etc. in addition to well-seasoned logs. Coal is gradually being discarded since it isn't suitable for use in areas of smoke control and may produce more toxic gasses than seasoned wood.

Open the door to the multi-fuel stove. Put some paper or fire lighters between the dry kindling grates. Then, light the firelighters or paper 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, which will allow you to build a bed that will help your logs burn more efficiently.

A multi-fuel stove of good quality will have an ash pan as well as a frame for carrying the grate so that you can take out the ash without opening the door. Certain newer stoves have a built-in grate carrier, which allows more air to pass through when the logs are burning.

If you're planning to go camping or backpacking with your multi burner stove it is a good idea to choose one that has an advanced pot support design, such as the MSR PocketRocket 2 and Jetboil MiniMo which are able to better withstand windy conditions. Canister stoves without integrated heating elements tend to leave more of the flame exposed whereas the MSR PocketRocket and the newer MSR WindMaster feature a unique clamp-on pot support that fits the sides of your stove, assisting to boost performance in abrasive conditions.

Adjustable Airflow

Multi fuel stoves are able to regulate the airflow to ensure that the fire burns at its optimal rate. The stove can produce heat efficiently, and the space is not suffocated with waste gases or smoke. The stove can also be used with other fuels, such as coal. This is crucial since some solid fuels cannot be used in smoke control areas and other types of fuel are more dirty or expensive than wood.

Multi fuel stoves have a raised riddling grates that allows combustion air to flow under the fuel. This allows for easier removal of the ash from the ashpan. Many of our multi fuel stoves also come with a range of cutting-edge technologies like Cleanburn and Airwash that help ensure that the stove wood is operating at its optimum level for each kind of fuel.

The air primary and secondary controls are used to adjust the modern multi-fuel stoves. You can choose to operate them either manually or automatically. The adjustable airflow feature allows you to control how much secondary and first air is supplied to your stove. This will ensure that the stove is burning at its most efficient level for each type of fuel.

It is best to select wood that has been dried in a kiln and are low in moisture. Keep the stove in good condition and add small amounts to the fire regularly. Shut off the air supply, but not completely. This can cause an eddy, which can draw any unburned volatiles 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. When you add a log to the stove, it should be placed horizontally 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

If you'd like to have the option of burning a variety fuels then a multi burner stove could be the best option for you. A multifuel stove is capable of burning wood logs or turf briquettes, peat or turf as well as anthracite and other smokeless fuels. This means you can have an array of heat sources and reduce the amount of time and money you spend on the purchase and transportation of different kinds of fuel.

Many wood-burning stoves have primary secondary, tertiary and even primary vents that help to regulate the flame pattern. This increases efficiency. The use of these vents means that you can adjust the stove for specific types of fuel and enjoy a perfect fire with high heat output. This is especially useful as the price of various fuels can be very different.

A multifuel stove can also be used to heat a domestic hot water system, which means you can supply your home with hot water. Some models can even function as boilers, which heat the water tank to be used by the household. This means you can keep your home warm and cozy without having to turn on your central heating system.

One of the main distinctions between a multi fuel stove and the traditional log burner is that the latter can only be used to burn wood logs. If you are using wood burners to burn other kinds of solid fuel then it will probably require the addition of a special grate, and an ash pan as these types of fuels do not burn the same manner 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 because coal, for instance requires lots of combustion air to stay alight. This is why multifuel stoves are typically fitted with a riddler which can be removed and cleaned while the fire is burning to avoid the build-up of ash that would block the flow of air.

Cleanburn

Multi-fuel stoves are excellent because they can burn coal, wood without smoke, and even some minerals. It is important to select high-quality wood or wood pellets that are properly seasoned and kiln-dried down to less than 20% moisture.

When wood is heated up in the oven, gases and particles that have accumulated in wood over time are released. Older fireplaces or wood stoves release a lot of these particles and gases directly up the chimney with the heat. This leads to poor indoor air quality and lower efficiency. New stoves that use Cleanburn technology effectively burn these gases and particles. This technology reduces emissions, improves combustion efficiency, and reduces the temperature of flue gas.

Jotul has high ambitions in terms of climate change, which is the reason we have designed all of our wood-burning appliances using cleanburn technology. We have created our own Cleanburn add-on that helps your stove burn cleaner and reduces soot buildup on the stove's glass and firebox walls, especially when you are using fuels that have a high moisture content.

Cleanburn wood woodburning stoves - try what she says, are an essential item for those who use firewood as their primary source of heat. They are also a great way to improve air quality in your home. If you live in an area designated as a smoke free zone, switching to a cleaner-burning stove can help you comply with the strict regulations of this law and could make a big difference for those with asthma and other respiratory problems.

Cleanburn stoves from our multi-fuel stoves include secondary air and a tertiary system that is preheated, as well as a plain steel stove base or vermiculite for optimal combustion. The pre-heated-tertiary air system, which is typically only found on the most expensive stoves, assists in preventing ash and smoke from sticking to the glass of the stove and permits more gases to be burnt.

The Cleanburn additive from Jotul can be used in conjunction with the pre-heated tertiary air-system to enhance your stove's combustion performance even more, and is a great method to create a cleaner, more efficient, carbon neutral flame and reduce the amount of soot that accumulates on the firebox's inner wall of your stove.