Well, what I was afraid of happened,,, Too much fuel, not
enough air. I'm burning a mixture of sawdust and waste vegetable oil.
But being over eager for heat, and not wanting to add fuel every 15 minutes, I dumped in up to 6 scoops of the mixture.
Before adding an exhaust fan, I would get so much flame that it would shoot out the opening at times.
Piling that much fuel restricted air and much black smoke out the chimney.
Having burned WVO/Sawdust before, I immediately knew I must have some soot buildup, so I cut the top off the barrel and whoa IT'S FULL.