From pellets to corn in a Englander Stove ?

[dlh756]

Does any one out there have any experience burning corn in an England's Stove Works (Summers Heat) Model 10-CPM Multi-Fuel stove. This is my first year burning pellets and I'm thinking of trying corn.

 

[woodsman23]

Corn is more corrosive make sure your exhaust pipe is rated for corn. Corn also is a much dirtier burn than pellets, corn leaves clinkers in the pot and they have to be removed each day. I use a 70/30 mix of corn and pellets with pellets at 70%. Your stove is rated to burn corn so i say why not

 

[stoveguy2esw]

if corn rated pipe was used in the install you should have no problem burning it in that unit , its a multifuel stove designed to burn pellets corn and other biomass such as cherry pits. before you load corn though , look in the manual and find the chapter on setting the unit for different fuels, you must set the unit in mode 5 to burn corn ,and ensure your corn fuel is cleaned (no stalk and other debris if purchased from a feed elevator) before use and that its below 14% moisture, if its above 14% add some crushed oyster shell to help clean up the burn. stove does a great job with corn, be advised though with corn its a bit slower lighting due to the nature of the fuel so if it looks like its struggling when it is started , bear with it for a bit , corn takes more thermal energy to light off and get going.

 

[dlh756]

I do have corn rated pipe, so all I need to do is set the stove to corn mode and give it a try. Nothing to lose.