David T, sure wish we had bark like that here in New England – sounds tremendous.
David D, I'll bet that the Cub will be just great. The only major difference with the Grizzly is that the Grizzly actually has a possibility of holding a fire through the night, if things are all just perfect.
In the Benco stove on Auklet I've been using "real wood charcoal" (not briquettes) which is sold in 7 pound bags, intended for higher end grilling. This is because that stove was designed for that kind of charcoal, and it's quite convenient for stowing enough for months. It helps to put it into ziploc bags, which keeps it from soaking up moisture from the air. We got a lot of it a few years ago, because it was on sale and I was planning substantial trips. We got a whole pallet… Which still has several bags left. I'm pretty sure this was from Home Depot – it's definitely available as a general thing, here in New England. It might even have come from Whole Foods. I think that the Cubic Mini materials say somewhere that one is not supposed to burn charcoal in them. I'm thinking that this must be because it burns hotter than wood? Seems to me that with attention to not letting things burn over hot it should be fine. Of course, that's not advice! But it is what I plan to do. We've just been burning wood, in cute little 6 inch pieces, in the tiny house stove.
As for the stove pipe top, it's a bit of a puzzle. On the tiny house we already had a regular stove pipe top, on 6 inch pipe that had already been fitted to the roof. I've gotten a "tin hat" top for the stove pipe for the boat. I've had ideas about making a sheet-metal shield with holes, to put around the area below the hat, so that it's more rain/spray-resistant, like a proper Charlie Noble. For the moment it's all pretty experimental. I did order the stove pipe sold by the stove company specifically for these stoves. Because of positioning issues in the tiny house we could not do that, and had some significant frustration trying to work out the pipe/stove connection and elbows. It's much, much better if you can go straight up from the stove with no bends. Then you can use the stuff that definitely fits, that engages cleanly with the 3" stove collar. This also works with the two sizes of double wall pipe, one inside the other, that they recommend for passing through the cabintop. All of this is not yet installed on the new boat – the stove and various pieces just arrived yesterday and today actually.
I'm sure you're right that Annie will have thoughts about Badger stove positioning. This weekend is the big junket in New Zealand, so I expect she's occupied at the moment!