Rice Coal in an Oak Stove

Hi Everybody

Is it possible to burn rice coal in an oak stove with ok results?

Something tells me it might not turn out well...

With some means to keep it from falling through the great and a very shallow bed I think it would work OK. A lined fire pot would help.

Yeah, the big problem is going to be keeping it on top of the grates. Most oaks are meant to handle nut, or stove size.

There's no way rice would stay on the grates of my oaks.

Paul

I suppose I could use it to slow down the fire when burning nut or stove?

I know a relative that burned rice in a Franco Belge but those grates are pretty small, you can use buckwheat in one of them without any issues which is about the size of a dime. I know with the rice he had to be very careful shaking the grates and he wasn't getting a lot of heat but it wasn't burning up quick either.

PJT wrote:I suppose I could use it to slow down the fire when burning nut or stove?

I had customer that used it for that, he used to get 4 ton of nut and we'd chute 1 ton of rice to the side of the bin. He used to throw it over the fire at night. Quick tip, you can do the same thing with ash.

I used it a few times to help slow draft pull on a windy day its ok but it was a a pain as it flowed thru the burn cycle and turned to ash it would slow draft even more than expected, I spent more time screwing with primary air and baby sitting than needed