When I got my pellet stove in January the dealer threw in some Somerset pellets which of course burned great. I had been lurking here on the forums for awhile soaking up as much as I could so I was excited to be getting a top notch pellet. Then I found that the local Lowe's was selling them for 3.85 a bag so I bought them and hauled them home ten at a time. When they ran out the guy at Lowe's said don't worry more coming in soon and they should be the same but they're all the same anyway. The ones that did come in were Wood Fiber Inc which are somewhere between a shoulder pellet and kitty litter. All the other dealers had nothing but mediocre pellets at best. I was close to going with Indecks because I hadn't actually tried them myself when I saw a news broadcast about protests at a wood pellet mill in Boyne City. I live close so I researched and saw Jay T. paid them a complement so I went to the plant ( Kirtland Products ) and bought ten bags to try. Had to go inside and pick them off the pallet about twenty feet from the end of the line, talk about fresh. After two bags I have to say I am very happy. I keep a magnetic stack thermometer on the front of the plenum between the slots for the convection air, no heat tubes on my Heatilator PS 50 and I was reading 455-460 on high which was actually about 5 degrees more than with my beloved Somersets. Ash seems a little fluffier. We might never get Somersets way up here again but we do seem to have a very good pellet being made right here locally.