Jen’s Boot Camp and Allerton Abbey Experience

paul wheaton wrote:
The casserole door is, I think, a design that needs further optimization.   And I think the first optimization is that we need to get away from batch box stuff.

The Honey Do Carpenter discovered that having a hollow door with the primary air being drawn in the top of the door and drafting the fire at the bottom of the batch box solved the problem of the hot door and preheated the primary and secondary air.  The cook top gives a view of the flames so the door view is not necessary.

Orin Raichart wrote:

paul wheaton wrote:The casserole door is, I think, a design that needs further optimization.   And I think the first optimization is that we need to get away from batch box stuff.

....from the pod casts, I'm getting hints that the batch box doesn't produce the same amount of heat per same volume of wood type....tell us what you're thinking now on why the batch box should be abandoned???   the CO2 and the too hot lid can't be overcome???

Maybe we should continue this conversation here?

Jen gives us a quick tour

Winter activity for the boots?