The right chiminea is burning certainly wood kiln dried logs and produces much less smoke with a cleaner burn and more heat output. 1.824oz is the weight of the water added to the water soaked chunk. The water soaked chunk increased in weight by 53%.
Large wooden storage trunk
Wooden tea light holder
5 gallon wooden barrel
EcoBlaze Firewood
Wet wood will be quiet.
Whereas dry wood will be loud, and deflect your hand quicker.
The chiminea on the left is burning wet wood and producing more smoke.5.28oz is the weight of the water soaked chunk. By knocking on the wood you will both feel the rigidity of the wood, but more specifically hear a difference in sound when comparing wet wood to dry wood.(feel) wet wood is excessively heavy, where as dry wood will be lighter, and easier.
3.456oz is the weight of the wet chunk before soaking in water.