Meeco's Red Devil 27 Powdered Creosote Destroyer - Creosote Remover for Wood stoves & Fireplace Inserts (5 lb) - Made in The USA

We have a large Outdoor Wood Furnace that is active from October 15 through late April and burn about 18 cord per season. I used, almost exclusively, dead elm that was losing it's bark and assorted fall downs from the woodlot on our property. Moisture lever, for the most part was 15% to 25%, as measured with a moisture meter. Almost never cut a live tree as there are plenty of fall-downs. This product was purchased in early January when a different brand was running out. Used one tablespoon full every other load of wood and tossed and spread it into the fire. This summer, I checked the triple wall metal chimney. With shaky legs, nerves on edge, and a heavy rope tied around my waist, my 83 year old bones ventured onto the metal roof of the pole barn that houses the furnace. Using a wire chimney cleaning brush and accessories, it was surprising at the ease of which the brush moved up and down the chimney. Got down safely, albeit a little shaky. To my amazement, less than four coffee cups of powdered creosote was removed from the clean-out. Double checked the chimney condition with a flex mirror on a metal extension shaft and found it extremely clean with no build up. That says an awful lot about the effectiveness of this product. A lid that it very difficult to remove and a little pricy, but five pounds goes a long way... and if you've ever had a chimney fire, and I have in years past, the cost of this product is well worth every cent. Highly recommended. PLEASE CHANGE THE LID. Hope this helps.

I'm a prime member, so even though my e mail notification claimed I would get the product 4 days after I ordered it, it came in 2 days like it should have. I hadn't had a chimney fire while burning wood in a boiler for over 22 years. I bought a new boiler this past fall and had a fire within 2 months. I've never had creosote build up in the chimney with my previous boiler, and many times didn't even have to clean the chimney after a full winter of burning, and my burning season is mid October through mid March. So I was quite shocked to have that much creosote build up within 2 months. So after the fire, $250 for the fire dept., and starting again with a clean chimney, I started burning again, with a little trepidation, I must say. I decided to try this product because climbing on my snow covered, steep, two story roof to clean my chimney once a month is not a pleasant alternative. Before I started burning again, I checked the chimney. Clean all the way with no creosote build up anywhere. After burning for 3 days I checked it again. I noticed a small, fist sized build up in one corner of the chimney already. I used a coffee scoop filled 2/3 (around 2 teaspoons) with Meeco's Red Devil Creosote Destroyer and tossed it into the fire. Instructions say to use 2 teaspoons every third fire and I'm assuming that those directions are for a fireplace. My wood boiler is fired continuously so I decided to put a scoop in every three days. When the third day arrived, I checked the chimney and the fist sized build up was gone. It looked exactly like it did after the fireman left. So as of right now, I'd say this product works! I will continue to use it every 3 days and come back to update this review in another month. Update: Well I said I would update in a month, but I couldn't wait that long. After one use, I saw an improvement. Using the product every 3 days is not the answer for me. I checked out my chimney this morning and could not see daylight, so once again, I have creosote after burning less than 2 weeks. I'm going to get the chimney cleaned and try using the product every day and report on those results.

seems to be working!

When it comes to a clean chimney, this stuff really works. No soot or creosote buildup when used regularly. I love this stuff

Helps with creosote build up

I had stage 3 creosote build up in my masonry chimney which developed when I purchased a wood furnace that was far too large for our home and had to burn it on low to avoid running us out of our home due to the amount of heat the furnace produced. At 57 years of age I have never purchased a product that exceeded my hopes or expectations, most sound good but that's about it. The creosote build up was about a quarter inch thick, black glossy and hard like glass, no amount of brushing would scratch it. I bought this product as a last chance give it a shot product before replacing the chimney or getting a $900.00 chemical mop scrub. I used it several times a week for about a month and warm weather finally came and I stopped burning the furnace in early March. Towards the end of March I replaced my roof and looked in the chimney to see if the product worked. I saw no change and was not too disappointed because I wasn't expecting much anyway. Well today several months later (October) I went back to the chimney to prepare for winter and to try a chain flail to tackle the creosote and to my total surprise the CHIMNEY WAS CRYSTAL CLEAN !, the flue liner looked remarkable, I mean like new remarkable, no Creosote, no soot, just a new looking flue liner. I went back down and opened the chimney cleanout to find buckets full of small flaked and powdered creosote, the creosote destroyer caused it to just fall off, I cleaned out the fallen creosote and my chimney is exactly like new. POINT BLANK: I AM EXTREMELY IMPRESSED, THIS STUFF WORKS AND WORKS REMARKABLY. Don't hesitate buy it!

I have a Vermont Castings small fireplace insert that I burn 24-7 in the coldest months. I put 2 scoops on top of a load of fresh logs twice a week. I let it burn off the destroyer before opening the door for the catalytic converter. Though I have let it exhaust through the converter before, I feel it might work better just having an open flue. Years before using this product I found that sometime mid-season I would have to clean the flue. Not easy to get on the roof in the middle of winter especially when it's a metal roof. Now I only clean in the spring, and I have also not had a chimney fire since its use. Also, if I let the fire go out, starting a new fire in with a cold flue allows the creosote build-up break loose and fall into the firebox.

I used tub of this last year for my pellet stove. I thought it worked well. It was a fine smooth and uniform powder. I just bought some this year and it looks to have tiny wood shavings in the powder - as if it were cut with junk. Not sure of this - looks fishy to me.

This product helps with keeping your chimney clean. It makes the creosote easier to remove when you use the chimney brushes to clean the chimney.

just got it and time will tell

The powder worked in my pellet stove very little build up in my chimney not even much dust, I also used it on my wood furnace which had a lot of creosote build up when I started but the chimney wasn't as bad as it has been in the past, the wood I am using has dried for 2 years. I have cleaned everything up in the furnace and chimney hopefully it will work for me this next season.

Works very well. My wood stove burns 24/7 from October through March. I used to clean my chimney every three weeks. Now I clean it on average four times during the burning season.

An excellent product. Cleaned our chimney like new