36 comments

• Comment Link Tuesday, 27 December 2011 23:55 posted by Cindy

  Quadra Class Bay 1200 - 1st season using Stove Chow. At first we liked the pellets - burned hot, somewhat low ash and the stove has backed up and filled the room with smoke 3 times. Each time we manually shut down the unit. The dealer where we bought the stove claims its the Stove Chow pellets. We clean the stove almost every day but definitely on the 2nd day. Has anyone had any issues and if so, can you share how you resolved the issue? Thank you.
• Comment Link Tuesday, 27 December 2011 16:26 posted by Alex Bautochka

  I stared buring pellets since 1994---in a avoln stove made by lopi----I have tryed many brands over the years -----I get a little more ash with stove chow---but they burn better in the pot--and seem to have more btu,s that most brands--just agreat consitant product-and with pellets tahts very good
• Comment Link Sunday, 18 December 2011 02:20 posted by Tonny French

  I own a USSC pellet stove and have very good luck with stove chow. I purchased them at TSC(tractor supply company) locally and normally have bad luck with TSC pellets, the reason I try out a few bags before committing to a ton or more. However after using a few bags of Stove chow I bought a ton as they were found to put out great heat with less glass cleanings and ash content.
• Comment Link Friday, 09 December 2011 13:06 posted by Ron Ayers

  I have tried many brands of pellets in my Harman p-38 including Cubex, Dry Creek and many others, Stove Chow pellets have been the best I have used in the 6 years I have had my stove, Maybe I got a good batch, They put out a ton of heat, Very few fines no long pellets to jam the stove up, They work very well in my Harman stove, I get a little bit of residue on my glass after a few days but it wipes right off easily, I will be buying more if I can find them next year, Got mine at Home Depot and the price was right. Very good value
• Comment Link Friday, 09 December 2011 04:08 posted by Edward

  Napoleon Insert(Np45i) just got it installed this week, bought 2 tons of stove chow from HD, I'm very dissapointed with these pellets, very little heat had to clean the stove after 2 nights of burning, have to clean it again tomorrow there is so much ash in the stove.
  
  A lot of clinkers in the burn pot, not doing a good job, I have single story ranch 1200 sq ft. A friend of mine has a Breckwell and a similar house to mine his house is 80 degrees, my home is struggling to get to 70.
  
  I don't know if it's the stove or the pellets but I will try changing the pellets I'm burning.
  
  Also if I had known the insert was going to be so much trouble to put in I would have bought a stand alone.
• Comment Link Thursday, 08 December 2011 02:16 posted by Don

  My advice to everyone is try it before you buy it. I was all set to buy 2 tons of these after reading all the reviews that sounded great. I bought 3 bags instead and I am so glad they are gone now.I have a breckwell insert. These did not throw much heat and they were very dirty with about 5 big clinkers per bag. Again this is only my opinion but NEVER again will I buy Stove Chow pellets.
• Comment Link Saturday, 19 November 2011 17:35 posted by RB

  This is our second year with a pellet stove, we have an upland 207 which is a great stove for us and like others we've tried different brands of pellets and found Stove Chow to be excellent in our stove, long burning (we get approx 20-22hrs) on 1 bag where others last only about 10-14 hrs, low ash and the heat from them is great, we run our stove on low and it absoultely heats the house,we really like this brand for us Stove Chow and our pellet stove is the perfect combination, also less cleaning with Stove Chow. Love it
• Comment Link Friday, 18 November 2011 13:15 posted by Kwe

  I'm on my 10th season with a small pellet stove, (insert into a fireplace) and have used a variety of snow pellets. I bought a ton of Snow Chow last year and was very disappointed with them - having to frequently clean out the stove. I will never used them again. This year, I've paid more, and am using a Super Premium wood pellet (Okanagan) that has a lower ash content (.5% vs. 1%) and have noticed a big difference. Much cleaner and hotter. I've noticed this difference between the two grades before, but in previous years didn't want to pay the price difference which was over $100 / ton.
  BTW - one of the previous comments made reference to Hamers pellets. They make both a Super Premium (
• Comment Link Sunday, 13 November 2011 14:16 posted by Joe

  I've had my Harman Pellet ProII for about 4 years now and i have tried every pellet known to man in it.. I can say its fussy, Instant heat it goes thru like eating chicklets, with little heat, I've tried Okee's and those caused pellet jams in the hopper.. I started running Stove Chowin the 09/10 heating season and i couldn't believe what this little stove is cabable of throwing out for heat.. i have an 1840's farm house that hasn't been upgraded at all.. I can keep the house whole house at about 78 - 80 degrees in the middle of January burning Stove Chow. No CLinkers, No Pellet Jams, I keep the stove on about 3.5 and burn less than a bag a day, CLean out the ash pan once every 2 weeks and this poor stove runs around the clock. Trouble is this year I am having trouble here in western new England finding them so at the moment I am running Energex America. Not bad but very very incosistant Bag to bag..
  If anyone around Springfield/Hartford Ct knows where I can score some Stove Chow please e mail me moparjoe440@comcast.net..
• Comment Link Sunday, 06 November 2011 17:04 posted by Keith Martin

