On Mon, 21 Feb 2005 14:54:18 -0600, granpaw vaguely proposed a theory ......and in reply I say!:
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Two things wrong with that.
Wet stuff tends toi burn slower, so you get lower temperatures. It probabky also smokes more. Smoke is heat going to waste.
Creating steam from water _takes_ heat. The hot steam then goes up the chimney along with its borrowed heat. Wet corn would be as bad as wet wood.