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Wood-Fired Magazine Vol II IssueMagazine 2 Summer, 2015 The Art of the Kachelöfen Heating Experience Wood-fired Construction, Maintenance, and Operation In this Issue: Outdoor Bake Ovens; Fire Within Manufacturer; Oven Maintenance, Recipes for the Outdoor Grill and Oven; Cooking, Baking,1 and Building Schools; and much more! Wood-Fired Magazine Bookstore Books, T-shirts, and Power point Presentations for chimney and hearth professionals, and of course, Wood-Fired Magazine for everyone! The Chimney and Hearth Add this four-CD presenta- Subscribe to Wood-Fired Pro’s Resource Book is tion set and chimney photo Magazine on our website at packed with invaluable infor- CD to your arsenal. Use for www.woodfiredmag.com. mation for the business own- employee training, home- er. Contracts, employee owner meetings, or trade manual, non-compete con- shows. Make your own tracts, waiver of lien, forms, presentation using these drawings, resources, and ready-made CDs in Power much more are in this “must Point and Open Office for- have” book for the profes- mats. sional hearth or chimney contractor. Woodfiredmag.com 2 Wood-Fired Magazine Magazine Table of Contents Publisher: HearthMasters, Inc. PO Box 1166 Wood-Burning Stove Misuse and Abuse 4 Independence, MO 64051 Can Lead to Disaster 816-461-3665 Published in the United States of America Fire Within Ignites the Fire for Savvy Oven 8 © Copyright 2015 by Manufacturer HearthMasters, Inc. All Rights By Alice Brink Reserved. No portion of this magazine may be copied without written permis- sion of the publisher. An Interview with Ashley Eldridge 14 Editor: Marge Padgitt Copy Editor: Maria McKenzie Let’s fire ‘er up! 16 Assistant to the Editor: By Heather Coiner Tamie Dorsch _________________ Maintain Your Bake Oven to Avoid Chimney 19 Contributing writers: Fires Alice Brink Tom Spalding 22 Heather Coiner Laurie Stewart Four Ingenious Brick Oven Designs 24 Photos are reprinted with permission—copyright retained by the owner. Montana Couple Enjoys Outdoor Cooking - 28 _________________ with a View! Cover art: Wood-fired oven with a Flemish bond pattern, stone keystones, and granite 30 landing by Gene Padgitt, HearthMas- ters, Inc. Recipes submitted by readers Subscribe at woodfiredmag.com Outdoor Cooking Crossword Puzzle 35 WRITERS: If you wish to submit an article for consideration please see our writer 36 guidelines at woodfiredmag.com #1 Goal: Eat Pizza By Tom Spalding ADVERTISING: Contact Upcoming Workshops, Classes, and Schools 40 [email protected] 3 Wood-Fired Magazine Wood-Burning Stove Misuse and Abuse Can Lead to Disaster Improper care and maintenance of a wood stove can lead to at best, poor performance, and at worst, a house fire. Learn how to operate a stove correctly and maintain it for years of use. By Marge Padgitt Ch imney sweeps across the U.S. and Canada are often amazed at what they find upon arri- val at a customer’s home. Unlike Europeans who are used to having quarterly chimney maintenance, which until recently was required by the government, Americans and Canadians must rely on common sense and good judgement when maintaining their wood stoves and chimneys. In a recent request via Facebook Wood-Fired Magazine asked chim- ney sweeps to submit some of their worst findings. Several sweeps sent good photos of very bad situations, which, unfortunately, are all-too common. Wood stoves all come with an own- er’s manual (if you can find it) which usually prescribes at a mini- mum, annual sweeping of the flue and connecting pipes. For wood- burners who heat their homes with a wood stove as primary heat, this maintenance needs to be completed at least twice during the season, and in very cold climates the pipes an Wood Stove. Photo credit: James Di Crescenzo, of Saugus, MA flue may need to be cleaned out two 4 Wood-Fired Magazine Derek Carmichael, Horizon Chim- Serious abuse: James Di Crescenzo, of Newbury, MA Submitted these ney Services, Inc. removing a photos of a completely clogged metal chimney with a very large chunk of flammable creosote amount of flammable creosote. The stove could not possibly vent in from a flue. this situation. or three times to remove flamma- should never be used. If the stove is this necessary task. ble creosote ,which is not only a not operated properly i.e. shutting Its always best to match the flue down the air intake at night to get fire hazard, but blocks the flue and collar to the same size flue and can hinder performance and draft- an overnight burn, the fire will be connecting pipe. ing of the stove. inefficient and smolder, creating A professional chimney sweep is more creosote. A Class A