Stovers & Especially Coalers, I have been playing with coal burning again. Can somebody tell me why anybody would cook with this stuff?! I had previously burned high-volatile (like 40% vol) bituminous. That catches and stays lit pretty well. Now that I am trying some lower-vol coal (at least I think that is the problem) it is hard to get the coal to support combustion. What's the trick? I *could* put the coal in a huge pile and/or start it with lots of wood. Sure, that works. But I can't imagine anyone cooking that way. If you have to use so much wood to get it lit, you might as well cook with the wood. If you have to use so much coal to keep the combustion going, again, one might think people would choose something else. I can see heating with coal, where you ignite once and just keep feeding the fire once it is hot. Starting a coal fire for every meal, though, seems very inefficient. Sooo... I must be doing something wrong. What am I missing? thanks, Tami - Stoves List Archives and Website: http://www.crest.org/discussion/stoves/200202/ http://crest.org/discussiongroups/resources/stoves/ (Under construction) http://www.ikweb.com/enuff/public_html/Stoves.html (Original) Stoves List Moderators: Ron Larson, ronallarson@qwest.net Alex English, english@adan.kingston.net Elsen L. Karstad, elk@wananchi.com www.chardust.com List-Post: <mailto:stoves@crest.org> List-Help: <mailto:stoves-help@crest.org> List-Unsubscribe: <mailto:stoves-unsubscribe@crest.org> List-Subscribe: <mailto:stoves-subscribe@crest.org> Sponsor the Stoves List: http://www.crest.org/discuss3.html - Other Biomass Stoves Events and Information: http://www.bioenergy2002.org http://www.crest.org/articles/static/1/1010424940_7.html Bioenergy http://www.crest.org/articles/static/1/1011975339_7.html Gasification http://www.crest.org/articles/static/1/1011975672_7.html Carbon For information about CHAMBERS STOVES http://www.ikweb.com/enuff/public_html/Chamber.htm
