Wood over pellets

Woodheat192 said:

I am beating my neighbors pellet stove 5to1... I have a blaze king, "king" edition and I use very little wood to his pellets... consider, it's 10 degrees here now I have used 3 small rounds and he is on his second bag of pellets... Not telling Anyone what to do... Just impressed with the the blaze king

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Welcome to site.
My 1988 Vermont Castings Encore sure out performs my neighbors gas furnace lol.
My gas bill was 43.00 last month and his was over 300. We also have gas dryer and gas stove

yes it is rare that we hear the gas furnace kick on. I have never ending supply of wood as I do land clearing and excavating. I would be a FOOL not to use wood.

Woodheat192 said:

I have used 3 small rounds and he is on his second bag of pellets...

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Really? 3 small rounds vs. 2 bags of pellets?
I've never had a pellet stove and would not want one but I didn't fall off the turnip truck this morning either. Maybe your terminology is different from mine. 3 small rounds would be about enough to brown marshmallows in my books. Am I missing something?

DougA said:

Really? 3 small rounds vs. 2 bags of pellets?
I've never had a pellet stove and would not want one but I didn't fall off the turnip truck this morning either. Maybe your terminology is different from mine. 3 small rounds would be about enough to brown marshmallows in my books. Am I missing something?

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Graham crackers and chocolate?

Woodheat192 said:

I am beating my neighbors pellet stove 5to1... I have a blaze king, "king" edition and I use very little wood to his pellets... consider, it's 10 degrees here now I have used 3 small rounds and he is on his second bag of pellets... Not telling Anyone what to do... Just impressed with the the blaze king

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Its hard to do apples to apples comparison between different stoves in different houses. Per weight pellets will generally have higher BTU per pound than cordwood, and often times slightly higher efficiency than wood stoves though that will vary with individual stoves and chimney setups. I highly doubt your BK is beating another stove 5 to 1 as you say, your thermal load must be quite different, or his stove is not running correctly. It would have to have an efficiency of like 20% or less. I run both in my house.

I have a wood stove and a pellet stove. In my experiences I use about 15 average size splits to a bag of pellets. A full load of my stove takes about 8 or 9 of my average size splits and will give me good heat for say 5-7 hours. Pellet Stove heating the house solely will take a bag of pallets about every 10-12 hours. I am heating a 2200sqft house and about a 1000sqft basement. Pellet stove is in the basement, and wood stove is on the main floor.

When running both the wood and pellet stoves, i can get about 36-48 hours out of 1 bag of pellets with the temp set to about 60. I usually only bump the pellet stove up higher when i am actively in the basement or on really cold days.

My P38 pellet stove uses a bag of pellets (40 lbs) every 18 hours (low to medium setting).
The FP10 would require a lot more than 3 rounds in 18 hours.

I use both wood and pellets in the same wood stove at different times of the year. I use pellet cages. Wood vs pellets on a full stove, the wood does last longer, but nowhere near 5 to 1. Heat is also comparable with pellets, in fact I believe the BTUs are released faster with pellets. Bottom line, a stove full of pellets gives some serious heat.

Yeah don't forget the bottom line here is that pellets are wood... and wood that has all the bad stuff (moisture, bark, dirt, etc) removed from the equation and compressed to specific density such that the species of wood are all very similar end result with the pellets.

TheRambler said:

I have a wood stove and a pellet stove. In my experiences I use about 15 average size splits to a bag of pellets. A full load of my stove takes about 8 or 9 of my average size splits and will give me good heat for say 5-7 hours. Pellet Stove heating the house solely will take a bag of pallets about every 10-12 hours. I am heating a 2200sqft house and about a 1000sqft basement. Pellet stove is in the basement, and wood stove is on the main floor.

When running both the wood and pellet stoves, i can get about 36-48 hours out of 1 bag of pellets with the temp set to about 60. I usually only bump the pellet stove up higher when i am actively in the basement or on really cold days.

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Two things come to mind here..

My basement doesn't get much below 60 with no heat source at all, and, at 60F, I don't think of that as "heating" and I absolutely KNOW my wife doesn't.. lol

Hell, my main floor doesn't get below 60 with no heat on for the last 12 hours.

Woodheat192 said:

I am beating my neighbors pellet stove 5to1... I have a blaze king, "king" edition and I use very little wood to his pellets... consider, it's 10 degrees here now I have used 3 small rounds and he is on his second bag of pellets... Not telling Anyone what to do... Just impressed with the the blaze king

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How big is a round? Same square footage? Same set temp? Same efficiency? Same insulation factored in? Same thermal load on houses? See where I'm going with this?

Phoenix Hatchling said:

How big is a round?

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But he said '3 small' rounds'.

F4jock said:

Graham crackers and chocolate?

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Duh, that took me half a minute - not awake yet. It's a great answer though. mmmmmm chocolate.

I think we a going to scare off a new member if we flog this any further. A BK King was one of my 2 top choices (even though I find it kinda ugly) when I replaced my VC. It's a great stove and I am sure you will love it.

The BK's are exceptional performers. I think they have the VERY best air control system on the market. I noted that BK does throttle the secondary air. Pellet stoves are such different animals, with the ability to continuously vary the fuel feed rate. The newer pellet stoves do claim efficiencies 80% and more. Very comparable to wood and of course EPA compliant so they do get secondary combustion one way or another.

Congrats on your BK King. Top of the line stove!

DougA said:

But he said '3 small' rounds'.

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I know. So my question was how big is a round. Multiply answer times three. My point being, size is subjective.

Phoenix Hatchling said:

I know. So my question was how big is a round. Multiply answer times three. My point being, size is subjective.

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Not touching that line . . . .

F4jock said:

Not touching that line . . . .

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That's right...look don't touch!

Woodheat192 said:

I am beating my neighbors pellet stove 5to1... I have a blaze king, "king" edition and I use very little wood to his pellets... consider, it's 10 degrees here now I have used 3 small rounds and he is on his second bag of pellets... Not telling Anyone what to do... Just impressed with the the blaze king

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Mean while, the neighbor is posting in the "pellet forum" how his pellet stove has ONLY used 2 bags of pellets and his neighbor has already burned 3 rounds in his wood stove.

I don't understand why we all bicker over stoves models, types.. Etc.

Bottom line we're all burning a renewable resource and not oil or gas...

I have both on my home. And I really like both! The beauty, when it's really really cold, or I'm home and want one, wood stove.

When I'm gonna be gone for more then 12 hours, pellet stove.

Dustin said:

I don't understand why we all bicker over stoves models, types.. Etc.

Bottom line we're all burning a renewable resource and not oil or gas...

I have both on my home. And I really like both! The beauty, when it's really really cold, or I'm home and want one, wood stove.

When I'm gonna be gone for more then 12 hours, pellet stove.

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I concur as I have both as well. However, why NOT burn oil if it is cost effective? And how is it not renewable? As I said in the past, it just takes longer for you and I to liquefy into the ground, and future generations can use our remains to heat their homes. Just sayin.

Dustin said:

I don't understand why we all bicker over stoves models, types.. Etc.

Bottom line we're all burning a renewable resource and not oil or gas...

I have both on my home. And I really like both! The beauty, when it's really really cold, or I'm home and want one, wood stove.

When I'm gonna be gone for more then 12 hours, pellet stove.

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Don't understand the "bickering" reference. To me it's more like supporting your favorite team. The game is the same no matter.