Since the beginning of the season I've been burning mostly locust with some oak mixed in here and there. Everyone I know says "my god don't fill the stove up with locust you're going to melt it" Well I've found a full load of locust is a lot easier to control than a load of oak or oak and locust mixed. The locust is fairly large 3 to 5 pieces usually fill the stove up. With a full load of locust it takes a little longer to get rolling but once it gets going it burns forever. It doesn't give the light show other wood does but burn times are better than any light show. I'm getting 12+ hours on a full stove loaded N/S. Should have gotten the nerve to do full locust load long ago.