Not for me as my stove regulates on heat output.Brings up an interesting question. If doing smaller loads does it matter how you load? You loaded mostly in the back of your stove. I typically keep it level from front to back and just don’t stack as high.
Does it make any difference?
I loaded the way I did out of habit; rake coals forward and fill (normally n/s) to the gills. There were some bigger chunks left of my starting fire that heats up the basement, and that together with thee/w loading ended up this way.