[bennelson]

Short, hot, fires are the best way to burn. You get as much heat out as you can that way.

It is actually very similar to the popular "pulse-and-glide" driving technique.

The main thing that helps is adding mass to whatever holds your stove. Massive stoves hold the quickly burned heat much better. Cast iron stoves are better than sheet metal stoves, and stone and brick are better than cast iron.

One way to make your heat "coast better" is to add mass yourself. I have bricks stacked up behind my cast iron stove. Some sort of a large container of water would work great too!