Description
Steve’s Mini Mix
Designed with 5kw stoves in mind, this pallet is a carefully selected mix of briquettes that suit smaller stoves or don’t need breaking. Keep it easy and mess free!
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 small, dense softwood cobs made in England from the fines extracted when making dust-free horse bedding
- UK Hardwood Briquettes are small, easy to break cylinders made in England by a company producing hardwood furniture
- UK RUF are a dense, premium quality RUF briquette made in Hereford from sustainable softwoods
- Baby Beech are made from pure beech sawdust generated as a by-product from furniture, floor and house frame manufacture.
- Goldies are short nestros with a hole, made in Scotland from sustainable softwoods
- Pini Kay are high quality hardwood briquettes made in the Netherlands
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.
- UK Hardwood Briquettes and Hotmax are easy to light and quick to reach a high operating temperature, which enables your stove to work at maximum efficiency. They burn with a lively flame to start with, then turn red hot and provide a good steady heat for an hour or so. Both will expand lengthways as they burn, so place them across your fire rather than pointing towards the hearth.
- UK RUF are really easy-to-use-briquettes. They burn for around 1 – 2 hours depending on airflow and give off a steady heat for the duration of their burn time. Ideal for starting the fire alongside Hotmax or UK Hardwood.
- Baby Beech are the smaller brother of our acclaimed Beech Nestro. They are made from pure beech hardwood sawdust densely compacted into 4 x 1.5kg briquettes per 6kg pack. Shorter than Beech Nestro, they do not need to be broken for 5kw stoves and larger. They burn hot with some expansion, so don’t use more than one at a time. You should expect 1-2 hours burning time from each briquette.
- Goldies are a new product in the Woodlets range. They are short and burn beautifully with good heat output and burn time. Use one at a time as your main fuel for great flames and heat.
- Pini Kay are a lovely, easy to use briquette. They don’t expand, which makes them simple to use and they put out a lot of heat for their size. Beautiful flame with a long glow time, they are a great main fuel.
How to use Steve’s Mini Mix
Start off with two of the UK RUF briquettes in an open v shape, this will create a heart in your fire.
Place a lit firelighter in the centre of the two UK RUF.
Break up one UK Hardwood Briquette into four sections and place these round the firelighter.
Open the air vents fully for the UK Hardwood to get well alight, but monitor the air flow so it doesn’t get out of control.
After half an hour or so, place a single Pini Kay OR Goldies OR Baby Beech on top of the well-lit UK Hardwood/ Hotmax. Be careful to place it across the fire, so the end is not facing the glass, as the two round (nestro) briquettes will expand slightly as it burns. This should last over an hour before needing more To maximise burn time, do not prod the fire with a poker.
Steve’s Mini Mix is perfect for:
Stoves that are 5kw or smaller. WIth the exception of UK Hardwood, none of these briquettes need to be broken to use; the UK Hardwood are very easy to break by hand though, and come in easy to handle 5kg packs.
None of our briquettes contain additives or chemicals. They are made from pure, untreated wood by-product and are held together by compression alone.
