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The Sedore stove will produce the same amount of heat with one piece of wood, as it will with the
firebox filled. When your stack temperature starts to drop off, means it’s time to reload the fuel.
The lid can be raised anytime, to top off the fuel load but the following procedures must be fol-
lowed carefully.
Open air intake fully, and wait for 3-5 minutes. Next, lift the lid up about an inch until the lid latch
stops the upward travel and hold it there. You should shortly hear the fire take off. Hold the lid in
this position until all smoke has cleared the firebox, approximately 30-60 seconds. Once you’ve
seen that the smoke has cleared the firebox, open the lid slowly and place fuel into the firebox as
quickly as possible. Close the lid and reset the air intake.
Adding fuel when the firebox is above half full, or more, is the most difficult time to add fuel with-
out getting smoke escaping. When you open the lid in this situation, the stove suddenly gets
unlimited air in to a previously controlled fire and the entire firebox of fuel will start to burn. With
the lid closed the stove is taking in air through the air intake only, which provides controlled air to
the bottom of the firebox and thus containing the fire at the bottom and no higher than the air in-
take tubes. When the lid is opened, suddenly the fire gets unlimited air and everything in the fire-
box wants to burn. Again it is best not to add fuel to the stove until it runs low of fuel, but if you
must top it off, follow the above procedures, and add the fuel as quickly as possible. Smoke at the
time of refueling, is not an issue because there will not be an excessive amount from a low fuel
load.
The stove’s corrugated walls provide a means of surrounding the unburned fuel with heat and air,
and pulling this mixture of smoke, steam and gasses through the hot coals, over and over until,
the smoke and gasses are burned. The only escape for any smoke or gases is through the cast
iron ignition plate (baffle), where any remaining smoke or gasses are re-burned.
“This is what makes the SEDORE stove run so clean and efficiently.”
