Vogelzang Grate For Deluxe Boxwood Stove - Model# 42g Reviews

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DON'T WASTE YOUR MONEY ON THIS THING! HERE'S WHY:

I've had my Vogelzang BX-42E 'boxwood' stove for a little over two years. When I first bought it, I was a bit disappointed that the stove came without a grate of any kind. Another trip to Tractor Supply, and I came home with a Vogelzang Model 42G, a one-piece cast iron grate specifically designed for the BX-42E stove. The grate barely lasted through that first winter, and I discarded it in the spring, melted, deformed, cracked and broken.

I bought a new one at the beginning of the 2009 heating season, and by spring 2010 it was showing a pronounced sag in the middle. I let it go and began using it again this past fall, but soon the sag touched the bottom of the stove and the bowl-like depression collected a large "platter" of solid ashes and cinders that almost completely blocked combustion air to the back half of the stove. Keeping a fire lit and getting the stove to perform to its potential became impossible.

I think the main problem with this grate is poor design, specifically the narrow slots between grate bars. The pictures are misleading. I can't get my index finger through one of the slots on mine. This restricts combustion air flow and allows hot coals to accumulate literally inches thick on the grate, heating it to blast-furnace temperatures and causing it to melt. If you've ever seen the fire in an old-fashioned blacksmith's forge, you get the idea.

I'm lucky enough to have a good neighbor who can weld. Together we designed and fabricated a grate from scrap steel angle and rebar. The new grate has spaces of about 1 1/4" between crossbars. After replacing the saggy old 42G with our "shade tree" grate, I would estimate that the stove's heat output jumped instantly at least 75%. Just as importantly, the gaps between the bars allow the coals and cinders to fall easily through to the stove's bottom, where they quickly burn down to ash.

If you own a boxwood cast iron stove, get a grate! It will prolong the life of the stove and allow it to perform to its potential. BUT don't waste your money on this one. Find another, more suitable grate that will fit, or have one made.

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Fits well in stove. That's what it does, and is suppose to do. It's made for the stove and needs to be there .

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It does the job well. Obviously its is for a wood burning stove . Burning coal would have ruined it for sure due to higher temperature just like it happened to the person in the prior review.