Open Fire Mix

Made from:

• Dr. Heat Firelighters are made in the UK from dried chopped miscanthus grass soaked in scented candle wax waste from a candle manufacturing factory.
• Hotmax are made from the waste fines (bark and wood) left over from the manufacture of horse bedding shavings.
• RUF Blocks are a clean dense square briquette made from a mixture of hard and softwoods.
• Pini-kay a.
• Woodlets Briquettes are made from mixed softwoods, compressed into dense, chunky heat logs. The sawdust comes from sustainably managed British forests.

Burning characteristics:

• Dr. Heat Firelighters light easily and burn for about ten minutes, easily setting light to any good dry kindling. We like the fact they are a UK product and a highly effective, easy to use lighter.
• Hotmax can be used as a kindling to light or revive any fire. Being quite small they also make an ideal main fuel for small stoves under 5kw. They can be variable in density with the harder denser briquettes being best for using as a main fuel whilst the softer lighter ones are best for use as a kindling.
• RUF Blocks are best used as a ‘heat sink’ in the back of your fire where they will cook away for four or five hours. I use two or three, depending on stove size, stood on their long edge in an open ‘V’ with a good firelighter in the centre of the ‘V’ and a pickle of kindling (Hotmax or Cut Pini-kay) in the centre. Place half of any other main fuel briquette across the top and you will maximise heat output and fire longevity together with minimising cost per kWh generated.
• Pini-kay produce an excellent flame for half and hour or so, after which they glow long and hot for several hours producing a good heart in your fire. Easy to light and quickly give you a rewarding flame and heat.
• Woodlets Briquettes are dense mixed softwood briquettes, which can easily be broken into smaller sections to suit an open fire. They do expand slightly so don’t put a full unbroken one on the fire and ensure it is laid across the width of the fire, not front to back. They work very well in conjunction with RUF Blocks.

Open Fire Mix is Perfect for:

This mix is ideal for open fires, which can be greedy to feed compared with stoves. Open fires require fuel that expands only minimally to be sure it does not spill over into the heart. All these briquettes have been selected on that basis. Please be sure to build you fire slowly. Do not put too many briquettes on at one time. I suggest two RUF Oak, a pickle of Hotmax and just one Pini-K or half an Oak-tagon at a time.

None of our briquettes contain additives or chemicals. They are made from pure, untreated wood by-product and are held together by compression alone.