Stinky Smoke

[Murphy118]

I picked up 4 bags of North American Pellets from the local Lowe's last weekend. I have never seen this brand here before. My wife had the stove burning on the second bag of these and when I came home from work I smelled what I will describe as "sour" smoke. Very un appetiaing. I am so used to smelling the real smoke from the stove that it hit me like a slap in the face. It was definatley the pellets. My neighbor even commented if I changed the "wood" that I was burning, and that she liked the old one better
I also notice a whole lot more ash is produced by them as well as not as much heat, (digital thermo in air stream out of stove, recorded rather regularly). I have been using Prestos till now and am really happy with them,, stove chows were OK, but not as good as 2 years ago, Cheat river s**ked all around. Green supremes were Ok, but not as good as the Prestos.

John

 

[DAKSY]

Stinky, huh? Wonder if somebody snuck some willow into the wood pulp
at the pellet mill? Willow is BY FAR the worst smelling wood I've ever
burned...Even in a campfire pit...Smells just like somebody peed on it...

 

[imacman]

The North American pellets that Lowes sells are just the crappy re-bagged hardwood Curran's.....I burned some and don't like them at all....no heat.

 

[DneprDave]

What does it smell like?

I don't get any smell from my stove, good or bad.

I've only burned two brands, Olympus, and Clean Burn.

Dave

 

[DexterDay]

Presto Logs do smell good burning.

Im regularly outside smelling the vent ;-P

But seriously. Some pellets smell Way better than others. Somersets are another favorite. Just smells like efficient combustion!! :lol:

 

[greg13]

The North Americans I got last week at Lowes were a soft/hardwood mix, Nothing at all like the Currans I burn. They just plain SUCKED (they didn't stink though) , glad I only bought two bags to try.

 

[Dr.Faustus]

my dog peed on 2 bags of my stove chow. not wanting to waste them, in the hopper they went. they really werent wet by the time i discovered this fiasco so the pellets looked normal.

talk about stinky smoke! my road stunk of dog pee for 1.5 days while they burned. i'm suuuuure he loved this.

i dont know if it was the picture of the tree on the bag, or the fact that they smell like trees or a bit of both.

im not bringing him with me into the garage anymore, thats for sure.

 

[Cooper]

my dog peed on 2 bags of my stove chow. not wanting to waste them, in the hopper they went. they really werent wet by the time i discovered this fiasco so the pellets looked normal.

talk about stinky smoke! my road stunk of dog pee for 1.5 days while they burned. i'm suuuuure he loved this.

i dont know if it was the picture of the tree on the bag, or the fact that they smell like trees or a bit of both.

im not bringing him with me into the garage anymore, thats for sure.

Now thats funny!! Good job fido

 

[jrsdws]

Presto Logs do smell good burning.

Im regularly outside smelling the vent ;-P

But seriously. Some pellets smell Way better than others. Somersets are another favorite. Just smells like efficient combustion!! :lol:

Vent sniffer!!

 

[DexterDay]

Presto Logs do smell good burning.

Im regularly outside smelling the vent ;-P

But seriously. Some pellets smell Way better than others. Somersets are another favorite. Just smells like efficient combustion!! :lol:

Vent sniffer!!

Guilty as Charged ;-P