Firewood kiln comparison Home Kiln theory Heat treat and dry firewood

We feel that there are too many kilns on the market that are built too CHEAP without being reflected in the price. So we have made a little comparison chart of the things we know and hope it will help you make a decision. We have based this information on public information and some anecdoctial information sharing from our customers. If we are in any way misrepresenting our competitors, please let us know.

We are comparing two competitors with our three models.

**Comparison of various firewood kilns.**
	Mountain Firewood Kiln 6 cord	Global Energy 4-7 cord	Kiln-direct MiniQuick Gas heat 6 cords	Kiln-direct MiniQuick Wood heat 6 cords	Kiln-direct SmallQuick Gas heat 12 cord	Kiln-direct SmallQuick Wood heat 12 cord	Potential Container solution 6 cord
Building type	Container include	Container not included	Real kiln chamber	Real kiln chamber	Real kiln chamber	Real kiln chamber	Container not included
Insulation	R-16 max	R-16 max	R-20+	R-20+	R-20+	R-20+	R-16 max
Inside sheeting	??	??	Aluminum	Aluminum	Aluminum	Aluminum	??
Approx price	~$37000 (ebay)	$18500	$28850	$50600	$53800	$95550	$18800
Build + install	included	est. $7000	included	included	included	included	est $7000
Hot water stove needed	Yes, add $8000	Yes, add$6000	Not needed	Not needed	Not needed	Not needed	Yes add $8000
The real price	~$45000	~$31500	$28850	$50600	$53800	$95550	$31800

Drying times	4-6 days	5-7 days	1-2 days	1-2 days	1-2 days	1-2 days	4-6 days

Gas heating	No	No	Yes 600000 btu	No	Yes 1200000 btu	No	No
Fuel loading	Every 6 hrs	Every 6 hrs	Gas	Every 15 hrs	Gas	Every 15 hrs	Every 6 hrs
Wood waste (air-to-air)	with hot water	with hot water	no	Yes 600000 btu	no	Yes 1200000 btu	with hot water

Heat recovery to reduce heat usage	No	No	Yes	No	Yes	No	No

Computerized controls	??	??	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes
Use internal wood temp probes to shorten HT times	No	No	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes
Wireless link to office compute	No	No	Yes, with USDA upgrade	Yes, with USDA upgrade	Yes, with USDA upgrade	Yes, with USDA upgrade	Yes, with USDA upgrade
Can it meet 170F for 75min New USDA HT rules	Difficult with hot water	Difficult with hot water	YES	YES	YES	YES	Difficult with hot water

Investment per cord capacity	~$7500	~$5250	$4825	$8450	$4500	$7975	$4967

Weekly production (approx.)	9 cord	8 cord	24 cord	24 cord	48 cord	48 cord	9 cord
Investment per produces cord based on 7-day operation.	~$5000	~$3950	$1210	$2110	$1125	$2000	~$3300

Electrical consumption	4kw/hr 672kw/week 75kw/cord	4kw/hr 672kw/week 84kw/cord	5kw/hr 840kw/week 35kw/cord	5kw/hr 840kw/week 35kw/cord	10kw/hr 1680kw/week 35kw/cord	10kw/hr 1680kw/week 35kw/cord	4kw/hr 672kw/week 75kw/cord
Electrical (10 cent/kw)	$7.50 / cord	$8.40 / cord	$3.50 / cord	$3.50 / cord	$3.50 / cord	$3.50 / cord	$7.50 / cord
Electrical (20 cent/kw)	$15 / cord	$16.80 / cord	$7 / cord	$7 / cord	$7 / cord	$7 / cord	$15 / cord
IT IMPORTANT TO UNDERSTAND THAT ABOVE CALCULATION DOES NOT INCLUDE THE INVESTMENT IN FIREWOOD BASKETS AND THIS WILL ACTUALLY FAVOR THE KILN TYPE WITH THE QUICKER CYCLE TIME.

We hope you find the above comparison useful and we would encourage you to call our competitors to make sure our information about them is correct. We really believe we produce the only industrial engineered firewood kiln on the market with better controls and technology.

If you have any question, comments, or need information, please do not hesitate to contact us.

Firewood kiln comparison Home Kiln theory Heat treat and dry firewood

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