So, I'm about to go to the gym and I realize all three stoves are at the tail end of their burn cycle. The Vig is going to cool down because I need to replace a hinge pin, and it's just not needed (I write this wearing a tank top and it's 19 degrees out), and the Encore still had a good hour or two before it went below 300. The Heritage, though, was further along than the others so I threw four large splits in and set my wife up with a cooking timer and directions as to what to do to get the Heritage up to 450+ degrees.
Off to the gym I go.
An hour and a half later I pull into the driveway to smoke everywhere. Enough that I can see it part ways as I pull through it. Keep in mind, I hate smoking. Not for any environmental reason, but just out of politeness. With three stoves I just feel like a D-bag smoking out the neighbors. So I run in and check the stoves. The Vig is at 250 and living off of some coals, the Encore is at 350 with a bed of coals and the Heritage is at 450 with secondaries.
What the hell? How is there smoke?
So I grab the flashlight and I get outside pointing the damn thing at each chimney. There is so much smoke that I can't tell which chimney it's coming from. I make a second pass and I get to the Heritage's chimney and I notice the smoke seems to be coming from beyond that chimney, which is impossible due to the layout (there isn't anymore house or chimney for smoke to come from!). I follow the smoke across the street and I find the source.
It's my neighbor. His Woodstock Fireview is smoking like an old lady at the $5 black jack tables in Atlantic City.
Damn smoke dragons! :lol:
Off to the gym I go.
An hour and a half later I pull into the driveway to smoke everywhere. Enough that I can see it part ways as I pull through it. Keep in mind, I hate smoking. Not for any environmental reason, but just out of politeness. With three stoves I just feel like a D-bag smoking out the neighbors. So I run in and check the stoves. The Vig is at 250 and living off of some coals, the Encore is at 350 with a bed of coals and the Heritage is at 450 with secondaries.
What the hell? How is there smoke?
So I grab the flashlight and I get outside pointing the damn thing at each chimney. There is so much smoke that I can't tell which chimney it's coming from. I make a second pass and I get to the Heritage's chimney and I notice the smoke seems to be coming from beyond that chimney, which is impossible due to the layout (there isn't anymore house or chimney for smoke to come from!). I follow the smoke across the street and I find the source.
It's my neighbor. His Woodstock Fireview is smoking like an old lady at the $5 black jack tables in Atlantic City.
Damn smoke dragons! :lol: