Forge & Flame Millennium 2100

Plan on 1,100–2,200 sq ft, which suits a small home, a den, or a cabin. It has a peak rating of 44,400 BTU per hour, tests at 82.3% efficiency (LHV), or 76.1% (HHV), and is EPA certified at 1.7 grams per hour.

Expect about 5–7 hours per load, enough to carry a long evening, with logs up to 16 inches in the 1.48 cubic foot welded steel firebox, behind 125 sq in of glass. It's the smallest Millennium, so if you want longer burns, the 3100 and 4300 hold more wood.

Automatic Combustion Control gives the fire extra air when you light it, then closes on its own in about 20 minutes so you don't have to come back and adjust it. You can also give the fire a boost anytime, and setting the burn rate control to high overrides the timer.

Yes, as long as it isn't in a sleeping room. You'll need the OAK-ACC outside air kit, grounding to the home's frame with #8 copper wire, listed double-wall connector pipe, a UL103 HT chimney or full-length 6-inch UL-1777 liner, and a spark arrestor.

It has a 6-inch flue collar and needs a chimney with at least a 6-inch inside diameter, plus a minimum of 2 feet of vertical pipe straight off the stove top. With double-wall pipe and a listed chimney, it can also go in an alcove up to 48 inches deep.

In the US, the non-combustible floor protector must extend at least 16 inches in front of the glass and 8 inches past each side of the loading door; in Canada, the front extension is 18 inches. The brochure lists a minimum floor protection size of 29-5/8 inches wide by 39 inches deep.

The stove burns wood without electricity, but you can add the 160 cfm fan kit, which plugs into 115-volt power and has a rheostat speed control with automatic or manual settings. A satin nickel door upgrade and the ACC outside air kit are the other options.

Check that the baffle and ceramic blanket are in place monthly or after every cord of wood, and have the chimney and cap inspected for creosote every two months of the burn season. If you add the fan, vacuum its impellers yearly or after every four cords.