Fryday - November the 8st

[SupraSabre]

Late morning Ray & All from sunny, but still COLD, in Southern Utah!

Currently it is 39F, up from a low of 16F, and heading for 48F. Already a slight breeze, but later the winds will be out of the N @ 8 to 12mph.

I'm waiting for it to warm up a bit. Since my next step on the shed are the walls, I want the plastic walls to be a little flexible and not stiff from the cold.

Maybe I should go out and move them into the Sun? Probably be a good idea!

Eggs, sausage, toast & Eggnog for the morning start. Pepsi(s) to come later.

Anyone , have a great day on the roads!

 

[ibike2havefun]

I have the caveman TV going. Life is good.

 

[Obo]

I have the caveman TV going. Life is good.

With that shape and shininess, it looks more like spaceman tv.

 

[Weaselinsuit]

I have the caveman TV going. Life is good.

How well does the radiation disc up top work?

 

[Obo]

How well does the radiation disc up top work?

Radiatingly.

 

[ibike2havefun]

How well does the radiation disc up top work?

Pretty well, actually, but not quite as effective as I anticipated (based on zero data). You can definitely feel increased heat three to four feet farther away than without it.

It'd be a great base to support a cast iron Dutch oven, or high heat fondue vessel.

They also sell a pizza oven accessory. It'd be the ultimate in camping decadence: pre-make the dough and do the prep work in your home kitchen, transport to the campsite, and have fresh homemade wood-fired pizza at the campsite.

 

[ST1100TX]

Pretty well, actually, but not quite as effective as I anticipated (based on zero data). You can definitely feel increased heat three to four feet farther away than without it.

It'd be a great base to support a cast iron Dutch oven, or high heat fondue vessel.

They also sell a pizza oven accessory. It'd be the ultimate in camping decadence: pre-make the dough and do the prep work in your home kitchen, transport to the campsite, and have fresh homemade wood-fired pizza at the campsite.

My brother brought his Solostove and Solostove pizza oven to Moab. The Solostove "fire pit" is attractive but puts off almost no heat except straight up. We had to bundle up to sit around the fire. In contrast, my "homeless" fire pit here at the house is half of a 50 gallon steel drum and the heat pours off of it.

The Solostove pizza oven is the bee's knee's. Wonderful tech. I'd love to have one.

 

[nicksacco]

Pretty well, actually, but not quite as effective as I anticipated (based on zero data). You can definitely feel increased heat three to four feet farther away than without it.

It'd be a great base to support a cast iron Dutch oven, or high heat fondue vessel.

They also sell a pizza oven accessory. It'd be the ultimate in camping decadence: pre-make the dough and do the prep work in your home kitchen, transport to the campsite, and have fresh homemade wood-fired pizza at the campsite.

And I can confirm Keith's pizza is out of this world!!

 

[ibike2havefun]

The Solostove "fire pit" is attractive but puts off almost no heat except straight up. ... In contrast, my "homeless" fire pit here at the house is half of a 50 gallon steel drum and the heat pours off of it.

That was my experience as well, before I added the heat deflector. Now it radiates "better" (i.e. less poorly) laterally, although it's nowhere near as radiant as a completely open flame or, as you describe, a single-walled container such as you use. Some of that has to do with the size of the fire as well, I think. I tend to keep the flame lower than I would with an open fire, which may also contribute to the lower amount of heat. Just one or two larger chunks of wood at a time, rather than a half dozen, make a nice fire without going through my wood pile too quickly.

That said, I'll probably have to reload sometime in the next month- the indoor rack for the permanent built-in fireplace needs refilling and I've used almost a quarter of the stuff that's been seasoning in the outdoor racks for the past couple years. Some of what's out there now is from neighbor's trees that were taken down this summer, so it'll be at least a year before they're really ready to go although I've used smaller blocks with some success (rough cubes ~ 8 inches on a side) in the Solo, supported by older dryer stuff to keep the heat level up. The newer stuff takes longer to burn, naturally, due to the higher moisture content that slows the combustion rate.

I do like the vastly reduced smoke output of the Solo as compared to other fires, along with the ease of lighting and the effective draft that it produces to keep the coals hot.