Rice Coal in the Hitzer 503
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Anyone burning rice coal in the Hitzer 503 ? I burned about 3 tons of nut so far this year (first year burning coal) and need to get another load this weekend and was thinking of trying rice coal. Any thoughts on comparing the burn/heat output or use would be great.
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I tried that will poor results. Clogged up the stove and killed the fire. I ended up having to shut her down and clean her out. My buddy also gave me 200lbs of buckwheat, but I mixed it with nut. That wasn't the best either but didn't kill the fire. I wouldn't burn anything smaller than pea.
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I picked up a load of pea that a person got by mistake as he had a stoker. So I ended up with a bunch of rice mixed with the pea. When I put that mixture in the stove seemed to smother the fire a bit and a lot of it just fell through the grates. Something you need to think about as I don't know what the size of your grates are, and being a hand fire pea would probable be the smallest that you should use.
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Pea is the smallest size that would work...
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Spring and fall the 'rents burn Pea...
Then a mix of Nut and Pea as it gets colder...
Then straight Nut...
27 foot chimney with a 6" insulated liner...
In the winter the flue damper is pushed all the way in...
We have a very good draft...
The damper is pulled open a bit for the Pea...
The Pea lets the stove just simmer at 175* during the day then open it up at night...
Then a mix of Nut and Pea as it gets colder...
Then straight Nut...
27 foot chimney with a 6" insulated liner...
In the winter the flue damper is pushed all the way in...
We have a very good draft...
The damper is pulled open a bit for the Pea...
The Pea lets the stove just simmer at 175* during the day then open it up at night...
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Thanks everyone for the information! No rice coal for me ! I picked up some pea size and I picked up a couple of bags of stove coal and added a bucket last night to the Hitzer. The stove coal worked well. Lots of heat. Anyone have and experience using stove coal in the 503 ?
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Never tried but the hopper may not like the bigger size of Stove...
It may get stuck in the narrow bottom...
Call Hitzer...
Dean knows all...
It may get stuck in the narrow bottom...
Call Hitzer...
Dean knows all...
jbcoal - aas per other posts pea is OK for Fall/Spring - - - I burned up a couple of odd bags of Rrice mixed in with Pea
last year by pouring about a 1/4 of a scuttle of rice on top of Nut when the stove was filled to bottom of hopper - but
wouldn't say to do it on purpose. Best, baldeagle
last year by pouring about a 1/4 of a scuttle of rice on top of Nut when the stove was filled to bottom of hopper - but
wouldn't say to do it on purpose. Best, baldeagle