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The QStoves Company (commonly referred to as Q-Stoves) or QStoves,Inc. (cue-stoves) is an American multinational outdoor heating stove company headquartered in Sammamish, WA, USA. It has developed and provided a unique solution that is revolutionizing the outdoor patio/emergency/military heater industry. They have designed and created multiple accessories that add onto itself for a multi-role use stove setting it apart from any other product past and present. Qstoves provides products to the consumer, government, military and international markets and has also helped with heating during natural disasters.

The company was founded on September 22, 2015 by Linzi Hare and Kevin Wu. Although the product had been developed back in 2009, and initially produced what was initially the dubbed the "Q-Flame 01". The initial design of the Q-Flame 01 was a single hopper, gravity fed, off-grid stove, that required no electricity or powered parts. QStoves is the first and original in its off-grid design. Requiring no electricity and no outside power, the Q-Flame is the first stove in the world to do so. QStoves holds 13 international patents and counting; also QStoves utilizes a simple yet very adequate, scientific design that empowers rocket stove and high-efficiency air flow technology. QStoves sold its first model of the Q-Flame 01 in September of 2016, but quickly realized that further developments and improvements could be made. After five model improvements later, QStoves released the Q-Flame 05 on November of 2016. QStoves is the world's leading outdoor patio pellet heater that covers the market of outdoors, sports, hunting, camping fishing, home improvement, BBQ (barbecue), food smoking and smokers, emergency heating, food preparation, water boiling and purification, comfort heating, etc. QStoves is the leader in its' current role in the market and continues to innovate in its design.

QStoves has since developed over 6 unique accessories to its line of products: a hopper extender, that adds up to 10 hours of burning time; a stainless flask, that boils 3/4 gallons (3 liters) of water; a silicone mat, to protect the base of the surface being used; a gate/fence, that keeps children and animals away; a cover, that protects the stove when not in use; and a BBQ (barbecue) uniquely fit to the QStove (Q-Flame).

The Q-Flame lab tests show it emits 115,000 BTU under no power or assisted devices. The moisture from wood pellets tested brought down the published BTU to 106,000 BTU. The Q-Flame boasts a 10 ft. heating radius. In many cases, temperature was emitted as far as 20 ft away in lab tested results Q-Flame is portable, can be used in a wall tent, garage or enclosed patio as long as there is adequate ventilation. As all wood burning products emit CO2, wood pellets are no different in that they emit CO2 as well. The Q-Flame works best with soft wood pellets such as Douglas Fir or Pine. Hardwood pellets work best using the BBQ accessory however, their BTU rating will not reach as high as softwood. A positive side effect discovered by the researchers at QStoves, is the BBQ being able to work as a smoker. This was discovered in mid-2018 when undergoing more field trials when the hardwood pellets that were being tested for heat actually smoldered very well in low air intake conditions and applied/sprayed moisture.