Originally Posted by
Openwater
My questions are:
1. How much higher do I need to raise the fire grate?
If it was working well before I would just raise the grate 6 inches so the fire is the same distance from your pan.
2. I will also need to get more heat/flames/hot gas against the bottom of pan, so could I just put a couple baffles on ramp of arch to force up against bottom of pan, or should I just raise the entire bottom of ramp/arch closer to pan bottom?
Again, I would raise the whole thing 6 inches. You could just fill with vermiculite or something and then put firebrick on top of that.
3. If stove pipe is 6" diameter (28.25 square inches), how much space/area should there optimally be between bottom of arch and bottom of pan? More or less than exhaust pipe area?
I guess you would want to ramp up to the same area as your stovepipe, so about 2 1/2 inches.
GO
2016: Homemade arch from old wood stove; 2 steam tray pans; 6 taps; 1.1 gal
2017: Same setup. 15 taps; 4.5 gal
2018: Same setup. Limited time. 12 taps and short season; 2.2 gal
2019: Very limited time. 7 taps and a short season; 1.8 gals
2020: New Mason 2x3 XL halfway through season; 9 taps 2 gals
2021: Same 2x3, 18 taps, 4.5 gals
2022: 23 taps, 5.9 gals
2023: 23 taps. Added AUF, 13.2 gals
2024: 17 taps, 5.3 gals
All on buckets