Hey guys. Just wanted to add I’m at NOT getting any kickbacks from this video. I made it purely to express how happy I am with it, and to share my experience, one year in. I appreciate your tips and tricks and you sharing your experience. Thanks all 👍

I am a 71 year old lady who ran the same Earth Stove for almost 40 years. Just this week I traded it in for a Blaze King Princess and though I was sad to see old faithful go I am super excited to not be toting huge pieces of wood to feed it and having to tend it all the time. For once I am anxious for colder temps to come this fall! Thanks Chuck for all of the good info. I am going to save this video because I am just learning about the catalytic system and you did such a good job of explaining.🔥

I've ran this stove for six years , you cannot get any better.

Seasoned dry wood is the secret to wood stoves

Can't beat that crackling of a wood stove!!!

It's a beautiful wood stove thanks for the review. Isn't it nice when you buy something & it turns out to be worth it. 🙂🇨🇦👍👍👍👍👍

My uncle has had a Blaze King (King model) in his log cabin in the high mountains of central Utah for over 20 years. The stove is simply just amazing. Looooong burn times and heats up the cabin quick. The secondary burn is just incredible! I don't know that there's another brand of wood stove out on the market that can come close to Blaze King. Worth every penny!

Hey Chuck! Thanks for the review on your stove. In my opinion, in any cabin the wood stove is the centre piece . It’s something everyone sees and watches when they’re in the cabin. Much like the old cook stoves in the old farm houses. The stove adds to the whole look of the place. Your stove looks great, it matches your cabin. Looks like summer is coming to an end for you guys. Really cooling down here in my area at night. Anybody that hasn’t had to go outside in the middle of the night , half dressed, for an arm load of firewood because they forgot to do it before bedtime, has not lived a full and fore filling life. Lol

The best stove. Owned for a long time and they are the most efficient stoves for extreme climates. We replaced a barrel stove in the cabin and there’s no more waking up at 3am to relight the fire.

Love the clean out hole in the middle that’s awesome much cleaner then a pail and shovel not to mention the dust floating in the air of the cabin when trying to clean the stove.

Am glad that you took the time and effort to share, thank you, it was helpful

Thank you for the review. It struck me today when I watched the intro that I have been with you quite awhile. The outdoor kitchen was built almost 4 years ago and I was subscribed well before then. Amazing how much I have enjoyed your channel. I look forward to many more years of being allowed into a part of your life. May you and yours continue to be blessed!

That was a great review Chuck. I've been heating with wood for most of my life and can attest to the importance of a quality stove. You're fulfilling your dreams and it's been wonderful to watch. Cheers from NS!

I really like the "tone" and editing style of your videos. I subscribed within just a few minutes. I also appreciate the review of this stove, which is definitely a good choice. Have you ever tried the "top-down" fire method? You stack bigger pieces on bottom, then smaller pieces, then kindling, then tinder, and light it at the top. It works extremely well and the main benefit is that you lay out the fire, light it, and then walk away. You don't keep opening the door to add more wood. In a good stove, like yours, you can literally strike a match and not be back for 2-3 hours, while the stove does its job! Most folks who try this method never go back to building fires the old way.

Great video! I can't tell you how many times I've searched for a good video reviewing a blaze King stove and couldn't find anything. This video just pops up on my KZfaq recommendations while I'm sipping on a cup-a-tea. We live on the Avalon Peninsula, Newfoundland so our winters are not as cold. It can dip to -15°c for a couple of weeks but predominantly hovers around -3°c. 6 years ago we purchased a Pacific energy super 27 wood stove and from my research, it's considered the gold standard when it comes to conventional wood stoves. We are very happy with one exception, it's too warm in the house. The stove specifications say can heat up to 2,000 sq ft and our home is 2200 sq ft and it will drive you out of the house even when it's on low. Low setting gets us the specified burn time of 8-9 hours and sometimes we don't have to set up to relight the stove. I think the blaze King or at least a catalytic stove would be the solution for us because we simply can't turn our regular wood stove down enough to heat our home when the winter temps are -5°c and warmer. I noticed you said you leave the thermostat in the middle when it's really cold so my question is, how much heat comes out of this stove when it's in the middle or turned down on low?

(This is Tom, not Sandra.) You, sir, are a great salesman for this product. You thoroughly described, and showed, how to use it effectively each time. That company needs to pay you for being their spokesman for their product. You have a great looking cabin there. I hope you don't have any trouble with wild animals invading your area....i.e. a BIGFOOT, etc. Thank you for such a great video, sir. Take care and may GOD bless you and yours.

