Fired-up the Yukon for the first time last night...Once started, I was amazed at how quickly added logs caught fire... Very happy with this purchase.  I placed the Yukon inside an existing stone fire pit with about 1.5 inches of clearance all around.  This morning I was able to clean out the residual ashes that were above the colender plate, but emptying ashes that are below the plate will require lifting the Yukon out of the stone cylinder and tuning it over... I would be much more convenient if the colender plate was readily removable.