  I bought a few bags of Stove Chow from HD in Southington , CT , because I was frustrated with my Hamers Hot Ones...This year , Hamers is leaving a LOT of ash and the pot needs cleaning 3 x a day , and the stove has been vibrating with the Hamers....Stove Chow worked GREAT in my Quadra Fire...on the smaller size(good) , Auger-friendly , HOT burning , one bag of stove chow lasted TWICE as long as crappy Hamers , a brand I swore by last season...I will never buy Hamers again , way overpriced and underperforming...I WILL buy Stove Chow again...great value...almost undervalued
• Comment Link Thursday, 31 March 2011 20:25 posted by Joe Rolland

  Junk Pellets never again we have 2 Quad inserts heat 4000 sq ft house. I clean my stoves every week with Stove Chow every other day or had so many clinkers stoves would not light. Bought 8 ton on sale good price but i payed for it in cleaning this winter.Just bought 20 bags of Hamer Pellets no clinkers in a week.I guess you get what you pay for!
• Comment Link Tuesday, 29 March 2011 00:42 posted by Kevin

  at the begining of season we bought stove chow.it was dark green and burnd great, running on # 1 setting on my england stove it woul keep my 1500sqf house about 80-90 deg. with out side temp. in the low teens.after about the first ton I had about a coffie can of ash.When we ran out of the stove chow we could find any more stove chow. So we bought Michigan wood pellet fuel,LLC.I am vary disapoited in this product.it's crumbley,DOES NOT HEET WELL,AND ALOT OF ASH.I have to clean the stove out 3 to 4 times a day.
• Comment Link Tuesday, 15 March 2011 12:37 posted by Dan Snyder

  I am new to the pellet stove world. I have been burning Stove Chow Premeiam white wood in my stove and at the stoves lowest setting and outside air temp at around 30 deg.F My house is 80 deg. F. No problems with feed. I clean out the pot every day with about a handfull of ash.
• Comment Link Thursday, 10 March 2011 01:33 posted by Steiner

  Pellets burn only as good as the stove you're burning them in. That said my St Croix burns everything and anything I throw in it. No clogs, no backups. Some pellets produce more ash but these Stove Chows I'd say produce about the same amount as many of the other pellets I've tried. At $187 a ton I think they are a good pellet with a decent amount of heat.
• Comment Link Monday, 21 February 2011 03:47 posted by gary

  i burned over 3 tons of stove chow pellets this year in my harman xxv without a problem and @ $187 ton how can you beat that. great heat and low ash
• Comment Link Saturday, 19 February 2011 23:41 posted by Calvin

  Just bought 2 bags of stove chow at TSC for $4.79 a bag and just put them in today 7-19-11 at 6:30 pm. I was using natures heat for the past 3 years with no problem, just want to try something different and maby a little better to see if they produce more heat, I will keep you up dated on them in a couple of days
• Comment Link Tuesday, 15 February 2011 20:19 posted by Jeff D

  I paid $179 a ton for the stove chow at Home Depot. I paid $250 a ton for New England hardwood at Mainline. When I filled my quadra fire at night with New England it would be out before I woke up. When i filled my stove with the stovechow, which was substantially cheaper, it was still going when I woke up !!
• Comment Link Thursday, 10 February 2011 02:56 posted by A.C.

  Great heat and low ash in Quadra fire Mt. Vernon. Very satisfied.
• Comment Link Saturday, 05 February 2011 16:26 posted by flattie

  I used 1.5 tons of Stove Chow this season with out any problems in my Breckwell . They are a great value.
  
  I would have bought more but Home Depot ran out. They are selling Nation's Choice which I like even more.
• Comment Link Wednesday, 02 February 2011 14:31 posted by T. MANN

  THESE PELLETS ARE JUNK. NO FLY ASH. THINK THEY ADD HORSE SHIT TO THEM. BURN POT NEEDS TO BE CLEANED OUT 8 TIMES A DAY.
• Comment Link Wednesday, 02 February 2011 00:03 posted by Shawn

  I bought two tons in the fall at HD, They were great, burnt well, low ash, high heat, low dust. They were greenish blue in color. Some of the best pellets I've burnt.
  
