First time poster, long time reader and can't tell you how much I appreciate all the info I have gotten from this forum - you folks are the best. I'm hoping to get a little info on an issue/question I have. After a couple of yrs of burning average pellets and thanks to the forum I have started burning a better pellet. I have been burning Barefoots for the past month and been very happy with them. Good heat, little ash, minor issue with clinkers, (I do seem to blast through them quicker I've noticed though.) Minor complaint with the good heat. I have a magnetic wood stove thermometer attached to the outside of the stove and have been getting temps around 280-290 with the barefoots. I found a place that sold Okies and was thrilled to get a chance to try them as I have read that they are fantastic. I cleaned the burnpot and put in a bag expecting great things and have been quite disappointed. My external thermometer is reading around 210-220 which is what I was getting with the Maine Choice I started the season with. They do burn clean but I was expecting more heat. Background info: Good cleaning at start of season, new gaskets, combustion blower cleaning, vent taken off and cleaned, shop vac to whatever I could get to etc. Removed vent pipe abount 10 bags ago and cleaned it again along with another shop vac stint. Old house, minimal insulation. Stove is on an interior wall, vents directly into a brick chiminey. Bottom settings are 3-4-1 and burning at 2-3. No OAK at this point due to placement logistics however I am trying to get a way to put it in. Don't know what other info you might need but I'm wondering if there is a better setting I should be using to get the best heat/burn. Any insight you can give would be greatly appreciated. Many thanks and Happy New Year