In general what have pellet (Guru's ) noticed about the actual pellet color , I thought I read in a past post that the darker the pellet ,the hotter the burn and less ash ?????, I bought a couple bags of Green Way and it was light colored, seemed like a lot more ash in the stove. It was at the Lowe's in Middletown ,De. for $187.00. The co-worker of mine who said the the Home Depot had Stove Chow must have had a clinker in his head , They had Pennington for $187.00, and I've seen the Crappy reviews it gets. Thanks CE