Smoldering AND active secondaries possible?

[therealdbeau]

Just a quick question about if it is possible to have a fire smolder and have active secondary action going on at the same.

Frankly I don't know whether this is counterintuitive or not.

Thanks

 

[Highbeam]

Sure. Depending on what you mean by smoldering of course. Often you will have a situation where there is no visible flame on the wood but it is smoking (smoldering) and on the roof of the noncat firebox you will have roaring secondary combustion. Really, that’s the sweet spot.

 

[therealdbeau]

Ok great, that's what I was wondering. I know that smoldering is bad but I guess as long as the secondaries are doing their thing it's irrelevant. Thanks!