As I sit here and wait for my stove to hopefully come down from 560 stove top temp, I'm thinking back about what I did to get here. I reloaded at about 390 - 400, which is higher than I usually reload at, but the coal bed was at a good level, not too deep. Filled her up pretty full, say 80 - 85%, with large and small splits (not too many small ones, tho). Windy, and gotten windier. So, I have glowing wood, and blow torch secondaries and dancing flames. My draft is very close to 0. I think the stove top temp has dropped ever so slightly to 555. Hoping it continues it's downward trend. My guess is that I shouldn't have reloaded at that temp, should have let it drop down to 350 or so. Especially with the strong winds. Stove top now at 550. Smells faintly of what I think is paint curing - hate that smell! Stove top now at 545. We won't discuss the heat pouring out the window...