# Best way to manage fire in a wood stove?
**URL:** https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/best-way-to-manage-fire-in-a-wood-stove/21172
**Category:** The Bunker
**Created:** [August 27, 2019, 5:44pm UTC](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/best-way-to-manage-fire-in-a-wood-stove/21172 "2019-08-27T17:44:22Z")
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### Author:  [@chriseich](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/u/chriseich)
#### Post date: [August 27, 2019, 5:44pm UTC](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/best-way-to-manage-fire-in-a-wood-stove/21172/1 "2019-08-27T17:44:22Z")
So I’ve tried multiple logs, a single log, 2x4 planks, and heavy sticks, but regardless the wood stove in LMOE burns out super fast without consuming all of the fuel (log \> burnt log \> badly burnt log). I normally have to light it 3 times to finish cooking something (deluxe scrambled eggs for example). It says 1 log should last 36 minutes, maybe less, and then it goes out in maybe 10 minutes tops. Sorry it’s a stupid question but I never had this problem with a brazier in Refugee center and similar questions are old and normally about fuel efficiency.
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### Author:  [@MutaMan](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/u/MutaMan)
#### Post date: [August 29, 2019, 12:16am UTC](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/best-way-to-manage-fire-in-a-wood-stove/21172/2 "2019-08-29T00:16:25Z")
I’ve never had a problem with the wood stove not lasting, but then again I never used logs. I always chopped the logs up into 2x4s and dumped all the planks on a “firewood source” construction nearby. Seemed to last long enough for any of what I needed to do, and I do know that 2x4s go through their stages in a wood stove at the very least.
It might be possible that some fire containing things burn some things differently but I haven’t tested that out yet.
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### Author:  [@chriseich](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/u/chriseich)
#### Post date: [August 29, 2019, 12:54am UTC](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/best-way-to-manage-fire-in-a-wood-stove/21172/3 "2019-08-29T00:54:43Z")
You used to be able to shove a ton of fuel on and you could have a fire that burned all day, now it’s a real struggle to have it last 10 minutes. It’s rather frustrating. I have noticed a single fuel item works better most of the time because it appears to burn everything simultaneously now and I think it’s whenever something is consumed it puts the fire out.