What is a Multi Burner Stove?

A multi burner stove is designed to burn more than one kind of fuel. They provide a controlled atmosphere to allow various types of smokeless and wood fuels to burn to produce heat.

They come with a firebox which the fuel is loaded and lit, a door to access it as well as a glass window. They also have air vents that allow you to regulate the stove's air supply while controlling how quickly the fire is burning.

Adjustable Flame

Many multi-fuel stoves have an adjustable flame control. This is a fantastic feature to have if you're cooking and heating the stove on the same one. You can adjust the heat to suit your needs and cook or heat your food more efficiently. The majority of multi fuel stoves include an air vent on the rear of the stove that allows you to keep your fire burning even after you've finished using the stove and can be used to eliminate all noxious fumes that are released from the stove.

Multi-fuel stoves are a fantastic alternative to wood-burning stoves, which can only burn wood. They let you burn any solid fuel, such as coal, peat, etc. in addition to seasoned logs. Coal is gradually being discarded because it is not suitable for areas with smoke control, and can produce more toxic gasses than wood that is seasoned.

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

A high-quality Multi-fuel stove will feature frames for the grate and an the ash pan to riddle the ash from your stove without opening the door. Some newer stoves also include built-in grate carrier frames that is designed to improve combustion of your logs by allowing more air to pass through the stove when the logs are in a fire bed and burning.

If you plan to backpack or camp with your multi burner stove it is recommended to buy one with an advanced design for pot support, such as the MSR PocketRocket 2 and Jetboil MiniMo, which can better endure the elements of wind. Canister stoves without integrated heating elements tend to leave more of the flame exposed, while the MSR PocketRocket and the newer MSR WindMaster feature a unique clamp-on pot support that hugs the sides of the stove, helping to increase performance in windy conditions.

Adjustable Airflow

Multi fuel stoves are able to regulate the airflow so that the fire is burning at the optimal rate. The stove can produce heat efficiently, and the room is not suffocated with fumes or waste gases. The stove can also be used in conjunction with other fuels, such as coal. This is important because some solid fuels can't be used in smoke control areas and some are more soiled or expensive than wood.

Multi fuel stoves have a raised riddling grate that allows combustion air to flow under the fuel. This makes it easier to remove ash from the ashpan. Many of our multi fuel stoves also include a number of innovative technologies like Cleanburn and Airwash that help ensure that the stove is burning at the highest level for each type of fuel.

The air primary and secondary controls can be used to adjust the modern multi-fuel stoves. You can choose to operate them either manually or automatically. The adjustable airflow feature allows 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 highest efficiency for every type of fuel.

To maximize the performance of your multi fuel stove, it's advisable to select kiln dried wood that are low in moisture content. It's also an ideal idea to regularly add small quantities of wood to the fire, and keep the stove well maintained. Close the air supply but not completely. This could create an eddy, which can draw unburned volatiles back into the fire. Try to keep the stove door slightly open but not completely so that you can add wood only when it is visible through the glass. Place the log horizontally on the 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 a great option if you want to have the versatility of burning a variety of fuels. In addition to wood logs a multifuel stove can also burn turf or peat briquettes as well as anthracite coal, and a number of kinds of smokeless fuels. You can now enjoy the wide variety of heat sources and save time and money by not having to buy and transport various types of fuel.

Many wood-burning stoves come with primary, secondary and often third air vents to help regulate the flame pattern and improve efficiency. The utilization of these air vents allows you to alter the stove to specific types of fuel and have a fire that is optimal with a high heat output. This is particularly useful since the price of various fuels can vary widely.

You can also utilize a multifuel stove heat a domestic water system. This allows you to supply hot water to your home. Some models double as a boiler, heating a tank of water for household use. You can warm up your home without turning on the central heating system.

One of the main differences between a multi fuel stove and the traditional log burner is that the latter is only able to burn wood logs. If you use the wood burning stove fan burner to burn other types of solid fuel, it's likely to require addition of a special grate as well as an ash pan as these types of fuels do not burn in the same way that logs do.

Multifuel stoves have grates of metal at the bottom of the fire chamber. This allows air to flow from below and help keep the flame burning. This is because coal is, for instance, requires plenty of combustion air to stay alight. Therefore, multifuel stoves are typically fitted with a riddler which can be removed and emptied when the fire is burning to avoid the accumulation of ash that blocks the flow of air.

Cleanburn

Multi-fuel stoves are great because they can burn coal, wood without smoke and even some minerals. It is important to use high-quality wood or wood pellets that have been properly seasoned, and kiln-dried to below 20 percent moisture.

When wood is heated, the gases and particles that have accumulated within the wood over time are released. Older fireplaces and wood stoves release a large amount of these directly up the chimney, along with the heat, which results in lower efficiency and poor air quality in indoor areas. New stoves with Cleanburn technology however, effectively burn these gases and particles. This lowers emissions and leads to an efficient combustion as well as significantly lower flue gas temperatures.

Jotul has big goals in the area of climate change, which is why we design all our wood-burning appliances using cleanburn technology. We have also developed our own Cleanburn additive that helps your stove burn cleaner and reduces the amount of soot that builds up on your firebox walls and stove glass, particularly when you use more moist wood or fuels that are softer, such as softwood.

A stove that has cleanburn technology is essential for anyone who relies on wood as their primary source of heating, and it can be an excellent way to improve the air quality in your home. If you live in an area designated a smokeless zone then switching to a cleaner-burning stove can help you comply with the strict rules of this regulation and can make a big difference for those with asthma and other respiratory problems.

Our multi-fuel stoves with cleanburn come with secondary air and a preheated tertiary system and a plain steel stove base or vermiculite for optimal combustion. The tertiary air system that is pre-heated which is usually only found on the top stoves, prevents ash and soot sticking to the glass of the stove and permits more gases that are produced during combustion to be burned.

Cleanburn from Jotul is also a great additive to use in conjunction 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 inner wall of the firebox.