My Chubby

Hello everyone,

Well the best thing I've ever done was to get this Chubby coal stove! I have to admit I was a little apprehensive at first but it has been very easy to get the hang of. My stove keeps my house between 72°-75° running at about 350°- 400°. I get 12hr. burns no problem and have actually gone as long as 26hrs with out a shake. I must say I would recommend this stove to any one. Very little work for the enjoyment of being nice and toasty . Not to mention the money I will save this winter, it cost me $1800.00 for the stove, installation, and 2 tons of nut coal. Thats about what I would have paid for oil this winter and been freezing trying to conserve oil. It did help that my friend and I did all the work so there were no labor cost . Even if I had to pay for labor it would have been well worth it!!!

Jim

I hear you!! I too picked up a Chubby over the summer. I was burning wood for the past two years in my house (been burning wood since I was 9) but as a child growing up one doesn't realize the time, money and effort that goes into heating a home with wood. It takes owning your own home to see the wasted time, money and effort for short burn times and a really hot fire.

I watched Larry's video and saw he was getting close to 18 hours out of his Chubby. That right there sold me. My Chubby keeps my house between 70* - 75* on cold days running anywhere between 350* - 480* with a stack temp of 140* - 190*. Through October I was averaging 14 - 18 hours. The past week I've been running her a bit hotter (500* - 550* with an 180* - 200* stack temp) and am still averaging close to 10 - 12 hours. Though, I tend to shake down quite a bit more than you (two times a day) but my house and setup is quite different than yours.

I am ever so glad I switched to coal and don't think I'll ever go back to wood. In fact if things work out for me, next winter I'll have a dual fuel furnace in the basement, using the oil side only as a backup.

Coal is definitely king.

Now you guys got me thinkin' of buying one to install a coil in for summertime DHW!

It appears that the Coal Chubby secret it getting out! That is great news about your Chubby! Thanks for sharing your wonderful coal burning experience with your new Chubby Coal Stove.

Could one of you guys with the new style load door for the Chubby post a good picture of the inside of the door and describe what the glass is made of?

Here are some pictures of my Chubby when I just got it home from the beautiful restoration job done by Larry Trainer, the designer and manufacture of the Coal Stove Chubby. Just for more realism, I placed a candle inside. The glass isn't really glass, it is what they call Mica. It is really a thinly cut piece of crystal. http://www.google.com/url?sa=t&source=web&cd=2&sq ... Tg&cad=rja
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Ok, thanks Doug, That's what the original glass is made of as well. I was just wondering because the window is quite a bit larger than the original window it might be made of something else.

Love my Chubby too.