I couldn't find an edit button sorry for the double post.
Do any of you use a small "barrel" for your feed tube? Ianto mentions one in his book and I could see the benefit of using a stock pot or something that I could close off my feed tube with.
If I put a 12 quart stock pot over that area that will get the feed tube 8 inches higher to catch more smoke coming out and at the end of the night I could put the lid on to close off the air supply. I'm only feeding this thing 8-12 inch hardwood slabs and I wouldn't change the length of my wood. I am concerned that I could create another chimeny with it though.
Thoughts?