Quote Originally Posted by koliver View Post
Does your wall go up to just below the chimney vent or all the way to the top? Then the ramp starts at the back of the grid to the top of the wall? I had contacted Bill Mason and he suggested the wall at the back of the grid, up to 1-2 inches from the bottom of the pan. It may literally be trial by fire here soon, as I have almost 100 gallons of sap collected that needs to get run/reduced to reclaim some bucket room.
I did mine so that the ramp/wall is higher than the level of the chimney vent (a few inches below the pan) all the way to the back wall but right in front of the vent i left a void/drop down so the smoke actually has to drop down for the draft to pull it out of the box. Your not going to do anything wrong either way, trial by fire isnt a bad thing, especially when your getting some sweet syrup out at the end of it all! Youll make adjustments and find what works for you just like the rest of us. Good luck on the first 100! I fired my first run of the year last weekend, hoping the warm weather doesnt slow things down this week.