Converting My Glenwood 208C Cookstove to Coal

freetown fred · Post by **freetown fred** » Mon. Jun. 06, 2011 9:32 am

I knew you wern't going to last all summer waiting for the old girl to set up.

SteveZee · Post by **SteveZee** » Mon. Jun. 06, 2011 10:37 am

freetown fred wrote:I knew you wern't going to last all summer waiting for the old girl to set up.

SteveZee · Post by **SteveZee** » Mon. Jun. 13, 2011 8:28 am

Well it's been a week since I made the firebox in the Glenwood C. It seems quite cured and ready for a wood fire sooooo, being today is 50 degrees and rainy I went ahead a "cured" it with some scraps from my recent building projects around the house here. Still works really well with wood I must say although of course the firebox is a bit shorter than it was. Honestly at the moment I have a good bed of coals in it and I'm dying to throw some coal in! Probabaly too warm for that though, so I'll use my better judgment

and wait.

freetown fred · Post by **freetown fred** » Mon. Jun. 13, 2011 8:47 am

Oh you will not--that's why we've got window-stats.

SteveZee · Post by **SteveZee** » Mon. Jun. 13, 2011 11:12 am

You've got my number Fred! I just couldn't help myself. I had a hod of stove coal and half a bag of pea so I threw the stove in first and got it ripping then filled up the box with the pea. After about 20 min, I closed the ashdoor damper down to about 1/4" and MPD to 45 degrees and she's been cruising along the oven gauge on 350 just as nice as you like. We've got two days of this rainy 45-50 degree crappy weather so it's a good test.

wsherrick · Post by **wsherrick** » Mon. Jun. 13, 2011 10:18 pm

Well, did you cook anything?

SteveZee · Post by **SteveZee** » Tue. Jun. 14, 2011 7:31 am

I did Will!

I cooked my dinner last night. Sautee'd onion and garlic in olive oil with cracked red pepper, added a chopped plum tomato and some garbanzo beans. Served over some shell pasta with fresh chopped basil and pecorino romano. Yummy.

The best thing though, was getting up this morning and the stove was still warm at 275 degrees! I'm going to love this in the winter! This was on pea coal too, which is really too small for my setup. I need nut sized and/or stove, which worked great yesterday for most of the day. The pea doesn't allow me to shake the grates without spilling too much into the ash pan. Even just a slight rocking spills too much. It's all I had though so I tried it with the stove coal to get a full box. There is still a half firebox of red coals in there slowly cooking away.

I have to say my better half was quite happy with the "test" as she was worried that Fall might come around and it wouldn't work out. We'd have zip for seasoned wood and be stuck. Now I can order my coal with confidance! If it worked this well with the temps at 50 degrees, I can only imagine it will be that much better when it's truely cold outside.

nortcan · Post by **nortcan** » Tue. Jun. 14, 2011 10:56 am

Very happy for you. You made a great job on your stove and have the satisfation from it. The best is coming for you on the next season.

wsherrick · Post by **wsherrick** » Tue. Jun. 14, 2011 2:08 pm

Sounds very good. If you think you are satisfied now, just wait until you get your base burner.

freetown fred · Post by **freetown fred** » Tue. Jun. 14, 2011 3:13 pm

Outstanding my friend sounds like you done well & yes going to at least nut will make a big difference next season--by the way, when are you going to tell us what you REALLY had for dinner, not what you prepped for the rabbits.

SteveZee wrote:I did Will!

I cooked my dinner last night. Sautee'd onion and garlic in olive oil with cracked red pepper, added a chopped plum tomato and some garbanzo beans. Served over some shell pasta with fresh chopped basil and pecorino romano. Yummy.

The best thing though, was getting up this morning and the stove was still warm at 275 degrees! I'm going to love this in the winter! This was on pea coal too, which is really too small for my setup. I need nut sized and/or stove, which worked great yesterday for most of the day. The pea doesn't allow me to shake the grates without spilling too much into the ash pan. Even just a slight rocking spills too much. It's all I had though so I tried it with the stove coal to get a full box. There is still a half firebox of red coals in there slowly cooking away.

I have to say my better half was quite happy with the "test" as she was worried that Fall might come around and it wouldn't work out. We'd have zip for seasoned wood and be stuck. Now I can order my coal with confidance! If it worked this well with the temps at 50 degrees, I can only imagine it will be that much better when it's truely cold outside.

SteveZee · Post by **SteveZee** » Tue. Jun. 14, 2011 6:14 pm

Well tonight I had a whole rack of babybacks, ear of corn and a salad (for the rabbits)!

freetown fred · Post by **freetown fred** » Tue. Jun. 14, 2011 6:27 pm

Now that's what I'm talkin about.

nortcan · Post by **nortcan** » Tue. Jun. 14, 2011 8:44 pm

Well, looks like some dislike Vegetarians here?????????????LOL
Fred, salad is good for your legs...

freetown fred · Post by **freetown fred** » Tue. Jun. 14, 2011 9:05 pm

Hey, I've got darn good lookin legs--ask any chicken I know.

I did that vegitarian thing for ONE day--to each his own

save a beefer

nortcan · Post by **nortcan** » Tue. Jun. 14, 2011 9:10 pm

How old are these chickens????