  I went back and got more after the first two tons ran out HD had them at a lower price and I have found the new pellets are trash. These new pellets are light in color, high dust, coarse and grainy ash, softer pellets. I can't keep the burn pot clean, lots of clinkers. I have found the new cheaper pellets are just that cheap. Low heat and lots more cleaning. They should change back to the
  old formula. I won't buy again unless they do.
• Comment Link Sunday, 30 January 2011 18:40 posted by robert

  I
  have found that stove choe pellets are one of the beast pellets i have used. The ash is very fine and not alot of it,very hot burning.Tried alot of different pellets in my thelin and they seem to work the best.
• Comment Link Sunday, 30 January 2011 14:33 posted by kevin

  Stove Chow pellets are the best I have used. Low ash, burn pot stays clear, easy clean up, glass stays clean, easy to start and 1 bag will heat my house for 12 hours straight. I am using a jamestown insert. other pellets for me have been a baby sitting nightmare!! Buy bags that arn't out in the elements like so many home centers im my area store them. found a ton of them snow covered at a local home depot.(didn't buy)
• Comment Link Saturday, 29 January 2011 03:03 posted by Nazz

  No problems with stove chow pellets. I was burning energex pellets also with no problems..I think stove chow is energex just rebagged. Harman stove has no problems buring either brand and they seem to burn exactly the same (heat output and ash) Purchased stove chow pellets at my local Lowes 1 ton for $187.00 had a 10% coupon ending paying $168.50 no tax.. For $168.50 great deal and will buy stove chow again.
• Comment Link Wednesday, 26 January 2011 02:00 posted by MIKE

  I think they are junk. Way to much work to keep stove running rite. Never had this much truble with any other pellets I have used. I have been burning pellets for seven years. NEED I SAY MORE. WILL NEVER BUY AGAIN!
• Comment Link Monday, 24 January 2011 11:39 posted by allison

  Hello, I have been using a Harmon insert for three years. I have tried many different brands of pellets primarily sold by pellet dealers. They were priced high, approx. $259 ton. I started trying different pellets from Home Depot, Lowes....The price was dramatically lower, $72 less per ton. I am currently burning Inferno Pellets, seem to burn ok. However, my concern now is that the ash seems to coarse and grainy. It turns into a hard caked like block that actually builds up like a block and eases off the butn pot and drops off when it is too large to hang off the edge anymore. When I go to scrape the substance off of the puter part of the pot, the mass is a hardend block. It is very grainy. It makes ash clean up less dirty, but I am afraid it will block up the venting mechanism underneath. Why is the ask like this? Is there something added to the pellet to cause this? Am I burning something other than just wood? I will be glad whrn the Pellet Institute increases their regulations, then maybe none of us will have to play the pellet testing game anymore.
• Comment Link Sunday, 23 January 2011 17:58 posted by John R

  I think each stove burns pellets differently. My Breckwell burns terrible on either Lignetics or Pennington. Now I am just trying a few bags of different brands to se what might work better in my stove. So far Stove Chow is doing fine. I also have a few bags of Nations Choice to try. Got them each at Home Depot for a very good price.
• Comment Link Sunday, 23 January 2011 15:31 posted by Pats fans

  We bought a few bags of Stove Chow in between deliveries - HD stocked these after the ton of Freedom Fuel we bought in December. HUGE difference in maintenance - the burn pot clogs up daily, the pellets ride up the shoot - husband says they burn hotter; I say its not worth the extra effort (I do the cleaning). We use a Breckwell P22 Maverick insert
• Comment Link Saturday, 22 January 2011 13:36 posted by 1ifbyland

  I agree with George. I bought my STOVE CHOW at the MOnroe, NY HOme Depot at bargain prices and have had nothing but trouble ever since. My Castille needs to be cleaned twice a day now and the glass smokes up after an hour of burning. The pellet size ranges from B.B. to broken pencil, but mostly dust or fines that jam up the feed motor and coat the drop chute until pellets begin to back up. I almost bought 4 tons at the $189 price but thankfully settled on one. I've 20 bags left that I'll probably end up using for driveway traction...Never Again
• Comment Link Saturday, 22 January 2011 02:48 posted by Ken

  I just bought a ton from HD and so far so good,they are feeding well through the auger and burning hot. I don't know if HD is dumping them but at 187.00 a ton you can't go wrong
• Comment Link Friday, 21 January 2011 14:38 posted by Bobj

  Stove Chow pellets work GREAT for me. Easy lighting, HOT burning. The usual amount of ash(low). Less expensive.
• Comment Link Thursday, 20 January 2011 01:32 posted by Ray

  I would recommend stove chow pellets,they are the best pellets I have used so far the heat is wonderful.
• Comment Link Monday, 17 January 2011 19:10 posted by todd tondalo

  stove chow in my pellet stove work mint they dont get hung up in the hopper and leave less ash then the other brand i used they are alot hotter than the brand i used before
• Comment Link Thursday, 06 January 2011 19:53 posted by Dick

  I'm having to deal with a lot of extra work by having to clean the burn pot out after each bag. If I don't it just cakes up the air holes until it's solid and the flame goes out. There has to be a lot of contaminants in the pellets. Ash is okay. Bought them at HD because they had a great extra discount based on how many tons you ordered. (3 in my case)
• Comment Link Tuesday, 28 December 2010 00:51 posted by jjh

  stove chow burned much hotter and with a lot less ash than the new england pellets i have used in the past. No problems with Stove Chow. I will not buy Newengland again .
• Comment Link Tuesday, 21 December 2010 20:28 posted by George*

  The 2010 stove chow pellets are garbage. last year was OK, now its like trying to burn dirt. 4 times the ash half the heat. HD just cut the price 20 percent to dump them. never again*