Big Heat vs O'Malley's

[EZsteve]

Both of these are new to my area.I have purchased two bags of each and plan on doing a test burn next week. Just thought I would see if anybody has opinion on them. I can get them both for 225/ton. Thanks for any Comments.

 

[tsmith]

Both of these are new to my area.I have purchased two bags of each and plan on doing a test burn next week. Just thought I would see if anybody has opinion on them. I can get them both for 225/ton. Thanks for any Comments.View attachment 120113View attachment 120114

I have burned some O'Malley, they are a middle of the road pellet but very ashy. I have never seen the others. I would try more than 2 bags before making a big purchase.

 

[john193]

Ive burned about 2 tons of omalleys back in 2009 and havent since. Ashy pellet, avg heat. 210/ton here.

 

[Nick of PA]

I currently am burning 2 tons of O'Malley's. I've tried Stove Chow, Clean Energy, Cheat River, Presto-logs, Greene Team, AWF and Barefoot. Barefoot is by far the best. The O'Malleys are somewhere in the middle. I honestly think they put out pretty good heat, but as others have said, they are a bit ashy.

 

[briansol]

I was un-impressed with o'malleys. never heard of the other ones.

 

[Mrr211]

Have burned about 6 bags of Big Heat. They have given off good heat, about the same as Stove Chow gave me. Only negative is that there is quite a bit of fines and dust in some of the bags so if you have a top feeding stove be careful. I have learned to sift the last 1/5 of the bags now with a strainer. Have about 10-12bags left and I don't think I'll buy again just because of the added work and risk of jamming my auger.

 

[Phil Do's fire.]

Big Heats are recycled construction wood. After using two bags last year it looked like ghost busters slimed the inside of the stove...yuck

 

[iceguy4]

I cant tell the heat from a pellet as I have a boiler. I burned O Malleys last year and the only note I remember was they were the longest pellet I have used. I have burned vermonts, barefoots, summersets, north americans, stove chow, and the list goes on. The only pellet that actually boiled water in my boiler was "green supremes". I had to turn down the feed rate! the only pellet I had to do that with!! just saying