Anyone have experience with grass pellets in St Croix stoves?
Considering Enviro M55 or St Croix Lancaster/Greenfield for burning switch or other grass pellets.
Concerned that St Croix will not handle high ash. Cornell Univ grass pellet tests and Pelheat literature really emphasize the critical nature of getting that ash out of the burn pot. Most if not all of the tested stove failures were due to this. But if St. Croix has no stirring (which apparently does well for corn) how can they burn high ash grass pellets? (Also sounds like these stove have lots of nooks and crannies - high ash nightmare?)
St Criox FAQ: Q - Why don’t St. Croix multi-fuel stoves have a stirring mechanism? A - St. Croix multi-fuel stoves burn clean and intense by not stirring the pot. This technology also eliminates mechanical parts that would have to operate in the hottest part of the stove.
Expect that M55 will work well, but it is a really big stove for our house and mild winters. Concerned that it will always be burning too low, glass cleaning....
Any thoughts would be greatly appreciated!!
thanks
Considering Enviro M55 or St Croix Lancaster/Greenfield for burning switch or other grass pellets.
Concerned that St Croix will not handle high ash. Cornell Univ grass pellet tests and Pelheat literature really emphasize the critical nature of getting that ash out of the burn pot. Most if not all of the tested stove failures were due to this. But if St. Croix has no stirring (which apparently does well for corn) how can they burn high ash grass pellets? (Also sounds like these stove have lots of nooks and crannies - high ash nightmare?)
St Criox FAQ: Q - Why don’t St. Croix multi-fuel stoves have a stirring mechanism? A - St. Croix multi-fuel stoves burn clean and intense by not stirring the pot. This technology also eliminates mechanical parts that would have to operate in the hottest part of the stove.
Expect that M55 will work well, but it is a really big stove for our house and mild winters. Concerned that it will always be burning too low, glass cleaning....
Any thoughts would be greatly appreciated!!
thanks