Any thoughts on the St. Croix Lancaster?

The Lancaster has the same control board, pot as a Auburn or Green Field. They seem to work better burning corn rather then pellets but will burn pellets. There is a pellet kit available.
The biggest problems with the Lancaster is the small ash container and the small hopper for fuel. You can buy a hopper extension.
The St Croix is a good stove but you should run it on a high setting for a short time once a day to keep carbon or soot burned up. There is a couple small holes that you can run a choke cable inside and connect it to a drill . Running it will prevent a buildup of soot. I have some pictures and information about cleaning the St Croix that would be handy if you buy one. I sold the last 3 new Lancasters for 1200.00 3 years ago. This would give you a idea of what a used one is worth.
They are supposed to be a 40,000 btu stove. Sometimes people don't know how to clean them and and will sell them cheap thinking they were worn out but just dirty inside the hidden passages.

The Lancaster is a corn stove. It has a modified burn pot to allow for wood pellets. The wood pellet version of this stove used to be called the Pepin but was discontinued. I heard they were bringing it back. The control board it the same control board in all of their stoves but needs to be factory set to 4 I think....maybe it's 2, not sure. I'm not a big fan. It's cute small stove but I'd push the Jamestown J1000 over it in a heartbeat.

I have been using the Lancaster for about 8 maybe 10 years now with NO problems. I started burning corn for the first few years till the price per bushel went
through the roof. I looked into getting the pellet pot to change over to wood pellets, however the dealer told me that the change was not that significant and to go ahead and burn the pellets first to see how I made out. I did and have been burning them for about 4 years now with no trouble. Cleaning is not a problem but the small vents that need to be cleaned are critical in getting the most out of it. I simply use an air compressor and my shop vac sucking at the cleanout outside on the vent pipe. It can be a little messy but only need to do it once a year. The only down side to this stove is you have to light it manually ( I also burn an Enviro M55 which is pretty much automatic). The reason I have the M55 insert is due to the shape of my house - kind of 2 "L's" joined together at the L. My Lancaster is small/compact and throws a huge amount of heat (corn or wood). I have been very happy with it's performance. I do weekly or bi-monthly cleaning including emptying the ash pan that takes approximately 30 minutes if I dilly -dally. I have used this stove for so long now that the cover on the control board is worn out at the on/off switch - no problems with the control board. I have replaced nothing on this stove and it keeps on running as opposed to my M55 which I have had to replace the blower 3 times already (design issue which appears to be solved with the latest blower) Good luck! Bill

Absolutely love mine! No trouble