Corn Stove Basics?

[LRRifleman]

Hello,

This is a dumb question, but I need to ask. FOr long time, I have wanted to get a small farm and grow corn (among soe other items), and use the corn to fuel a corn stove for my home. Sadly, tese plans have beentemporarily deayed, but I still am planning. When I bought a wood pellet stove for my home, the dealer seemed to be very discouraging about corn stoves, claiming they needed a high degree of maintenance and frequent cleaning because of the residual sugar from burning corn. Is this true?

Thank you for your advice!

 

[CJ-SR4ever]

Corn stove will indeed need more attention as far as cleaning and maintnence, but I guess that depends what stove you have. I have seen some really nice multi-fuel stove that dont need that much attention. Enviro has the M55 and the Maxx-M which has a very nice burn pot agitator design.

 

[imacman]

Many pellet stoves will burn a 50/50 pellet/corn mixture, and will do so pretty easliy, but if you want to burn 100% corn, either a dedicated corn stove, or at the very least a multi-fueler as mentioned above should be considered.

Also, don't forget that you need an exhaust system that is corn-rated.....a little more $$.

In addition to the models mentioned above, I have an Englander 10-cpm multi-fuel unit that burns corn very nicely. Another model that will burn corn easily is the Bixby. It is somewhat unique in that it has built-in cutter that cuts off the "biscuit" that forms from the corn after burning.

Here's a video showing the Bixby:

www.youtube.com/watch?v=arUEQ1q4sIk

Also, this website is a forum specifically for corn burners....a LOT of good info there:

http://forum.iburncorn.com/index.php

 

[Fsappo]

I have two stoves in our showroom that I burned coal in full time. A little more cleaning, but thats it. Get the right stove, plant enough corn to give ya 4 or 5 tons a year, dry it down to 12% or so and your one step futher from the grid.

One of the stoves we have works off a 12 volt system, so a little solar panel hooked to a battery bank would run it.

That, some livestock and a garden and your all set!

 

[jtakeman]

Here is a link to the new IBC forum. The old forum has good info but its locked. If you want to post a question you will need to join the new forum.

http://www.iburncorn.com./new-forum