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  • Administrator Clinkers and High Ash Build Up
    Written by Administrator

    I clean the stove every day in order to keep the burn pot very clean so that there are no obstructions preventing air to the burn pot through the small holes. Can someone tell me if it is just the quality of pellet that is causing this large amount of ash and clinker? It seems that I should be able to run the stove for a couple of days without cleaning clinkers out of the burn pot.

    Administrator- Yes that sounds like a pellet issue. A "clinker" is unburned material / minerals which have not been eliminated during the drying process. Can you increase your air flow intake?  That might help a bit.   You may also want to try another pellet like a Turman, Cubex or Somersett, Bayou. Pellets made by a hardwood flooring company or mill work company usually use kiln dried wood which is depleted of minerals due to the slower drying process.

     

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Best Wood Pellets for 2011-2012 - "Best of the Best"

The Best East Coast Pellets

The Best Central USA Pellets

The Best West Coast Pellets

My Favorite Wood Pellets Last Winter 2010-2011

Here again are the best wood pellets which I came across last winter 2010-2011;

East Coast 2010

Favorite Hardwood Pellets 2010

New_turman1Turman Wood Pellets: Turman Hardwood Pellets, are 100% Oak hardwood pellet.   You can find a retailer by contacting Pellets Now. Turman pellets are made from solid oak residual from their flooring mill. "Warning" much like your wife, your stove to may start feeling "ignored" or "invisible" due to the lack of cleaning needed while burning these outstanding pellets.

2threebagswhite_1Cubex Hardwood Pellets: Cubex Wood Pellets, with the big old red bag and oak leaf, claim a BTU rating of greater than 9000 and produce a very clean and low ash burn. By Lauzon Distinctive Hardwood Flooring Ltd.. This is a great pellet and winner of "Best Pellet 2010-2011.

3cleanfire hardwood pelletsCleanFire Pellets These little pellets from woodpellet.com have always been good to me. Last year they were my first load of the season.

4barefootBarfoot Hardwood Pellets: Barefoot Pellets are made with clean sawdust and other clean wood waste material primarily generated in the manufacturing of hardwood lumber into various wood products such as kitchen cabinets, hardwood flooring, etc..

My Favorite Softwood Pellets 2010

1vermont wood pelletsVermont Wood Pellets: The "Best Softwood Pellet" I have ever burned are these Vermont Wood Pellets. Actually, if you have been a reader of this website you know I have always been a fan of the west coast softwoods like Okanagan or Blazer and have made comments about mills mills over here or Eastern Canada are just simply not capable of producing a decent (clean, hot and long burning) softwood pellet.

2cleanfire pacific wood pelletsCleanFire Pacific Softwood Pellets: Great Pellets. I have never been able to figure out who bags these pellets but all Douglas fir softwood pellets from the west coast can not be beat. They burn hot and clean. The price is high compared to other pellets on the market but you get what you pay for.

okanagan_pellets3Okanagan Wood Pellets: What can I say, they are the most popular pellet on this website with just over 5 thousand drop ins. Okanagan and Westwood Super Premium pellets are made from 100% softwood sawdust. There are no additives, bark or other possible contaminants. Okanagan's meet the Super Premium standard of the Pellet Fuel Institute. Great Pellet!

My Favorite Blended Wood Pellets 2010

Latest Twin Ports test results for Maine Woods for Neigh Sayers. test_results_11-29-10.pdf

1mainewoods200300small Maine Woods Pellets: I am VERY impressed with these pellets and going to go as far as rating them the #1 best wood pellet for this years heating season. Taking into consideration the price, heat, and ash levels, I think these pellets are by far the best bang for the BTU buck!.

New_england_wood_pellets2. New England Wood Pellets - Jaffrey NH, As the most experienced and largest pellet manufacturer in the northeastern United States, we take a great deal of pride in the quality and craftsmanship that we put in to making our premium-grade pellets.

energex3 Energex CA (Green Bag): Energex Pellets (GREEN BAG FROM CANADA) exceed the PFI's premium grade standard. Their softwood pellets are designed to burn hotter and have been tested to yield a BTU value averaging between 8300 to 8500 BTUs per pound (on a dry basis). Their average ash content is about 0.5% and moisture content is 5% to 6%. There are no sulfur emissions from the pellet fuel.

West Coast 2010

Best Hardwood Pellets

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Best Blended Wood Pellets

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Best Softwood Pellets

1 cleanburnlogoI have only seen ash levels this low one other time. Clean Burn Wood Pellets are great pellets all around.

Wood Pellets burned for 2011-2012 & Cleaning

When your getting used to a new brand of wood pellet, it's important to keep your stove clean and serviced accordingly.  I found a new website which is still in the works but is going to be offering wood pellet stove cleaning & service information.  Keep an eye on it because I think it's going to be pretty cool.  http://pelletstovecleaning.com/

October 2011 pellets I have burned so far;

Greene Team

greenesmallAnother outstanding burn from the brand of wood pellets which I purchased the very first year I owned my stove

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Platinum Fire Wood Pellets

platinum-fire-softwoodThis year the bag that I received in the mail burned better than I remember them doing last year. The heat output was exceptional, ash level was...

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September 2011 pellets I have burned so far;

Olympus Wood Pellets (superior West Coast Pellets)

olympus wood pelletsGreat Pellet, really good heat, long burn time and hardly 0 fines. Or as I like to put it 0.0 like the GPA of Mr. Blutarsky aka John Belushi in Animal House!

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Vermont Softwood Wood Pellets (superior)

vermont-wood-pellets-vtAwesome! Although these pellets are not inexpensive, I'm sure that for every ton of the Vermont Wood Pellets that you burn, your going to be burning about a 1 1/2 tons of any other brand. SO DO THE MATH

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Wood Pellet Reviews Read, Review & Research

Wood Pellet Reviews is getting ready for another great season of burning wood pellets. Heating with wood pellets is great!!! However, the quality of the various pellets available on the market today vary from pellet stove to pellet stove.  Also, ake sure to visit Wood Pellet Price .com for your most up to date wood pellet prices.

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