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  1. referee38 New Member

    joined: Mar 27, 2011
    96 posts
    Eastern Pa
    I was at Home depot today and they had at least 14 tons of stove chow sitting near the doors under an over hanging roof. I did not see a price but looks like they just showed up. Is this brand any good? I may buy a few bags just to see how they burn I need to go back there in a day or two.

    Ed
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  2. Trickyrick Feeling the Heat

    joined: Oct 23, 2009
    267 posts
    Western MA/ Eastern NY
    They are just OK. More ash than I like and not as hot as summersets, Lignetics or green teams.
  3. Pelletfisky Member

    joined: Jan 3, 2012
    118 posts
    Eastern Pennsylvania
    Whitehall Home Depot $209 a ton! Not bad at all!!
  4. gyingling Member

    joined: Aug 13, 2010
    127 posts
    south central PA
    They're OK, depends on the stove.

    I've run some through my more pellet picky stove, they were just alright.

    Appeared to burn white and hotter, but left crud and extra ash in my burnpot.

    If cheap and your stove will eat them without complaint, go for it!
  5. mr coffee Member

    joined: Dec 12, 2011
    138 posts
    pennsyltuckey
    stacks of them... home depot at macarthur is OUT
  6. Pellet-King Minister of Fire

    joined: Nov 30, 2008
    794 posts
    Northern Ct
    Bullshit there OK!!, I'm burning Somerset's and Chow and i'd say the Chow burn just as hot and have the same low ash!
    Very Good/Excellent Pellet for $209!!
    I'll buy them all day/year long, Somerset's around here at Lowes are LONG GONE!!
    That was 2010's Green Team/Somerset bonanza!!
    Now they sell Presto Crap and Green Supreme Poop!
  7. goathead Member

    joined: Jan 17, 2009
    71 posts
    Northern CT
    I burned them last year and they were trash, ridiculous amounts of ash. I'd avoid them like HIV. Switched back to new england wood pellets.
  8. mithesaint Member

    joined: Nov 1, 2011
    197 posts
    NW Ohio
    They're ok. Decent shoulder pellet, but you can do a lot better with a big box pellet. I'd take the Prestos or the AWF or the somerset over stove chow any day.
  9. rich2500 Member

    joined: Nov 19, 2005
    65 posts
    S E Pa.
    the past two years I burned stove chow and they where pretty decent,got some this year and they don't put out the heat like they used too.
  10. 1Dtml Feeling the Heat

    joined: Nov 22, 2011
    298 posts
    CT
    Buy and burn a few bags seems to be the best solution. ;-)

    Chow was my first pellet, and they were not the best, but I have since leaned to dial in my stove settings, so mine was not a fair test of Chow.

    1D
  11. kmapsrule Member

    joined: Oct 27, 2011
    41 posts
    Southern Tier, NY
    Agreed
    Buy and try is the best method!

    Stove Chow puts out more heat from my stove than the NEWPs do with about the same ash level,
    Home Depot in Johnson City, NY has them for 3.97 a bag or 197 a ton
    Trying to keep the stash from falling below 2 tons, gonna go grab some chow today actually
  12. Indiana Member

    joined: Dec 5, 2010
    216 posts
    South Jersey
    Went through 3 ton last year. Best pellet so far.

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