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Post by kstronach on Jun 30, 2013 21:46:49 GMT
I got a ton bag of wood delivered this weekend of oak, ash, beech and hawthorn but only the beech was seasoned properly I think! I told them to cut it around 12 to 14" long andsplit it fairly well as I think I read they catch quicker and burn better and hotter if there thinner? Anyway he forgot and cut them as he would for a log burner, about 8" long and in big chunks! I dint think this was very good for our purpose so have split them all down more and stacked them. What size wood roughly do other people get and burn? Also just on the off chance has anybody heard of idigbo or iroco? The joiners at work use it a lot so I have access to very dry off cuts anyone know if it's suitable?
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Post by muddy4x4 on Jun 30, 2013 22:43:30 GMT
How big is your oven, how well insulted / efficient is it and what are you planning to cook in it. I use a modular Pizza oven that heats up in 30 mins and uses very little wood. I have read of ovens that take a cord of wood just to heat up! I am sure that if you give some idea of what you have, others with similar, will tell you what they find their oven uses and their techniques !
I would take a sack of each iroco and idigbo and experiment. I had some kiln dried oak off cuts last year and they were great !
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Post by kstronach on Jul 1, 2013 6:30:16 GMT
It's a 34 inch brick Pompeii with 4 inch of ceramic blanket over. Mostly for pizza party's however I would like to cook some bread and meat and casseroles etc in it the next day even if this means firing a small fire again in the morning?
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Post by sovsroc on Jul 1, 2013 10:09:48 GMT
Both iroko and idigbo are west african hardwoods both dense non floating timber just so you know they will burn extremly hot i have seen a cast iron outside heater nearly melt  idigbo was i believe also called ironwood because of its density google "trada" it will have all the info on wood you need Nick |
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Post by bookemdanno on Jul 1, 2013 12:45:01 GMT
I know that Iroko is pretty oily, hence its use in outdoor furnitures, so i'd say it'd soot your oven and flue up pretty well.
I use logs at around 9" which i get in for my burner too. I just split them down more for the WFO.
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