Forge & Flame Allure50

The Forge & Flame Allure50 heats about 1,300–2,650 sq ft in most homes, depending on climate and layout. Quiet variable-speed fans and multidirectional airflow vents spread the warmth beyond the front of the stove, and the BTU input tops out at 52,600 per hour.

You pick panels and columns in gloss black, gloss red, gloss white, brushed stainless, or satin black. The gloss and stainless panels require the glass front, sold separately, while satin black can't take it. A trained dealer installs the panels along with the stove.

The EASY Touch Control works with a wireless room sensor and an exhaust sensing probe to keep the room within one degree of your setting. The touch screen also offers scheduling, diagnostics, cleaning prompts, and a fuel gauge, and a backup sensor keeps heating if the wireless sensor's AA batteries die.

The hopper holds 92 lb, and its tinted lid lights up so you can check the fuel level, or the control can remind you when it's low. Harman's PelletPro bottom-up feed is designed to burn any grade of wood pellet, though the manual says pellet moisture must not exceed 8%.

It stops heating, because its combustion blower needs 115-volt power, and exhaust can seep into the room. A Harman-approved UPS gives a safe, smoke-free shutdown, and an approved inverter/charger on a 12-volt deep cycle battery can keep it running for up to eight hours after a dealer setting change.

In a standard install it needs only 2 inches from the back wall and 6 inches from a side wall, or 6-1/4 inches to the walls in a corner. It fits an alcove at least 42 inches tall and no more than 24 inches deep, and the minimum floor protection is 25-5/8 by 25-3/8 inches.

Yes, it's approved for mobile and manufactured homes when it isn't in a sleeping room. A Harman outside air kit must be installed, the stove must be grounded to the home's frame, and the venting must be listed Class PL or L pellet vent pipe.

Scrape the burn pot each time you add pellets, or at least every three bags. Weekly, empty the concealed ash pan on low burn and clean the glass once the stove is cold, and monthly clean the heat exchanger, distribution fan, and igniter. A yearly Total Clean of the combustion fan and venting comes before each heating season.