Potomac pellets

[timinct]

As a newb I am trying different pellets to see which one I get the best results with. Bought 2 bags of Potomac from Lowes yesterday. I opened a bag this morning to use and saw wood chunks. This made me start sifting through the bag as I poured them into the hopper. The pic below shows all that I picked out. I am sure I missed a lot as well. Also in the pic is the size difference in pellets.

Am I being to picky here? Is this acceptable? I have not experienced this in any of the other brands that I have tried. I am running a Breckwell P23 insert. Would the auger get caught up on pieces this size? I would rather not find out the hard way. Thanks for the input.

Tim

 

[stoveguy2esw]

ugly! i ran a few bags of them earlier this season , wasnt happy with them at all, though they burned clean they coned out in the hopper and wouldnt feed out without having to go to the stove and rake em down several times a day

 

[Fsappo]

finding wood chips in a bag of pellets never happened to me. But then again, you buy pellets from Lowes, HD or Walmart you're always taking a risk as far as I'm concerned. I would bring them back

 

[smwilliamson]

Met Mason Whitlock, VP for Potomac biomass, really down to earth nice guy. [email protected] • (804) 472-2527, give him a call.

 

[Meneillys]

I would be a bit worried about the length of the pellets also depending on how hard they are to break.