Testing some new pellets from TSC, hotter, cleaner and fewer stove cleanings

[Doug Doty]

I am running a 8 bag test of some generic pellets right now and the stove body is collecting some ash but my pot is staying clean in the bottom and I have not had to clean in 4 days now and I am seeing no change in the flame pattern. This is fantastic for these Bay Front cheapie stoves as they are cleaning intense. I could not previously trust it to run the second day so I had to clean every day. I was wanting to go back and test some of the TSC pellets from the beginning of a stove clean to the next cleaning so I stopped to get some and they had changed pellets to something new from what I had bought a month ago but I decided to do it anyway since it is what they have right now. Has turned out great !! they burn 10-30 degrees hotter on the stove top and the air heat output out the front of the stove Bag looks generic but says Ozark hardwood Products ?? They are double the length on average and much darker colored than the Easy Heats I stocked up on for the winter.

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[dawg1419]

My TSC only had O'malleys. Lil bit more ash than the white lightning I burned earlier in the week but heat seems the same

 

[ken372]

I am running a 8 bag test of some generic pellets right now and the stove body is collecting some ash but my pot is staying clean in the bottom and I have not had to clean in 4 days now and I am seeing no change in the flame pattern. This is fantastic for these Bay Front cheapie stoves as they are cleaning intense. I could not previously trust it to run the second day so I had to clean every day. I was wanting to go back and test some of the TSC pellets from the beginning of a stove clean to the next cleaning so I stopped to get some and they had changed pellets to something new from what I had bought a month ago but I decided to do it anyway since it is what they have right now. Has turned out great !! they burn 10-30 degrees hotter on the stove top and the air heat output out the front of the stove Bag looks generic but says Ozark hardwood Products ?? They are double the length on average and much darker colored than the Easy Heats I stocked up on for the winter.

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I bought some of these a few wks ago at tsc and love them my englander stays real clean with them too and they really throw the heat I got a ton stashed for next month.

 

[Doug Doty]

Ya, I need another pallet of these to round out my winter fuel supply but my car trailer I haul on is full so I have to set them in the back of the truck and hand unload so been putting it off. If I buy the Easy Heats from my stove dealer he stores in his dry whse. and we go get a week or two supply as we want, close by and kind of nice. I only loaded my trailer down in Nov. cause I did not know what supplies would get to be like later and he was out at the time.

 

[ken372]

I was lucky to get the ton of them I got I'm not a big fan of our local tsc they have tons of pellets but they are all outside and there's lots of open skids and the pellets are soaked.they seem to just open skids and let people take bags then just leave the skids sit there open it's a shame I said something to one of the workers when I bought our ton and the guys response was oh well they are there if people want them!

 

[LordmetalZ28]

Hows the auger doing with these longer pellets?

 

[ken372]

Hows the auger doing with these longer pellets?

I have seen some long ones but not that many so far my stove does fine with them

 

[Peterfield]

One thing I like about TSC is they didn't gouge us with ridiculous prices like other vendors did in our area. The TSC near me also has the same price on any brand they carry so you can pay for a dozen bags and then go back to their self-serve area and mix and match to try different brands if you want.

 

[dawg1419]

One ting I like about TSC is they didn't gouge us with ridiculous prices like other vendors did in our area. The TSC near me also has the same price on any brand they carry so you can pay for a dozen bags and then go back to their self-serve area and mix and match to try different brands if you want.

Thats good. Mine only had a pallet and when they run out that was all. I was told they are out of season lol. Kinda crazy seeing how its yet to get cold

 

[Doug Doty]

My auger is doing fine with the long pellets but with that said it does seem just a small tad more consistant in flame height with shorter ones. Just a bit more up and down with the longer but the average throughout 8 bags was 25 degrees hotter than with Easy Heats.

 

[Tonyray]

My TSC only had O'malleys. Lil bit more ash than the white lightning I burned earlier in the week but heat seems the same

I like the O'Malley's but noticed I get some very hard carbon deposits in the burnpot..
not alot, but hard as nails.

 

[F4jock]

Today makes a month burning Lignetics with no cleaning other than dumping ashes once and cleaning the firepot once. Was thinking of trying those but am on target to zero out pellets with end of heating season so no incentive to make the 30 mile trip to TSC.

 

[LordmetalZ28]

Today makes a month burning Lignetics with no cleaning other than dumping ashes once and cleaning the firepot once. Was thinking of trying those but am on target to zero out pellets with end of heating season so no incentive to make the 30 mile trip to TSC.

Can never have to many pellets

 

[lagger]

bought 4 bags of these yesterday from one of my 3 TSC stores.. they will be loaded tonight.. I sift my pellets and these had almost no dust and less fines than any other I have used to date (GS, Timber Heats, Heatr's, Big Heats, and NEWPs)

 

[Doug Doty]

I just finished the 8 bags and they ran very consistent

 

[F4jock]

Can never have to many pellets

Tell that to my beautiful child bride! She values her garage space. Happy wife, happy life!

 

[joed2323]

Wow. Good to hear you guys praise these. My local tsc has these along with lignetics and the great Olympus Douglas for pellets

 

[Mr._Graybeard]

A more mixed review here for Ozark Hardwood pellets. Yes, they burn consistently and have very little dust and fines. But they produce a lot of dense ash. I've been emptying my Harman boiler's ash pan after about half a ton of these. On the up side, the ash drops straight into the pan and doesn't fly around too much.

The other thing about them is that the heat isn't that great. Getting my boiler from 140 to 180 degrees takes twice as long as when I'm burning Indecks (I timed it).

 

[joed2323]

A more mixed review here for Ozark Hardwood pellets. Yes, they burn consistently and have very little dust and fines. But they produce a lot of dense ash. I've been emptying my Harman boiler's ash pan after about half a ton of these. On the up side, the ash drops straight into the pan and doesn't fly around too much.

The other thing about them is that the heat isn't that great. Getting my boiler from 140 to 180 degrees takes twice as long as when I'm burning Indecks (I timed it).

So you like indecks more I take it?

I have mixed feelings for these, I don't not like them but I don't love them either. Its kind of a toss up between ligetics and indecks for me

 

[Mr._Graybeard]

So you like indecks more I take it?

I have mixed feelings for these, I don't not like them but I don't love them either. Its kind of a toss up between ligetics and indecks for me

After burning a ton of each this year (yep, I'm at 2 tons, October and November were chilly), yes, I prefer this year's Indecks to Ozark Hardwoods.