@Joseph_Crawley, Thanks for this follow-up information.
Can you provide a reference to what the DSR2 is? Is that a sidewinder rocket? Would be good to provide a link for folks in this forum. If it’s a sidewinder batch rocket, I was involved in development on that pattern and have ultimately found the same thing…. that in the design efforts the direct relationship between the radiant power of the fire and the cooktop was distanced and this led to a less responsive cooktop which is not ideal for a serious cook. Smoking when opening the door is a nuisance. You can see that I’m trying to address this by essentially having a switch in the Cookstove + Masonry Heater Hybrid I am currently working on.
I’ve been curious about the user experience on the scrapped glass electric stove tops (cooking responsiveness, durability, any glow from the fire or soots up, possible to cut to size). Would be cool to see you at the MHA 2022 annual meeting if you can make it!