Hi Brian,
My experience is sooo similar to yours. But I live in a semiarid climate, Colorado’s front range.
We don’t have burn bans here. So I guess we always have a burn ban. You may have heard of the Marshal fire.
Anyway. I like to cut most of my wood for charcoal into small pieces. Then if I have any root balls or other stuff that is too hard to cut I surround them with the small pieces. I make sure that I have a good thick layer of small pieces on the bottom. I usually end up with 3-5lbs of uncooked wood from a 100lb batch.
Rindert
A link to more of my experience.
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