Comments by "Harry Mills" (@harrymills2770) on "Winter Windstorm Hits Extreme Hot Tent. Alone and Cozy" video.

  1. I think your stove was still smoking when you opened the front. I don't think it works the way you think it works, quite. The solution is to squeeze down the air flow even more, by inserting the damper. When you get too big of a fire going, you exceed the capacity of the chimney to (basically) get rid of all the smoke. Even with the door in place, the opening in the front is big enough that it becomes a 2-way, air-in-and-smoke-out situation. What you want is an opening in the front that is smaller than the chimney, by a fairly large margin. Then the breathing is all in one direction. Stoke the fire, once, and don't re-stoke it until it has burned down to the point where the draw from the chimney will handle every bit of smoke. Throw in a load and let it breathe wide open until it catches, and then close the door, again. For the best burn, you want a small, hot fire.
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