Todd said:Anyone have a picture of this screen? I wonder if it's the same size mesh as the new scoops in the other stoves? The cat manufacture recommended this screen for the s/s cat because of the possibility of ash build up. I've been playing around with my scoops and it seems the screen has such small holes it can easily plug up in a couple weeks of low cat burns. Higher burn rates don't seem to clog the screen as much. If this is the case you guys are going to have to check this screen more often if your burning low and slow all the time. Maybe Woodstock should consider a larger screen size for all their stoves?
I am still trying to figure out what "burning low and slow" means for the Progress. If you engage the cat when the stovetop is much about 250 F, it's hard not to get those secondaries going kind of quickly. If you engage too low, the cat might stall and get Howllowhill's smoke cloud.
An earlier thread by someone claimed WS said you could load on a bed of hot coals and imediately engage the cat. This would prevent the secondaries from kicking in, and is supposed to give a true "cat burn".
But would this stall the cat for a while and cause a Waulie screen clog?