We had a stove similar to that at my last place. Th m is crazy how effectively and efficiently those stove have gotten from a hold in the wall lined with rocks. Enjoy it brother. Remember your are living a life some only dream about. God bless Mr. Porter

That's awesome! I think if I ever get a cabin one day, I'll definitely look into that stove. I love not having to get up in the night to reload the stove. All the hunt camps I've been in, that was the rule. If you got up to go pee in the night, toss more wood in the stove to keep it going. Love that feature.

I wish I could afford one. I still have a stove from the 70s but it has been very good so far. I had another air tight stove but it wasnt as good as the old one. I would be worried that it wouldnt be good enough like the one I had. It was a waste of time and money. One day maybe. It would be nice to have a 30 hour burn. I have a lot of hard wood here in Ontario. Thanks for sharing.

Great video, I purchased the Blaze King, King model and am just as pleased and in love with this wood burner as you are. Love the fact the King can heat my ranch house just under 2000 sq ft no problem and have proven it can actually burn for 42 hours, it will do that no problem. I'm in Canada as well and have bin heating with firwood for nearly 50 years. Keep up the great vids.

Been using a BK King model for 18 winters. We burn 24/7 for 5 to 6 months and go thru 5 to 6 cords of Douglas Fir and the odd bite of Pine. I clean the ash out once mid season and clean the chimney once during the summer, this is possible due to the fact my wood is seasoned for two years before burning...wouldn't have anything else. Oh ya...I've never had to change out the catalytic combustion either.

Awesome video. You had me sold when you said no more getting up in the middle of the night to reload. Also the no run away condition was not seen ... I hate those conditions with stoves. Steady heat is also an important factor... No fun visiting someone and you have to open the windows to be comfortable.

Great setup Chuck. Best tip I can pass along is a free stove glass cleaner. Free and very easy. When the stove is cool, dip a wet rag/paper towel in the stove ash and rub on the glass. Removes the dirt and grime instantly. Wipe clean with another rag. Never buy expensive cleaners again.

Just getting a full 8hrs sleep without having to get up and stoke the stove is worth it. Love to see a video of how much heat it kicks out on those longer burns and level of smoke outside the chimney. Hello from Alberta!

Great review! I live in the NWT heat completely with wood, and have been using my Blaze King for 23 years. My catalyst lasted about 15 years for the first one. We burn jack pine only, use about 4 cords a year, sometimes little more sometimes less, depends when spring hits here. My stove still looks like new, I may have to replace a few fire bricks one year soon, but they are awesome stoves!

Thank you for sharing I also live off grid 365 in Canada and I've been looking to buy a wood stove with a Cadillac converter so thank you for your review and all your hard work I trust your review and I thank you so much

DUDE ,,are you sure you dont work for Blaze King ,,hahaha, Im sold

Your fire will burn better if you leave a couple inches of ashes in the firebox. AND... I hope you left a couple of inches of free-flowing air space between the decorative brick and the wooen wall. Otherwise any excess heat will transmit directly to the flamable wall. Better yet, remove the wood and put in cement board at the back of the air space. NB You should have at least 3' (1m) clearance to your side wall.

Also a testimony to your ability as an efficient builder. I bet no expense wad spared on insulation factors.

The best way to clean the glass on a woodstove is by dipping a wet paper towel or newspaper in ashes and scrub.

Hey Chuck great review of your stove, I agree with everything you said about the future savings with both time and money. Comfort is also very important and you have that covered as well good job. Enjoyed your video. Get outdoors and enjoy.

Thanks for the review Chuck. The Blaze Kings do have a good reputation, and you obviously know how to get the best out of yours, and how to look after them. Have you ever tried a rocket stove? They apparently use very little wood and burn very cleanly. The downside is that unless you have a hopper feeding it wood pellets, you won't get an overnight burn.

thanks for this detailed explanation of your stove - my wife would like a stove with a glass window - I was concerned about a time when the glass would break (cold glass - hot flame) and then we would be without heat. Thanks for the reassurance.

Thank you that was really informative. Agree with you on all points about the benefits of burning wood efficiently……. It takes a bit of practice and self discipline.

