Vege Oil and Dust

For the last couple of weeks, I've been pouring a small amount of vege oil in the 5 gallon buckets full of corn/pellet mix that I fill my stove with, at the most using a 1/8 of a cup oil to 5 gallons. Wow does this keep the dust down when pouring into the Castille, haven't needed to dust around the stove for weeks. Does anyone see a problem with doing this stove wise? It's been running fine. I cleaned the corn this weekend so that should help too, just thinking I might really recycle and use the weekend bacon grease for something useful. Thoughts? Thanks....

I haven't noticed any difference in how the stove is operating, just less dust when I pour the 5 gallon bucket into the stove. I basically 3/4 fill a couple 5 gallon buckets with corn pellet mix, then pour in a little vege oil, split a small coffee cup full between the buckets. Then I mix it a bit with a peice of leftover wood flooring plank. I transfered and cleaned the corn last weekend, filled a 28 bushel wood box in the garage. I added some pellets to the top layer, and I did pour some vege oil over the top and mixed it up some. I just keep adding pellets to the top layer as needed, that way when I dip a bucket full I get a pretty good mix. Not rocket science I know, but the stove is pretty forgiving ignition wise as long as the corn is not more than 60-70 percent. Just didn't want to gum up the works with the oil, but I can't believe that little amount would do much. I am a cleaning nut when it comes to the stove too.

It smells like the local chicken fry house, not sure what that means? Chicken, chickens eat corn, corn oil....hummmm. Doug, you may be on to something, pop corn, oil, and some salt? I usually burn the heck out of the micorwave stuff anyway, either way the btu's would be going into the house, no? Least with the stove, I wouldn't need to deal with the smoke from the microwave.

Just saw BB and the french fry comment, I dug 'tators last weekend. Anyone know the btu rating for 'tators? Spose I'd have to dry them a bit. Unlike most, I can't wait until the stove warrenty is up, wow will I have fun then.

Mike, a cup or two? Wow, that's more than I was doing. No problems with that much? Like I said earlier, just didn't want to gunk things up. It has to add a few btu's too? Bacon grease, I want to do bacon grease! Now I bet that would smell great mixed with soft wood pellets and corn for some reason.