How'd it go today?

The ninebark is very dense; even though a piece 3 or 4 inches in diameter is a big one, it is a fine long-lasting fuel... much like burning coal :).

As Sean notes, DF limb wood is very dense as well, tight growth rings that burn hot and longer than most similar sized splits of trunk.
 
Your're giving it too much air. Sometimes I struggle to get hedge to burn just because I don't give it enough air. Just a little too much, and I get thermal runaway where the hotter it burns, the stronger the draft, and the dense coals radiate a lot of heat.

With the air leaks my stove has, I adjust how I setup the fire, and keep a bottle of water handy (an old alcohol or peroxide bottle to squirt it from) to cool the coals if it gets too hot. It's near impossible to put a "fire" out completely even with a half gallon or so of water, though that will knock it down to hardly a smolder for 5min.
 

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