Got Mine 30 series last week! Can't wait to install it 🎉

Nice video review you did. I've had a Blaze King Princess model for about 15 years, and it does everything you mentioned with a couple minor exceptions. I haven't had the ash buildup on the combustor like you showed but not sure why and sometimes the glass does get more creosote than you showed, but still easily manageable to clean off. Maybe both are due to being a different model, just don't know for sure. I only clean the combustor once a season, but also I'm not there all winter, only about 30% of the time during the winter. Once I learned how to operate and fine tune the Blaze King I realized there is no better wood stove than a stove that has a catalytic combustor, especially after my previous non-catalytic wood stove that I had to reload with wood every 3-4 hours. The biggest advantages I discovered are ones you mentioned, the long efficient burn times, easy to maintain, not getting up in the middle of the night to re-load (huge benefit), and far less wood burned per season. I have the electric fan but never use it due to the noise it makes, too loud and annoying to me for the cabin atmosphere and it heats well without it. I do have two Ecofans on top like the one you have and like those as they are noiseless and add some nice look and feel, not sure how much air they actually move but I like the aesthetics they provide, and they look like they move air. The worst thing I discovered, and since learned to deal with was that these stoves burn so slow and efficiently that not much heat is going out the chimney stack. That wouldn't seem like a problem but moisture in the wood is condensing and going out the stack as water vapor and can freeze off the spark arrestor screen. What happened in my case was on the coldest of nights, approx -20 to -30 F that moisture started freezing in the spark arrestor screen at the top of the chimney outside to the point the ice built up and completely froze off the screen choking off the chimney causing the smoke in the stove to start backing up and escaping in the cabin thru the stove air inlet. It set off the smoke alarms at 2am filling the cabin with smoke. It was an emergency, with all doors and windows open at 2am wondering what the "H" was happening. I was able to get on the roof and remove the spark arrestor screen when I figured out what was going on, again all this at 2am. The simple solution is I now remove the spark arrestor screen completely and only replace it in the off season to keep birds out of the chimney. This issue is actually mentioned in the Blaze King manual under "ICE - FORMATION AND PREVENTION ", but who heeds those kind of warnings as it just doesn't make much sense, ice formation at the top of the stack in a wood stove that is actively burning and heating your cabin. Anyway that's the only issue I ever had with it and never even considered anything of the likes until it happened. I always burn wood with less than 9% moisture content but still that's apparently enough to become an issue with all the right conditions lined up. Same as you, I'm not tied to Blaze King in any way, or Ecofan. Blaze King doesn't even know I exist except maybe deep in their purchase register/warranty records from way back when I bought it. I would never own any other stove.

Very impressive stove...definitely a sound investment

Great review. I appreciate the depth of info you provided. I’ve been researching wood stoves for weeks now & wow is there a lot of differing opinions on secondary air vs hybrid vs catalyst. But when it comes to Blaze King i don’t see anyone regretting their purchase. I think I’ll dig a little deeper in my pocket and pull the trigger on one. Thanks again and stay safe & warm this winter.

Awesome thanks so much for your video You should definitely get some proceeds with this awesome review of this stove.

Thanks for the review Chuck. Me and Andrea just started to build our cabin ( video coming soon 😉) and we got an old stove for this winter for when we will work in the cabin but soon as it will be done I want a stove like yours. Burn less wood, less wood I need to cut and leave me more time to enjoy the outdoors.

We will definitely be getting the same blaze king for our cabin in PEI I appreciate the review!! Thanks Chuck keep up the great work !! We love ya !!

Great honest review of a great wood stove. I have neighbors that have Blaze King wood stoves and they love them because they do the job. I wanted a wood stove where I can open the doors, insert a screen and enjoy the full effect of the fire and when I want real efficiency, I would close the doors. I don’t believe Blaze King offers such a stove. If they would, I’m on it. I’m still looking and hopefully can find one before this winter. Thanks - from Hells Canyon, Frank.

We bought the same stove last year and are completely in love with it. Buy once cry once

Hey Chuck. Hoping that this finds you and yours well. Great review. Thanks for sharing. We also heat with wood so any efficiency we can get, including less wood consumption, and you’ve got my attention. We have a Blaze King dealership across the River. I’ll have to check them out next time I journey off the Peninsula. Be well. Good journeys. Happy trails!

Thanks for posting this. We are still working on our off grid home for full time living. Tony has been living here due to work and I'm still getting the house ready for sale. I will be here by the end of October and we are still looking for a better woodstove. We also get the relentless northern winter winds. Thank you for these videos as they are very helpful.

