Greetings. I'm in the research and planning phase for my first rocket stove, in the course of which I ran into the video on the half-barrel design, and one thing led to another. After watching that particular video a few times, and thinking about the pros and cons of front loading, consequences of good insulation, etc., I had an idea. What if the front loading section was open to the fire chamber only through a few small holes, and well sealed at the back. Would it be practical to get it hot enough to cook off the wood in a reasonable length of time? Perhaps this would throttle back the burn rate in a useful way, even if later you just somehow ejected the charcoal into the burn chamber.
Of course I would like to do this experiment myself, but I am weeks away, at best. In any case, maybe someone with hands-on experience can see a reason why this wouldn't work or wouldn't be useful.
Nutcase