What Is In Your Stove Right Now?

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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?
Not for me as my stove regulates on heat output.

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.
 
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