A scorecard of pellet brands, with ash, BTUs, and some method of recording preferences

[Chip B]

It's that time of year again, to sift through the options, hopefully to pick pellets that will actually not gum up the works.

Someone once suggested a "sticky" page on this site showing many makes and models of wood pellets, with some comparison data and a place for members to "like" or "dislike" a particular pellet.

Maybe jtakeman and others would contribute their researches, and all those with enough experience would contribute their Ten Best Pellets lists?

Did this ever get any traction?

 

[jtakeman]

About as much interest as this thread is getting by the looks of it. I'll bump it up for ya if it helps?

One pellet I took a shine too was La Crete's. And the Barefoots in your sig would make my top ten list easy. Hamers are another as well. But these all carry healthy price tags, So budget also comes to play if your frugal like me. On the cheaper side of it, I like Stove Chow-AWF-FSU and Timber Heats. But thats just my 2 cents.

Problem with pellets is they change from season to season and batch to batch. So what's said today may not be worthy tomorrow? Most pellet bags have the spec's they use for the mill standards on the bags and are usually about all you need to look at. Many sites have chat's on the stand outs.

 

[Boomer Sailor]

I've only had 1 winter with my 52i.... and only burned Barefoot, but my 'approximate' amount of ash from what I remember from buring 3 tons of Barefoot was that my metal garbage can (not sure how may 'gallons' it is... but the standard size of a metal garbage can from what we probably all had as children to take out to the curb) was about 1/2 - 2/3rd full.

If you can wait until April / May 2015, I can tell you how my LaCretes perform! (hope I remember lol )

 

[Curt-Lennox- Winslow]

Energex softwood 269.99
Easy Heat 80/20 Blend 249.99
LeCretes 299.99
My question is are LeCretes really worth the extra 50.00 or should I go with Energex Softwood? LG pellets burned the best in my stove but I can't find any this year.

 

[Boomer Sailor]

Energex softwood 269.99
Easy Heat 80/20 Blend 249.99
LeCretes 299.99
My question is are LeCretes really worth the extra 50.00 or should I go with Energex Softwood? LG pellets burned the best in my stove but I can't find any this year.

From what I've been reading on this site, people LOVE LaCretes - maybe only less than Okanagan Douglas Fir... but those are like $350/ton IF you can even find them! I would imagine you being in NH that the extra BTUs in LaCretes over some other choices will serve you well when winter really kicks in - plus the lower ash content has to be better for your stove as well as your cleaning time. So as for today, YES they are worth it... but we can compare notes in January and see if everyone else was correct. I would just suggest if you can get your entire winter supply delivered sooner rather than later, that will be your best bet regardless of what you get delivered - an empty stove doesn't give off too much heat lol!