Woodstove

hi everyone, I know nothing about coal, I burn a lot of wood at the hunting camp, I have a woodstove I would like to know if I could put some coal on top of the hot wood coals and if so how should I do it ? thanks for any info.

To burn coal properly and safely, you should do it in a stove meant for coal. Coal needs air from underneath, not on top like wood. That means shaker grates and an air inlet under the fire. I have an old Fisher stove that says it's rated for coal but it won't burn in it, at least not anthracite. Bitmuminous may work.

coalkirk wrote:To burn coal properly and safely, you should do it in a stove meant for coal. Coal needs air from underneath, not on top like wood. That means shaker grates and an air inlet under the fire. I have an old Fisher stove that says it's rated for coal but it won't burn in it, at least not anthracite. Bitmuminous may work.

See my Fisher Stove thread, I have one also. There is no underfire air source on it, maybe your's is different.