Burning pellets in a wood burning stove?

seasicksteve999

Hopefully this isn't something thats been gone over prev? I couldn't find anything....

Does or has anyone burnt wood pellets on a WOOD burning stove?
Apprenlty pellets just smolder and wont burn correctly
But I found this link and wondered if anyone has one or if theres a UK version



Bradleyburner.com
Since pellets are so cheap and long lasting thought it maybe a good idea?

alleycat`

My initial thought is I can buy a lot of fuel for $200 + anything up to $250 shipping.

I'd be interested to know how long a load burns for and how easy it is to reload.

It's all well and good adding them to start with but adding lose handfuls of pellets to a burning fire would be interesting.

Pellets have a high surface area so they should burn incredibly quickly which might make the reload time very short.

Greenfires

Not the easiest things to burn in a stove not intended to use them. However, the way to do it is to fill up the stove first, then light the pellets from the top. Takes a while to get established but lasts quite a while. Tends to be more of a batch burn thing though - if you chuck more pellets on top of the fire once it's going you'll tend to get an awful lot of smoke for a while then a big bang once all the gases coming off the pellets get hot enough to burn - and the whole lot catches at once, often blowing soot all over the place and making you jump out of your skin! I've also heard of it blowing stove glass out when it goes. Personally I think you'd be better using traditional logs and better still using briquettes - we certainly wouldn't change here.