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Transform a steel barrel into a heat radiating wood stove! The Vogelzang Deluxe Airtight Barrel Stove Kit is completely cast iron and easily converts a 55 or 30 gallon drum into a highly efficient heater. The Deluxe Airtight Barrel Stove Kit features a large feed door, a separate gasketed ash cleanout door engineered for "easy clean" ash removal, a "cool touch" cam-lock type door latch, two counter weighted spin dial draft controls, cast iron legs, installation hardware and a 6" flue with damper. Combine these features with a down to earth price and you have a combination which is tough to beat. Can be installed by any handyman within a short period of time. Some assembly required. Non-Airtight model also available.

* Large 9 3/4" High x 11 3/4" Wide, well-fitting, gasketed feed door
* Made of Cast Iron for long lasting durability
* Separate gasketed ash cleanout door
* "Cool Touch" cam-lock type door latch
* Two counter-weighted spin dial draft controls
* 55 or 30 gallon drum not included
* Door Opening: 9 3/4" High x 11 3/4" Wide
* Material: Cast Iron
* 6" Round Flue Size
* Cast iron legs hold barrel approximately 4 1/2" off the ground
* 55 or 30 gallon drum not included
* Some assembly required
* Item Weight: 31.00 LB
* Model: BK150E
* UPC: 086738211154

Stove Pipe not included
Vogelzang barrel stoves are exempt from having to meet EPA requirements due to how hot they burn and may not be suitable in all areas. Check local building codes.
May NOT be installed in mobile homes, manufactured homes, trailers or tents

Clearances from Combustion Wall.
Side wall...36"
Rear wall...36"
Corner......36"

1 Year Limited Manufacturer's Warranty

[HighGear]

Myself and a friend fabricated our own barrel stoves ( no kit ) back over 30 years ago.
Both of us had uninsuated farmhouses which would go through heating oil like crazy.
We both had very good results with these type of stoves as they really put out the heat.
Good memories.

[tracyl]

I have used the non air tight kit in a garage for 5 years and this year in my new (old mill) house replacing the small stove that was already there. I prefer these stoves over any box or furnace style stove. Forget about thick iron small cabinet stoves if you live in a cold climate like me (north PA) because these things hold a TON of wood and quickly get HOT! I have throttled this thing to turn the barrel orange several dozen times. They are downright top notch stoves for the serious wood burning people. Not to mention if you take the time to make baffles and a secondary burning system, they put typical box stoves to shame. I will almost certainly never be without some type of barrel heating system for the rest of my life. If you wanted to, you could configure ducting and run a dual barrel unit to heat a 4 bedroom stand alone home, I have NO doubts about that. They put out ALOT more heat that heavy thick iron units, be careful or youll be opening windows LOL.

[brdwonder]

I live in an area where peppermint is grown and its essential oil distilled. The barrels used to contain that oil are made of extremely heavy gauge stainless steel. They make a practically indestructible stove.

[SgtPickledic]

I think cabins should look like this.. I think the stove look cool! Vintage baby!

[brickie]

I had one for years in my basement and it worked amazing ! My friend heated his two story house with one.

[Bulldogth]

I have one in my shop and it's 30x40. I had it so hot in there last winter I had to open all the doors and windows to cool it down. The Thermometer was reading over 115 degrees. We have used ours everyday all through winter for the last 27 yrs with no problems. Yes I do have the bottom lined with brick.

[morg]

I use a barrel stove in my garage workshop. I found that it would roast me right out of the door then freeze me when the fire died down. I built a concrete masonry enclosure for it and now it moderates the output and stores the heat in the concrete for a lasting heat after the fire burns down. An added bonus is being able to tuck the whole thing up against the wall so I have more room in the shop.

[JakeLassiter-sj]

I grew up in northern Minnesota in the 50's and 60's. 10 kids in our family and no gate around the stove. Believe it or not, kids don't touch the wood stove twice!!! And they don't hold their finger on the stove till it starts smoking!!!

[hellohowdy]

Bought one pre-assembled...its fine.
I tap the pipes with a hammer occasionally and twice a winter disassemble and clean. Pressure washing the tubing in Summer really helps also.

It heats 800 sq. ft Cabin just fine. Backup heat is a Double Buddy or one or two oil-filled electric heaters ($35 Menards) very efficient

[thesmirkingwolf]

This guy has a Walt Disney vibe. I dig it.

America's cabin uncle.

[claaaaaay]

I put together a barrel stove in about 1977 to heat a drafty old 5 bedroom, 2 story rent house in Texas. Cheap way to heat for 2 years. Kit cost $35 at the time, scrounged a barrel, cut the holes with a sledge and a railroad spike for a chisel, bought stove pipe from the hardware store. Stoke it to the brim at night and it kept a old house with little warm all night (windows covered with plastic). Wished I had that hot plate. Eventually got tired of busted pipes in the winter and moved out.

[victorkerik]

Set up my hunting camp last week n has been minus 20 every night in a wall tent, stove is awesome, instructions say put big bung hole to the top, dont, put it at the bottom and thread in a 2 inch nipple and a flapper on it for an extra draft, one on the stove door dont cut er, best build ever though its an awesome stove

[scripps]

Your presentation was spot on!  I have been listening to a number of presentations on YouTube and many of them are simply painful.  Great job.

[ilililhy]

These wood stove kits are the best, I used mine for 20 years in my Body Shop.as long as you don`t get water down your flue pipe from it raining outside, it will not rust out.

[xro]

I want to heat a LARGE Shop. At least 1 section of three. You made up my Mind. I think I can build this pretty easy. I will see how it goes. Good Video, right to the Point and opinion.

[johni]

looking for a wood burning stove on craigslist..barrel stove may be an alternative. great video, i learned something today, thanks for posting!

[jo_boo]

I picked up a couple barrels for 5$ each this is going to be my shop heater can't wait

[raptor]

i had much the same setup in a 2.5 car 2 story shop/garage UN insulated and even when it was around 0 outside i t was about 70 inside! if you do it right and be safe about it its a great and cheap way to heat a space if you have access to wood. a bit of used engine oil gets the fire hotter without added wood burn!

[da]

Helped me decide to put this in my barn. Thanks !!

[gordonredwine]

Dad put a barrel stove in his & moms house in the 70s. The only heat since that time. The barrels have never been replaced. Both top & bottom good as new. So no, you do not have to replace them every 3 to 4 years.