What pellets are you burning today?

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Feeling the Heat
Dec 2, 2011
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Rhode Island
It's 38 outside with a feel like of 30 and the sun is getting ready to set.

Our stove is loving the Fireside Ultras. Did a "twenty minute" cleaning today so that always helps. You have to love higher end heat from a box store pellet. At $4 a bag I will burn thru them and keep the $6 a bag Barefoots for when it really gets cold! I grabbed another ten bags of FSU this morning.

Stay warm everyone!!!
 
I am on my 3rd day with my first pellet atove and so far I am LOVING it. I have burnt two bags in three days. I also have the FSU and so far it seems very good. I have very little ash and as I read that is a good thing. I did notice a little soot on the top area of the glass, but i was running some experiments on high and that might be expected (not sure yet). Anyway FSU is cheap and it seems to be a good choice from what I have been reading on this forum..

Burn on
 
Lignetics (green label).
 
what is a lint eater.. sounds yummy
 
Lint Eater: brush at the end of flexible rods that you hook up to your power drill so you can remove ash from the inside of your vent.
 
Bought a couple bags of Ambiance yesterday and put 1 in this morning. So far it seems like a good, strong flame compared to MWP blend. The heat is much better also - the house is a comfortable 70 degrees. Too early for an ash report though. The temp is hovering around freezing here.
 
MWP here. Good price, god heat, no clinkers.
 
Green Supreme, sitting on the Vermonts for the cold weather.
 
Thanks MrJohneel, I gotta get me one of those. I assume that is a once a year thing? Give the pipes a good scrubbing.
 
33 degrees out with 8 inches of snow ( melting fast ) burning Kirtlands and staying toasty. premium pellet at a box store price.
 
Most people do it after every one ton. I haven't hit that mark this year, but my glass was getting dirty even after weekly cleanings so I thought I'd give the vent a clean.
 
got a hopper full of presto logs going....great heat from $4.00 bag
 
Ummm, Michigan pellets here (hangs head in shame). Still trying to get rid of the leftovers from last years mistake. Saving the Somersets, Pro Pellets and Magic Sparks for really cold weather.
 
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mwp blend. 25f here at the moment.
mostly light (weight. not color) fly ash. i've taken to just brushing it away from the edges of the pot till i vacuum at the end of the week.
the pan takes forever to fill with the heavier stuff.

i've got two tons of the mwp softies waiting for when it's 20 below. ($235/ton)
but the blends handled that fine for me last year.
i'll know by the end of the season if buying the softies is worth it for me or not.
 
Burning a new one for me. PWI hardwood pellet from Canada. They are burning every bit as good as any pellet I have burned before and that's saying a lot. Home and Hearth in Hampton Falls, NH has them for $269 a ton, $20 delivery. I'm going to spring for a ton.
 
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