Hello all you fine people. I have been browsing here for a while and finally pulled the trigger on a Regency I2400 insert. I gotta say it's been exceeding my expectations so far. All the advice on wood choice, to loading, to damper control has been so helpful. Thank you all!
I have a couple of questions though. Mostly about the burn cycle. Right now I am under the impression that it should go like this more or less.
1) Startup - Get all the wood burning good, lots of flames.
2) Warmup - Reduce air, get secondaries going to heat up the box, less flames.
3) Cruising - Reduce air fully secondaries diminish, some flames from wood, but also diminish
4) Charcoal phase - Damper fully closed, glowing embers, this can go on for hours.
Is this a pretty good way to go? This is what I see so far based on my VERY limited knowledge.
Thanks again to all. Happy burning!
I have a couple of questions though. Mostly about the burn cycle. Right now I am under the impression that it should go like this more or less.
1) Startup - Get all the wood burning good, lots of flames.
2) Warmup - Reduce air, get secondaries going to heat up the box, less flames.
3) Cruising - Reduce air fully secondaries diminish, some flames from wood, but also diminish
4) Charcoal phase - Damper fully closed, glowing embers, this can go on for hours.
Is this a pretty good way to go? This is what I see so far based on my VERY limited knowledge.
Thanks again to all. Happy burning!