US Stove BSK1000 Barrel Camp Stove Kit, Medium, Black

It’s for a steel 55 gallon barrel, heavy package looks like cast iron kit cut out the barrel and drill through the barrel to bolt up the door and chimney

Door seal is awesome. Fits perfect. Durable. Heavy duty. Works perfect on my barrel heater,

No heat sapping EPA garbage here! The money saved can buy a great hearth, fire board, ladder, flue pipe, etc. Expect to spend $1,000+ on the extras to install any wood burner. You will need power tools to use this kit as intended; a cutoff grinder, sawzall, power drill, etc. Once it's all installed, you will have one powerful smoke dragon. This is my second order, the first one is in my greenhouse on a double barrel stove (pictured) and has been in use for two years-ish now. A double barrel puts out around 200,000 - 350,000 BTUs of heat when running full blast and that kind out output kept my plants alive during the historic freeze in Texas. Single digits is hard to push back against with single wall plastic but this kit will help you do it; expect to be filling your stove every four hours, day and night if or when those temps come around. Temps in mid 20s, low 30s and a barrel will maintain hot coals for 6-8+ hours; depending on the quantity and type of wood used. I highly recommend a piece of straight pipe with a 90 degree elbow so you can make use of the 2" plug on most 55 gallon barrels as an air inlet without embers popping out of it. A carbon monoxide detector is a must; they are around $5-10 and will last all winter (don't get it wet!). keeping several inches of sand in the bottom of your barrel should increase its usable service life by several years. Welding gloves should also be purchased with this kit and will really help you with refilling while the stove is burning. Keep kids and pets away from the stove, bolt it down if you can. When it's really cooking, you can't be within 3' of it without the heat starting to burn. It's my opinion that wood is the best primary heat source for greenhouse heating; it's low tech and simply works. Propane is the best backup heat source, fuel never expires and heaters are simple devices.

Worked fine and was easy to install.

Love it !!

All I can say is quickly put together burnt off paint outside, put in the garage and I am now working in my sweat shirt.

I got this when the price dipped a bit and jumped on it. Nothing was broken and all of the parts were there. Got my 55gal barrel and anyone with modest DIY ability will find it pretty intuitive to assemble. I used a drill to make pilot holes, then used my jigsaw with a metal blade to cut the holes. Used a brand new metal drill bit for all of the screw holes that need to be drilled. I also bought the fireplace/stove cement for between the pieces and barrel so I would have no air leaks or embers finding their way out. Need to do the first burn to clean out the oil residue in the barrel. Once the paint burns off I will paint it with high-temperature paint to cut down on the rusting. May add a stovepipe and spark arrester to the damper and will definitely use 4x4 wood under the feet to keep heat transfer from cracking my cement patio.

I didn't even look at the directions, so can't comment on those. The inside of my barrel still had epoxy resin all over it so trying to use screws and nuts on the back legs wasn't going to work. Self drilling/tapping screws to the rescue. I don't think any of these will fit perfectly to a barrel. I mean, it's a barrel not a precision made for woodstove barrel. I used the heat tape around the door frame to better seal it. Probably not needed but for 10 bucks it sure won't hurt. It throws off a lot of heat, I put the larger bung hole are the bottom below door to let in more air. Otherwise the vents seemed a little small. Oh, packaged very well. All parts included and well made castings. I might add the second barrel after tig welding some pipe through it and attaching a fan. To sum it up, I'm well pleased with this kit.