JFK said:
I tried it today and I need to tinker a lot more. I could only get her up to 600F, I only used 4 large cherry. That's OK though I had nice secondaries for a while. Practice makes perfect :coolsmile:
By the way the smell is getting less :bug:
Congrats on the smell issue.
After you have a nice bed of hot coals, and the temp is above 400, try adding a layer of larges in bottom, then line the top of those with mediums & smalls.
If you load her up with all mediums, if they are dry, you should damn well achieve 700. You can try it.
Larges are more for overnight burns, but I have been loading 3x a day. Fill upon awakening in the morn, then again at 4-5pm, then again anywhere from 11pm to 1 am. Thats cause my sleeping schedule has been fubar'd for many years now. But equals out to about every 8 hrs. Now above 20 esp if in 30's and 40's, I load a full in the morning, then another full load at bedtime. Always plenty of coals when reload time comes. You'll figure what works for you. Trust me, this time next year you'll be loading that stove in your sleep.