SO stove burn-in

[WeiserBucks]

Is there a rule of thumb for burning in a stove? Go until it quits changing color? Should I flip the stove pipe after a while and heat both ends for even memory retention?

 

[cornfedkiller]

I think I read somewhere to just get a good fire going in there and then just let it burn until its out and the metal is cooled down. Thats what I did with mine and have no issues with shape retention.

A little tip I will share though is when you are doing the burn-in, turn your spark arrestor so its "open" and your fire will burn much better and hotter!

 

[Gunnersdad49]

I flip my stove pipe, and just burn until the whole thing turns red hot.

 

[ScottH]

I do my new pipes like above poster.

 

[billoo349]

Different stove but still titanium. Per Brennan from liteoutdoors - Initial burn in only needs to be 10-15 minutes. It just needs to get hot enough to set the pipe, and a decent fire for 10-15 minutes would be
more than enough to do that. The body will probably get some color on it, but the pipe probably wont be colored in that time. Having said that, the pipe doesnt need to be colored to be burned in.

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[Hunt41]

Burn it in with a good fire. Let the fire die down. Then flip the stove pipe over and burn in the other end.

 

[mfllood3800]

You will know by how easy the stove body takes shape and how easy the stove pipe is to take shape as compared to your initial set up with no fire yet run thru. I ran my with 2 - 15 minute stokes and flipped the pipe after the first 15 minutes. I do this because I noticed the system was certainly easier to set up after the first burn. But way easier after the 2nd burn.

 

[Marble]

I think I'm the SO instructions it said not to tighten the nuts on the stove too much on the first burn. Afterwards, snug them down and let it rip. We did that and have never had anything change since we started using it.

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[svivian]

Whatever you do try to avoid getting any dimples in your stove pipe when you roll it the first time. Once you burn it in they are permanent

 

[Voyageur]

Not sure this is factual, but if I had it to do over I would only use wood of finger size thickness or thinner. When I did my burn-in I added a couple pieces of wood that were wrist size and it seemed to me that the hot coals from those larger pieces deformed that area of the stove bottom. Like I said, anecdotal evidence and not sure it's factual, but that is what I would do differently.

 

[grumpybear]

All good advice above. One thing I haven’t seen mentioned is if you have kids I’d suggest getting their hands all greasy and slap them on the stove before the burn. Their handprints will be great decorations. Otherwise clean it before burning.