Englander 25 EP update.

As the burning season winds down, I finally nailed the combo to make my stove burn like a champ, with very little to NO cleaning every day. I blocked off a portion of my airwash with a couple of pieces of fiberglass rope. The airwash is still functioning, but I cut down on the size of the hole by about 66%. Needless to say, I now have plenty of air getting to the burn pot, my temps are around 210 to 220 degrees of convection air. Now I'm very happy with this stove

IMO, blocking off the air wash obviously will increase the airflow through the pot, but I think you should try sealing the burn pot to accomplish that, and the airwash alone.

Dexter and I sealed the burnpots with the flat ashcan gasket, and it made a nice improvement. The pic below is courtesy of Dexter, but mine looked almost identical.

The advantage you have is that you can seal completely around the cradle, since you don't have a stirrer cutout to deal with.

Yeah. I prefer to seal the pot also.

My buddy has a Baby Countryside that had to block some air wash. But it also needed a burn pot mod (plugging some top row holes). But that stove has a history of bad airflow and other problems.

The EP is had by many here, with little to no problems?

I would be looking for a leak, but if all is well? Then??

I started out by straightening, then sealing the pot to the cradle. This did make a marked improvement, however, I was still cleaning the burn pot every 2 days. The clinkers were huge. I modified the burn pot by welding the top row of holes, I saw a little improvement. I went to Barefoot pellets and I saw a small difference. At this point I figured it was worth a shot restricting the airwash slightly. Now the stove runs flawlessly. I don't touch the burnpot for days. Ash is being blown into the ashtray like it never did before. I checked for gasket leaks before I did the mod. I had one small leak by the handle. Once the season is through, I will be replacing all of the gaskets and the blower motors.