So QuickSmelt just straight up does not work, correct?
Nothing changes no matter what I set.  And reading other posts it seems like this just does not work.

Any ETA on it working or any alternatives?
I don't see many posts about issues with it. What is the issue you are having?
It seems like everyone changes values they should not.
Fuel Usage Multipliers​
should be int, 1, not 1.0, not 0.5.

Merged post

Could you post your configuration and console output when you load the plugin after applyin the changes?
{
  "Permission": "quicksmelt.use",
  "Use Permission": false,
  "Speed Multipliers": {
    "furnace": 1000.0,
    "furnace.large": 10000,
    "refinery_small_deployed": 1000.0,
    "campfire": 500.0,
    "skull_fire_pit": 500.0,
    "fireplace.deployed": 500.0,
    "bbq.deployed": 500.0
  },
  "Fuel Usage Speed Multipliers": {
    "furnace": 1,
    "furnace.large": 1,
    "refinery_small_deployed": 1,
    "campfire": 1,
    "skull_fire_pit": 1,
    "fireplace.deployed": 1,
    "bbq.deployed": 1
  },
  "Fuel Usage Multipliers": {
    "furnace": 1,
    "furnace.large": 1,
    "refinery_small_deployed": 1,
    "campfire": 1,
    "skull_fire_pit": 1,
    "fireplace.deployed": 1,
    "bbq.deployed": 1
  },
  "Output Multipliers": {
    "furnace": {
      "metal.fragments": 1.0,
      "sulfur": 1.0,
      "charcoal": 10.0,
      "metal.refined": 1.0
    },
    "furnace.large": {
      "metal.fragments": 1.0,
      "sulfur": 1.0,
      "charcoal": 10.0,
      "metal.refined": 1.0
    },
    "refinery_small_deployed": {
      "lowgradefuel": 1.0
    },
    "campfire": {
      "bearmeat.cooked": 1.0,
      "chicken.cooked": 1.0,
      "deermeat.cooked": 1.0,
      "fish.cooked": 1.0,
      "horsemeat.cooked": 1.0,
      "humanmeat.cooked": 1.0,
      "meat.pork.cooked": 1.0,
      "wolfmeat.cooked": 1.0
    },
    "skull_fire_pit": {
      "bearmeat.cooked": 1.0,
      "chicken.cooked": 1.0,
      "deermeat.cooked": 1.0,
      "fish.cooked": 1.0,
      "metal.refined": 1.0,
      "horsemeat.cooked": 1.0,
      "humanmeat.cooked": 1.0,
      "meat.pork.cooked": 1.0,
      "wolfmeat.cooked": 1.0
    },
    "fireplace.deployed": {
      "bearmeat.cooked": 1.0,
      "chicken.cooked": 1.0,
      "deermeat.cooked": 1.0,
      "fish.cooked": 1.0,
      "metal.fragments": 1.0,
      "horsemeat.cooked": 1.0,
      "humanmeat.cooked": 1.0,
      "meat.pork.cooked": 1.0,
      "wolfmeat.cooked": 1.0
    },
    "bbq.deployed": {
      "bearmeat.cooked": 1.0,
      "chicken.cooked": 1.0,
      "deermeat.cooked": 1.0,
      "fish.cooked": 1.0,
      "sulfur": 1.0,
      "horsemeat.cooked": 1.0,
      "humanmeat.cooked": 1.0,
      "meat.pork.cooked": 1.0,
      "wolfmeat.cooked": 1.0
    }
  },
  "Whitelist": {
    "furnace": [
      "metal.ore",
      "sulfur.ore",
      "hq.metal.ore",
      "can.tuna.empty",
      "can.beans.empty",
      "bearmeat",
      "chicken.raw",
      "deermeat.raw",
      "fish.raw",
      "horsemeat.raw",
      "humanmeat.raw",
      "meat.boar",
      "charcoal",
      "wolfmeat.raw",
      "crude.oil"
    ],
    "furnace.large": [
      "metal.ore",
      "sulfur.ore",
      "hq.metal.ore",
      "bearmeat",
      "chicken.raw",
      "deermeat.raw",
      "fish.raw",
      "horsemeat.raw",
      "humanmeat.raw",
      "meat.boar",
      "wolfmeat.raw",
      "can.tuna.empty",
      "can.beans.empty",
      "crude.oil"
    ],
    "small.oil.refinery": [
      "crude.oil"
    ],
    "campfire": [
      "bearmeat",
      "chicken.raw",
      "deermeat.raw",
      "fish.raw",
      "horsemeat.raw",
      "humanmeat.raw",
      "meat.boar",
      "wolfmeat.raw",
      "can.tuna.empty",
      "can.beans.empty"
    ],
    "skull_fire_pit": [
      "bearmeat",
      "chicken.raw",
      "deermeat.raw",
      "fish.raw",
      "hq.metal.ore",
      "horsemeat.raw",
      "humanmeat.raw",
      "meat.boar",
      "wolfmeat.raw",
      "can.tuna.empty",
      "can.beans.empty"
    ],
    "fireplace.deployed": [
      "bearmeat",
      "chicken.raw",
      "deermeat.raw",
      "fish.raw",
      "metal.ore",
      "horsemeat.raw",
      "humanmeat.raw",
      "meat.boar",
      "wolfmeat.raw",
      "can.tuna.empty",
      "can.beans.empty"
    ],
    "bbq.deployed": [
      "bearmeat",
      "chicken.raw",
      "deermeat.raw",
      "fish.raw",
      "horsemeat.raw",
      "sulfur.ore",
      "humanmeat.raw",
      "meat.boar",
      "wolfmeat.raw",
      "can.tuna.empty",
      "can.beans.empty"
    ]
  },
  "Blacklist": {
    "global": [
      "bearmeat.cooked",
      "chicken.cooked",
      "deermeat.cooked",
      "fish.cooked",
      "horsemeat.cooked",
      "humanmeat.cooked",
      "meat.pork.cooked",
      "wolfmeat.cooked"
    ]
  },
  "Smelting Frequencies (Smelt items every N smelting ticks)": {
    "global": 1.0
  },
  "Debug": false
}​
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I don't see many posts about issues with it. What is the issue you are having?

It's just that nothing happens.  Everything smelts at vanilla speed no matter what I change any value to

Frequency is 1 not 1.0 change it, see in default config what has a .0 and what does not.