New Firebox Concept

[towtruck]

I have a wood stove in my house that burns it's smoke......the fire has to be really hot in order for that secondary air intake to light the smoke and burn. I have fires that show no flame on the wood but the smoke is lit and flaming above the logs. To get that you have to get a hot fire going then damper it down so the logs smoke and then the smoke burns above the logs. I would think a smoker that has to get that hot to only cool the air back down would be a waste. And isn't the smoke what we want???? Don't go burning up my thing blue smoke before I get to drape it over my meat!!!!

[Kcd2016]

I'm glad to hear from you guys about wood stoves! We don't have many if those down here in my part of Texas so I appreciate the insight.