Thanks for the great video, Chuck! I just had a Blaze King Sirroco 20.2 installed the other day in my 900 sq/ft small home, in Nelson, BC, Canada. I can't wait to fire it up soon! Still have a tail end of summer here, so no need quite yet. From all reviews of the Blaze King stoves, I hear nothing but good things. They are real quality and they work excellent.

Great info Chuck we just installed the same stove in our timber frame I built haven’t fired it yet to warm bought it because of your last videos pretty excited thanks

Excellent review Chuck!!! After you bought your Blaze King, I started researching seriously on all high end wood stove and I have no doubt in my mind Blaze King is the best option.. the Ashford 30 is my choice

Wicked stove for sure !! Chuck

I agree with you 100%, its a fantastic wood stove. I'm actually going to buy one for my cottage. BUT I have the proper wood to burn, if not , well its anybody's guess how long you have to go before reloading the stove, also, weather, how insulated your cabin etc. makes a big difference as well

Great review Chuck. Love that stove.😊

Great review Sir. I've looked at Blaze King for years, they're a great stove company. i was looking at the King or Princess but they are a little big for my upstairs installation. I currently have a Jotul F3CB stove i heat my 1200 sq ft upstairs with. I have to feed it quite a bit but it works for me, I'm retired. I have a Pacific Energy Summit downstairs in the basement that i fire up when it gets below 25, here in southern Maryland which isn't often. I've never had good luck with catalytic stoves. I've had a couple and got rid of them as the combustors would clog and not seem to work too well maybe it was because it was a mid range stove or, the technology 15 years ago wasn't where it is today. I agree with you totally, spend the few extra dollars, get a good quality stove, and it will last you for years. so, how many cord do you burn now that you have this stove, as compared to previous years and previous stoves. i go through about 3 from the beginning of December to April or so. thanks again for the review. always good to see your segments.

Wow, love your video! I have read about the blaze king and hearthstone stoves online trying to decide which one would be best for us. After watching your very informative and honest video,seeing how easy it is to clean the converter and in general to operate this stove, I have definitely made my decision! Thank you 😊

I have a Blaze King Princes, burned it now for about 10 + years, never had a glitch. I heat about 900sq/ft. It's my sole heating source. Even if I had to buy another stove, it would be a Blaze King.

Great review, affirmed feedback from a neighbor that also has .. great cabin enjoy !!

Love my blaze king I’ve got the exact same model and it will burn a long time easily overnight, I do have a few issues first is the catalytic filter my stove would start smoking because the filter was getting dirty , it would maybe last a month and you would have to cool it down to pull it out and clean, a problem on long cold winters, eventually I just removed it altogether and it didn’t effect the way it worked at all ,so it’s been out for 3 winters no problem then there’s the placement of the air controller, it’s placed on the back top corner so to adjust it you have to reach around a hot stove cause mine is in a corner and lastly you have to buy an adapter to get outside air into the stove otherwise your using inside air and this basically can cause a Radon problem if you have a dirt crawl space and the stove is sucking room air from any crack for the stove air but it’s still the most efficient wood stove I’ve owned

Great look at amazing ingenuity !

Wow butiful place love heating with wood also have a bundle firewood business i woild love to live there i live in the adirondacks can get cold here also

Great video, very informative. I have 2 neighbours who have older Blaze King wood stoves. Both use them to heat there homes and love them. We have a J.A.Roby that looks like an old wood cook stove. Which we use to heat our home. We usually burn about 3 to 4 cords of birch or ash sometimes a little poplar per season . All 3 are considered hardwoods. The days are getting shorter and the evening cooler but it will be a few weeks before we need to light a fire. Busy harvesting the garden and looking forward to Canada goose season opener on the 1st of September. A busy time of year.

Outstanding job!!

it looks like these stoves can be placed a lot closer to the house structure whereas stoves like Vermont castings need to be placed at least 2 feet from any structure...

Thank you for doing this thorough review! I’ve been researching wood stoves and this seems like a winner. Now, I just need to find 10k to get a chimney pipe and the stove 😣

Nice review, thanks. Take care.

I’m northeast Kansas, I’m itching to get my wood stove lit. Too bad it’s over 90 today.

