Abstract: A wood stove including a stove body which defines a stove exterior, a stove interior, and a combustion chamber disposed within the interior. A temporary cast iron insert is placed within the combustion chamber, the insert includes a horizontal base and vertical wall. The vertical wall substantially bisects the horizontal base. Fuel may be placed only on one side of the vertical wall during milder weather that does not require the full heating capacity of the stove. The cast iron insert improves the thermal efficiency of the stove whenever lesser amounts of logs are burned.

Abstract: Wood kindling arrangement for quickly kindling of solid fuel in wood burning stove, leading to a reduction of the discharge of polluted chimney gas particle. The wood kindling unit is preferably meant for wood burning stove with closed combustion chamber. When the invention is used you gain a standardized and quickly kindling of solid fuel, resulting in a reduction of the discharge of polluting chimney gas particle. The wood kindling unit consists of en horizontal placed bottom plate (1), connected to three vertical plates (2), which have ventilation openings (3). The hindmost vertical plate has at the top a guiding plate (4) and a space holder (5). The two foremost vertical plates are connected with a grate arrangement (6), which serves as cradle for the fuel. The cavity (7) under the grate arrangement is applied for the placement of the fire medium under the fuel.

Abstract: A method of combusting a fuel in a burn pot includes forming an ash column within the burn pot, and removing a portion of the ash column. The burn pot includes a first sidewall portion, a second sidewall portion, and a translatable plate interposed between the first sidewall portion and the second sidewall portion. The translatable plate is capable of at least two positions. The translatable plate has an opening therein corresponding substantially to a cross sectional area of an inside area of the first sidewall portion or the second sidewall portion.

Abstract: A combustion cage for pellet fuel is an inclined container having at least one wall surrounding a bottom and a support structure. The surrounding wall and bottom of the container have a plurality of holes throughout imparting a hole-to-surface ratio of at least 40% to the wall and bottom. The support structure supports the inclined container in a fixed, inclined position with reference to the horizontal.

Abstract: A trash barrel arranged for the burning of refuse therewithin is provided to provide a semi-cylindrical first shell mounting a semi-cylindrical second shell functioning as a door relative to the first shell. A powdered brick aggregate is contained within spaced walls of the first shell, including upper and lower semi-cylindrical caps mounted to upper and lower distal ends of the first shell to enclose the powdered brick aggregate therewithin. The shell structure includes an upper and lower semi-circular "U" shaped channel cap to contain the aggregate within the first shell, with a lower cap including a floor plate integral therewith to accommodate the second shell thereover. The second shell further includes a sliding door to permit drafting through the interior cavity of the first and second shells when in a cylindrical configuration, with a wire-mesh basket mounted to the second shell to be removed relative to the first shell upon opening of the door or second shell structure.

Abstract: There is disclosed a burning apparatus having a general burning chamber provided with an air-guide inlet for feeding air from above into the burning chamber and air-discharge outlet to which a funnel is connected. In said burning chamber, a burn-promoting plate formed with a suitable number of piercing holes is disposed from the ceiling of said burning chamber to halfway thereof toward the floor surface of the burning chamber.Fuel or refuse thrown into said burning chamber is burnt from up to down and the burning operation is completed while giving rise to almost no smoke.

Abstract: A clay throat with a smooth inner surface is provided for a brick fireplace, and a template and process are described for cutting clay flue liners into selected portions for assembly and joining into the configuration of the clay fireplace throat at the site of the fireplace.

Abstract: A grilling unit for cooking or roasting large quantitites of food items at a single time is described. The unit employs a grilling surface positioned on a grid frame which is continuously adjustable by means of a bevel gear transmission. Roasting of food items is accomplished by use of a rotisserie unit.

Abstract: An outdoor cooking device capable of sustained use at elevated temperatures caused by the burning of mesquite charcoal, and the like. The device includes a plurality of liner sheet sections and a cooperative burning grate which form an inwardly spaced protective barrier adjacent the firebox side walls and bottom wall. The liner sheet sections and burning grate are independently removable and replaceable and cooperate to prevent heat degradation, or burnout, of the firebox which might otherwise result from cooking at the high combustion temperatures of mesquite charcoal, and the like.

Abstract: A charcoal cooker has a cooker bowl and a lid dimensioned to cover the bowl during cooking. Food is supported within the cooker on a support structure such as a rotisserie rod or a grid. A primary grate is disposed within the bowl below the food support structure and is configured to support a charcoal fire and an upper grate is disposed at an elevation within the bowl above the primary grate but below the food support structure. The upper grate is configured to support a charcoal fire and is spaced from the primary grate at a sufficiently small distance so that a charcoal fire on the primary grate will ignite charcoal disposed on the upper grate. In this manner a long lasting charcoal fire may be achieved by starting a fire on the primary grate and placing fresh charcoal on the upper grate for subsequent ignition and burning.

Abstract: This invention is for a stove having a cylindrical body with holes circumferentially disposed on the sides thereof and which holes gradually increase in number and in size towards the top thereof. The cylindrical body has an open top and a bottom wall and supported by legs at the bottom thereof. Disposed within the cylindrical body and spaced from the bottom wall are vertically spaced apart plates, the upper of said plates being perforated and both plates are connected to a central downwardly extending short cylinder communicating with the space above the bottom wall which has primary inlet openings with an adjustable rotatable plate for opening said primary inlet opening. Resting on the short cylinder is the vertical cylindrical screen, and at the top of said cylindrical body is a cover which has a flame opening defined by a short upwardly and downwardly protruding short cylinder. At the bottom of said cover is suspended a fuel top shield with a central opening.