I inspect mine periodically, from the 90 deg turn above the wood stove and the horizontal through the concrete wall to the base of the flue, which is 8"x12" adjacent to a 24" x 24" flue for the fireplace upstairs. I have another one of those large flues, 24" x 24" and another 8" x 12" for the oil fired furnace. Furnace one gets swept as needed, furnace is serviced annually, late model, efficient, not much soot. Those large fireplace flues never got any creosote build up over the years when in use. I mostly use the stove now and every time I inspect it, there is no creosote build up at all, in effect I don't have much to clean, what little there is flakes off over the summer, and I clean the base of the flue out, maybe a coffee can full of soot.
Dry wood, keeping the flue temperature hot enough, seems to do it, even when I had wood with moisture, not green, but not as dry as I wanted, never any trouble either, now I'm able to get that wood done on time so moisture will not be an issue. I have hot cycled it, usually not by choice, that dry wood, and its oak, maple, black cherry, elm, buckthorn, apple etc., small diameter stuff will take off, sounds like a blast furnace, draft is excellent, pipe will get red hot, so when starting a fire, I do not load too much, this old Ashley 25-HFR , throws heat instantly.
If I had smaller flues, through combustible wall penetrations, I'd probably inspect monthly, I have a clean out on the horizontal above the stove, just pull the cap of, shine some light, can inspect any time, does give you some "peace of mind" and know there are no problems.
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