Fine Stove Chuck, cheers

Freezing of the spark arrester screen is a mute point as not even a chimney cap is needed. I removed mine more than 20 years ago for increased draw reasons and have never had any problems yet. Torential rains aren't a problem either as I have an outside chimney and it may get damp at he bottom of the chimney clean out but never an accumulation of water and where I live we get some very heavy rains. No birds or nesting in the off burning times but lots of draw when in use. No need for a rain cap or spark arrester at all. For me its a myth.

Very interesting. Enjoy the Flats bye 😊

IVE HAD STEEL AND CAST IRON. BUT A HEARTHSTONE SOAPSTONE WOODSTOVE IS THE CADILLAC OF THEM ALL..

Very informative

great

Nice stove chuck. Great review.

Great video, superb helpful

My wife and I are getting ready for our first winter with our blaze king princess 32. If it's half as good as yours, we'll be very happy. We have learned what it's like to do the middle of the night reload in our old stove. Looking for to not having to do that!!😂

beautiful Stove!

I enjoyed this video. I'm not convinced you're not Bruce Willis' brother though. Getting the Ashford 30 soon for our new place. This guide helped a lot. Thanks!

I have a Princess 32, pretty much the same stove mechanically I think, just not as good looking. I would have bought the Ashford, but they were unavailable when I was buying. AMAZING stove, easily goes 24 hours if filled up, then just throw more logs in and it keeps on going. FYI these all have a 10 year warranty on the combustor, hardly ever clean ash out.

Chuck, As a part of the CAT Maintainance, you should replace the CAT gasket every fall. Makes a world of difference. $20 I have the King 1107 Ultra. 40 hrs or more on low using Black Locust that I dry for 4-5 years before burning. I don’t think I would purchase another brand of stove. Staying warm for more then 13 years with the mighty BK 😊

nice stove, it will serve you well

i like packing the stoves with logs for hot long burn

Nice review! They really do burn that long but I found you need to turn that thermostat up when it gets colder and that reduces the burn times to where most other moderns stoves run.

Chuck, wood stove in August! 30C here in Ontario.. lol

Hello there just watched your blaze king video We are getting our first one in a few weeks so your info was very helpful Wondering if you could share what products you used to clean the glass .. looks great Thanks, Cathy

Thanks for the video...I'm in the midst of trying to pic a new stove to replace my old lakewood and found that review exactly the info I wanted...only question is how is the creosote deposition from it?

Great video buddy

Hey Chuck thanks for the review.

Great video thank you!

Hey Chuck, just wanted to follow up on my interest in using a screen on the Blaze King Ashford 30. I spoke to a local dealer and she said that you cannot operate the Blaze King with the door open. Because of their design (extremely efficient) , the stove can’t draw properly so you get smoke in the room. It just doesn’t work. I was told this by the head office also a year ago. 😊😊Let us know if if you find out the same. I’m hoping I got bum information. Big fan! Thanks - from Hells Canyon, Frank. 😅

That’s a dandy stove Chuck buddy

You have sold. Great video

Great review buddy.

great info, thank you 👍👍

Hi Chuck, I noticed at the beginning of the video you were cleaning the glass on the door. What were you using? It looked like a paste with windex or something. Thanks. I bought a Blaze King. King 40. Love it. Best stove ever made .

Great review, Chuck! Pricey stoves, for sure...but for that level of comfort? Seems well worth the initial cost.

Nice Stove .. If you can pipe in outside air for combustion you would save wood . not using the air inside of cabin for combustion

Great presentation my friend - How often do you have to clean the catalytic thingy?

Catalytic combuster is over rated. Removed mine from my blaze king and see no difference in performance or burn time. Burn is super clean without combuster.

Great video. I have a Blaze King in my home in Creston BC. Such a great stove. My only wish is to have hardwood. The best we have here is larch. I’ll use larch logs for my overnight burn. I’m curious as to how much ash you let accumulate in your stove. I’ve seen another video where they keep up to 2 inches of ash on the bottom. I’ve been cleaning mine out when I’ve got 1 inch and I always take it all out. Seen some suggestion that leaving ash in protects the fire brick. Curious as to your opinion.

Great review on your stove Chuck, it looks great and I am sure cosy as heck when it’s-30 C or colder outside. So…… we’re you able to grow anything in the new garden plot this year??

Nice stove. Great video. I wish I could send you a cord of seasoned red oak and see what ya think of you’re stove then. You burn soft wood correct? I bet with oak it would be an incredibly longer burn time!! Dave

When you shut the stove down for a long burn at night do you keep the catalyst working. Thanks great video. I just had a blaze installed today.