Eden Wood Pellet Review and WARNING See PICS

I'm retracting my comments on another thread that gave Eden wood pellets a fairly positive review. This evening I decided to take the chill out of the air and crank up the stove. The hopper was empty and I dropped a full bag of Eden pellets in the hopper. I took a handful of pellets and placed them in the burn pot (I do this so that I don't have to feed the auger with pellets in test mode) and the dial for auto start and within 5 minutes she was roaring. I noticed as the fire was burning a bright orange glow rather bright and abnormal to what wood color burn looks like. I looked a little closer and on the back panels was a substance bubbling with what looks like plastic or rubber. I immediately opened the door and scraped the back panel and found it was a sticky black substance. Also the glass became very dirty which had never occurred with my stove on start-up. I will admit after a week or so the glass shows some signs of soot on the glass. But my stove was just cleaned. I proceeded to pull a handful of pellets out of the hopper and evaluate the pellets and see what it might be. As in the picture you'll see black particles in the pellets. They were in about 1/3 of the pellets I pulled out with my hand. I decided to put them in a bowl and microwave them and see what happens. Take a look at the picture and you can see the dark spots in the pellets are shiny...Is it plastic? Is it rubber? I have no clue. I then poured water in the bowl and the pellets disintegrated and the last picture shows the result. Hard plastic/rubber rocks left in the bowl. Is this a bad batch? Is it just this bag I have no idea. What I do know is I'll never burn these pellets again. That's why they are priced reasonably low for this area. Live and Learn.

I only had three bags and this was my second bag I poured in. The first bag was mixed with Barefoots. I have one bag left and I'll open to see if it has the same consistency.

Yes, last year I posted pictures of Barefoots with additives. I didn't do the microwave test with those because I didn't think the issue was as severe as the Eden pellets I tried. I continue to burn Barefoots but in a different LOT #. I was lucky enough to only of had a few bad bags of Barefoots that were the issue. I have to FULLY agree with J-Takeman on this one. We as pellet burners have choices and should make the right choice for our particular stove when burning pellets. It was a big investment years back. I enjoy the stove very much and I refuse to save a few dollars here and there on poor quality pellets on an appliance that heats my home. We invest a lot of time and effort in maintaining these stoves and not to mention the weekly maintenance that goes along with it. Poor pellets can be a nightmare. Don't we all remember ACP Appeling County Pellets!