this thread has invoked me to do some testing to repeatedly get overnight burns so i have something to work with in the morning with hot coals ot easily recharge the fire and heres what i would suggest that seems to do the trick ,granted this may not work for everyone but here it goes :
about 10 or so at night i traditonaly load 3 medium size (for example a 7 inch round x 22-24 inches )in a row on top of a nice thick 2 inch or so bed of coals that accumulated let that burn for 10miuntes so its dry and charred on outside then a get a large bucked in half cherry log approx 15 inches wide 24 inches long (yes i know its big) and place it bark roundish side down ontop of the 3 smaller splits so the flat part of the halved cherry is close up against the baffle now i let that burn with dampers open just a few minutes till its slightly charred and warmed up good ..then i slide the upper damper over to half so its in middle and i then stick a penny against lower screw damper till it screws in and holds the penny against the ash door i then unscrew justa tad to let the penny drop out ,now its ready to rock,..see the splits burn for maybe 2 -2.5 hours slowly drop the cherry down onto the coalbed then the cherry bark underside protects and acts as a insulator for a while too till the fire slowly consumes the cherry dow nto a smallish glowing slab in morning around 7-8 hours later ,this seems to work really well for me and provides just enough air to draw a good steady slow burnrate ,try it and report back
about 10 or so at night i traditonaly load 3 medium size (for example a 7 inch round x 22-24 inches )in a row on top of a nice thick 2 inch or so bed of coals that accumulated let that burn for 10miuntes so its dry and charred on outside then a get a large bucked in half cherry log approx 15 inches wide 24 inches long (yes i know its big) and place it bark roundish side down ontop of the 3 smaller splits so the flat part of the halved cherry is close up against the baffle now i let that burn with dampers open just a few minutes till its slightly charred and warmed up good ..then i slide the upper damper over to half so its in middle and i then stick a penny against lower screw damper till it screws in and holds the penny against the ash door i then unscrew justa tad to let the penny drop out ,now its ready to rock,..see the splits burn for maybe 2 -2.5 hours slowly drop the cherry down onto the coalbed then the cherry bark underside protects and acts as a insulator for a while too till the fire slowly consumes the cherry dow nto a smallish glowing slab in morning around 7-8 hours later ,this seems to work really well for me and provides just enough air to draw a good steady slow burnrate ,try it and report back
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