Nick Leverton writes:

When mine burnt through the bottom, it worked really well until it got
chucked out. Sez she, "it had a hole in the bottom". I had to get a
new one that didn't burn nearly as well ...

I was hoping to reduce the mess by leaving the bottom in place and just
perforating it a bit.
I'll see how larger holes in the sides works out.
I was actually surprised that it didn't burn better, but probably the
fire was being starved of oxygen.


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