To stir or not to stir, burning wood pellets in multi fuel stove

[BenG]

So, I have the corn stove from Englander and last year I tried burning the Pennington's pellets w/o the stirrer like the manual suggests. Burn pot filled up, flame died down, not getting a lot of heat out of the stove. I put the stirrer back in and I was back in business. This year I am now burning Corrinth, which seems to be a much better pellet, I am wondering if there is any benefit from trying to run the stove w/o the stirrer in. Just wondering if there are any other multifuel stove owners that have some experience in this.

 

[sculptor]

I thought running without the stirrer was only suggested for cherry pits.

 

[imacman]

I thought running without the stirrer was only suggested for cherry pits.

Right you are Sculptor, in reference to our stove, but I'm not sure his is rated for cherry pits.

BenG, if it worked poorly without the stirrer, and worked well WITH the stirrer, what in the world would make you want to take it out again????

"if ain't broke, don't fix it" as my father used to say.

 

[BenG]

Thats a good point, I just wasnt sure if you were supposed to get better heat output or something w/o using the stirrer. My stove is heating the house just fine with the stirrer going so I will just keep on stirring.

 

[imacman]

....I just wasnt sure if you were supposed to get better heat output or something w/o using the stirrer......

The stirrer should have little, if any, effect on heat output, IMO. Glad it works well w/ the stirrer.