Ok, so I am still trying to get used to using my new Englander 30 and am having a hard time getting used to handling it. For instance...I got home today and began the process of starting a new fire. Got it going fairly quick with some good kindling with a top down fire and let the stove top thermometer get down to about 300 degrees at the end of the burn cycle to reload for the night burn. I added 5 medium (2 ash and 3 locust) sized splits on top of hot coals from 300 degrees and here is what happened......Took about 20 minutes to get up around 450 stove top temp and I began shutting back the air. At 550 I had shut the air back entirely. The stove crept to about 575 with good secondaries engaged. After about 10 minutes, the stove settled down and was cruising at about 550. At this point I would likely go to bed as I would think the fire is settled down with air shut completely and secondaries going and would slowly drop in temperature overnight... WELL, I go back down before bed (about an hour after I had thought the stove was cruising and settled down and the stove is up to 650 degrees!! Why did the stove proceed to climb once again after the air was shut down and had temp dropped down to what I thought was cruising temp? If this is going on all the time, how do you ever go to bed? I think my fire is calmed and burning nicely, but instead its spiking to almost scary temperatures on me with the air closed....what gives?? Anyone?