Did the burn off, was impressed how great the dampers worked on it. Will be testing this weekend in our new hot tent. Stove pipes with clamps and spark arrestor were of decent quality. The door needs to be tightened up. My only concern is the removable plate on the top of the stove - I understand the desired functionality, but a concern for safety - that being said - once I got it burning there was no smoke escaping and it didn't warp so that has calmed my apprehension. I burned pine and spruce scraps and it burned half damped down for over 2 hours - will be interested to see how it does with hardwood this weekend. Since we are just starting out with hot tents, the price was reasonable. The quality was beyond my expectations for a stove of this price.