It’s an equation. If you have dry firewood, you need less of it at once. Some folks don’t understand that.

More water in the wood means less efficient combustion, more smoke and harsher smoke, which may irritate your neighbors downwind, or everyone around on still days.

Something every pit master learns along the way. People can tell you, you can read about it, but until you actually try using wood of different dryness, they are just words.