Stove should be warm, not hot or not cold to limit the ash scatter. The trick is to slide the partially full shovel of ash from the stove into the existing ash in the bucket while the top of the bucket is as close to or within the opening of the stove. I never completely empty my ash bucket, as the first shovel of ash into an empty bucket will often create a cloud of ash. Now, with my five gal bucket resting on the front bottom left edge of the stove, i use the stove shovel and slide the shovel into the existing ash in the bucket. Once completed, there is a pile of ash with small coals in the back right, bigger keeper coals and a small amt of ash in the back left of the stove box. repeat,Īs the ash pile builds in the back right, i sift by letting the bottom of the "kol keeper" rest near or just on the top of the ash pile in the back right, limiting the amt of fine ash that escapes. then place the "keeper" coals in the back left corner. With the stove at the end of its "burn cycle" I rake all the ashes towards the front of the stove, i use a "kol keeper" shovel to shovel a scoop from the left side (door hinge is on the right) and gently sift the ashes in the back right corner of the stove. Turn off all fans, blowers, and send the wife, dog and kids outside, you want as little movement as possible around the stove front. I picked up a decent ash can with top this past weekend and while the fire was burning I removed the ash drawer (which I normally leave full and just scoop the fire box) and dumped them in the can along with anything that fell through during the process so I could slide the drawer back in………. This is a normal chore for all you full time burners so I want to know your method for removing ash from a burning fire effectively and safely….what’s the best way? When we take long weekends of 3-4 nights the ash builds up quite a bit and therefore I obviously want to remove it. Here’s my thing, normally I would come in Friday night and scoop out the ash in the firebox (most of it) from the previous weekend and then start my fire and burn fine through Sunday. I have been happily burning away with our stove since last year, however it is in our cabin so we are only burning on the weekends mostly when we are up there. Here’s what seems to me like a stupid question………but I need to know…….
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