This is mainly for the non cat folks.
My typical stove use starts with a quick hot top down fire with a target STT of 600. I wait for that load to bring down STT to 250-300 than rake coals forward and reload. Rinse and repeat.
A few weeks back we had a very cold night here and instead of waiting for stove to get to 250 since I wanted to go to bed I tried something new and added two large splits of oak on coals with a 500 STT. Turned air down after a few minutes and STT slowly climbed back to 600 cruising without a nuke effect. I know the best way is to let STT drop and reload but are there others that load mid cycle at times?
Must add I would not do this with small splits.
My typical stove use starts with a quick hot top down fire with a target STT of 600. I wait for that load to bring down STT to 250-300 than rake coals forward and reload. Rinse and repeat.
A few weeks back we had a very cold night here and instead of waiting for stove to get to 250 since I wanted to go to bed I tried something new and added two large splits of oak on coals with a 500 STT. Turned air down after a few minutes and STT slowly climbed back to 600 cruising without a nuke effect. I know the best way is to let STT drop and reload but are there others that load mid cycle at times?
Must add I would not do this with small splits.