If someone had a stove that was slightly larger than needed and ran it on loads of wood that didn't fill it up, would this impact the performance? Would it make it smokey or harder to run?
I'll say that with my IS Careful planning is involved with smaller than full loads. The Ideal really prefers the load close to the top of the stove for secondary action and to focus the heat on the cat when it gets engaged. Looser lincoln log stacks to leave more space in-between has been my go to on less than full operation. I hope that made some kind of sense
Yup, most stoves will burn better/hotter/cleaner with a tall loosely stacked load when "underloading"
Yes, i think it does impact performance, how much I'm not sure but all stoves are tested with basically full loads so I would think manufactures would design them for optimum performance in that regard.