stainless steel chim- ney is better to use then a tile the best person to do this job, how- flue liner because it will accu- ever, for homeowners who live in Some additional wood-burning mulate less creosote than tile an area where there are no chimney tips: sweeps learning how to do this task due to the smooth surface. If the flue is over or undersized may be necessary. The chimney should be located it may not work properly Wood stoves use 6” - 8” chimneys inside the building envelope if and pipe connectors so as creosote If the flue length is inadequate possible, which will keep it accumulates it reduces the available it may not work properly warmer A cold chimney causes space for air flow. As this occurs, If the flue or connecting pipe is condensation and more creo- draft will be affected and eventual- clogged with creosote it cannot sote accumulation. ly, if not removed, will cause back- work properly. For Class A chimneys located drafting, or smoking, to occur. If in doubt about anything— on the exterior of the house, a All wood creates creosote, more or ask a professional chimney wood chase with 2” clearance to less depending on several factors. sweep. the chimney pipe with insula- Dry wood burns more cleanly and tion installed and kept in place Hearth retailers often do not faster than wet wood. Wood with with chicken wire (2” away offer maintenance services, so more than 20% moisture content from the chimney) will keep the ask who they recommend to do 5 Wood-Fired Magazine Wood -Burning Stove Misuse and Abuse Continued... From Jeremy Walker, MA: Class A chimney after only two weeks of use. The large accumulation of glazed cre- osote is an indication of severe abuse by the homeowner. If the owner doesn’t change his habits a chimney fire is almost certain. chimney much warmer. Never burn dry pine or hedge in a wood stove. These woods END burn too hot and too fast and can damage wood stoves and chimneys easily. If you MUST use these woods, mix 1/3 with 1/3 dry hard or soft cordwood. Never burn railroad ties, wrap- ping paper, leftover treated wood from construction etc. in a wood-burning stove. Toxic fumes can be hazardous. Only burn cordwood in a wood– burning stove. Photo: inside an 8” brick thimble to a clay tile flue liner. This heavy Visit www.mcsc-net.org or www.csia.org to find a list of coating of glazed creosote is a sign of lack of regular maintenance and CSIA Certified Chimney is a fire waiting to happen. Sweeps near you. Submitted by Derek Carmichael, Horizon Chimney Services, Inc. in Franklin, MA. 6 Wood-Fired Magazine id-winter is my favorite time to harvest birch for Looking for Writers M sweet-flavored food and warming beverages. Birch trees are easy to identify in winter thanks to their distinctive bark. The bark is an eye-catching white, or pale yel- low, slashed with dark horizontal marks, and frequently found peel- ing off of the tree in papery strips. Older birch trees may have much darker bark, but the younger branches will still flash silvery pale hues. Check the leaf buds and you'll find that they are alternately ar- ranged on the twigs (in a hand-over -hand pattern rather than in pairs). Birch trees can grow from 30 to 50 Wood-Fired Magazine Is looking for articles on subjects regarding wood- fired heating, cooking, and baking. Plans, building techniques, recipes, safety, maintenance, etc. are topics we are seeking. If you are an expert in your field and are interested in submitting an article please contact the editor at [email protected] Plusaireusa.com 7 Wood-Fired Magazine By Alice Brink Fire Within Ignites the Fire for Savvy Oven Manufacturer H ow does a little kid from Sri Lanka destined to be a Buddhist monk, make his way as a savvy busi- ness owner for whom success is the only option? 8 Wood-Fired Magazine For this writer, the answer to some point. before and he was very successful; a credit to his good employees and that question came by way of a “I was taught as a kid- it’s about find- clients, he says. He “had no busi- thoroughly enjoyable visit with ing self.” He explained that the jour- ness being in that business” he ad- Ajith Dharma (a-jeet dar-ma.) ney is to discover if what you do is mitted with a chuckle. When asked He is the owner of Fire Within, relevant. One can choose to be busy how he made the transition from a Denver based mobile wood- doing a lot of things, but at the end of technology, he responded that he fired oven manufacturing com- the day as a Buddhist, he asks: Is it “Jumped in with cold feet!” His pany. In the first few mo- really meaningful? That includes actions, goal was to sell within 10 years and ments of our meeting I began words and the people we attract.