Carl,
I have burned a 50 / 50 corn pellet mix in my P68 numerous times now. Personally I prefer 100% pellets simply because cleaning my stove is easier that way. Corn is a little more messy and sticky. No big deal really and the cheap corn cost far outweighs any of the cons. Corn is good and especially if you have local access and it is cheaper than pellets like it is currently. I would have zero issues burning corn and I very well may if pellet prices continue to climb in the future and the corn stays lower in costs. The guy I bought my PC45 from only used 100% corn and that stove can run 100% no problem. You can also plug in burning corn in the search bar here. Many threads about it.
Corn burns fine and hot as long as it is dry enough. Right now I am simply too busy and just haven't gone and bought a bunch of corn. There are several corn burners that frequent this forum. John, Rona, Bio to mention a few and they have a lot of experience with corn. I tend to agree with Batchman and feel once the fire is rolling more corn could be introduced. But that is just my thought. Many like the mix because it seems to burn better and not as messy from what I have read and heard.
Only way to get a feel for it is to go buy a bag or two at TSC or similar place and give it a try. The corn is clean and dry but it is expensive to buy it that way at like $8 bucks for a 50 lb. bag. That's what I did. I liked it but the inside of the stove got a little more messed but nothing horrible nor a deal breaker. Best way to get corn is in bulk and I've seen people getting it for $130 bucks per ton so that way it is half as much as a ton of pellets. Pits are cheaper too and offer more BTU's. I'd use pits if I had the option. $125 per bulk ton is a no brainer as with bulk corn. Keep in mind there is likely more work processing the bulk stuff as many here mentioned they have to get junk cleaned out so a bit more time but well worth the savings probably.
I almost also bought a Cab 50 from Farm & Fleet. Then I found the PC45 on CL for a good deal ($1,600 in near new condition except the inside was trashed from lack of proper cleaning) so I went with it instead. The Cab 50 is a great stove for the price. I think they had it for $1,200 plus about another $300 with tax and shipping ($1,500 actual cost) last fall when I was looking but I have read here that someone said F & F is not going to sell them anymore or the online deal is gone. Not 100% on that but maybe they marked down the remaining????
I am not sure cherry pit would work in your stove or my 68. Probably but haven't heard of anyone doing it. Hopefully someone can verify and / or shed some light on this. I imagine my PC45 would but again I'm not positive. I do not have access to pits anyway. Snowy Rivers here burns Pecan shells if I recall and gets them for about free so she has it figured out. Lucky Gal! She runs older Whit stoves.
I have burned a 50 / 50 corn pellet mix in my P68 numerous times now. Personally I prefer 100% pellets simply because cleaning my stove is easier that way. Corn is a little more messy and sticky. No big deal really and the cheap corn cost far outweighs any of the cons. Corn is good and especially if you have local access and it is cheaper than pellets like it is currently. I would have zero issues burning corn and I very well may if pellet prices continue to climb in the future and the corn stays lower in costs. The guy I bought my PC45 from only used 100% corn and that stove can run 100% no problem. You can also plug in burning corn in the search bar here. Many threads about it.
Corn burns fine and hot as long as it is dry enough. Right now I am simply too busy and just haven't gone and bought a bunch of corn. There are several corn burners that frequent this forum. John, Rona, Bio to mention a few and they have a lot of experience with corn. I tend to agree with Batchman and feel once the fire is rolling more corn could be introduced. But that is just my thought. Many like the mix because it seems to burn better and not as messy from what I have read and heard.
Only way to get a feel for it is to go buy a bag or two at TSC or similar place and give it a try. The corn is clean and dry but it is expensive to buy it that way at like $8 bucks for a 50 lb. bag. That's what I did. I liked it but the inside of the stove got a little more messed but nothing horrible nor a deal breaker. Best way to get corn is in bulk and I've seen people getting it for $130 bucks per ton so that way it is half as much as a ton of pellets. Pits are cheaper too and offer more BTU's. I'd use pits if I had the option. $125 per bulk ton is a no brainer as with bulk corn. Keep in mind there is likely more work processing the bulk stuff as many here mentioned they have to get junk cleaned out so a bit more time but well worth the savings probably.
I almost also bought a Cab 50 from Farm & Fleet. Then I found the PC45 on CL for a good deal ($1,600 in near new condition except the inside was trashed from lack of proper cleaning) so I went with it instead. The Cab 50 is a great stove for the price. I think they had it for $1,200 plus about another $300 with tax and shipping ($1,500 actual cost) last fall when I was looking but I have read here that someone said F & F is not going to sell them anymore or the online deal is gone. Not 100% on that but maybe they marked down the remaining????
I am not sure cherry pit would work in your stove or my 68. Probably but haven't heard of anyone doing it. Hopefully someone can verify and / or shed some light on this. I imagine my PC45 would but again I'm not positive. I do not have access to pits anyway. Snowy Rivers here burns Pecan shells if I recall and gets them for about free so she has it figured out. Lucky Gal! She runs older Whit stoves.
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