Just for the sake of argument discussion:
  (You need to Login or Register to me. It's not my sort of fire but it seems to work better than I'd have imagined even in the best of conditions.

I wouldn't mess with this one too much beyond a stone or two placed inside for a pot or the grate. The way I look at it, I'd rather remove/move two rocks than two charred logs and I have become a big fan of charcoal over ash (hold the foil) the last few years.