At this point in my first year doing the pellet thing, I am starting to wonder if I might be better off switching to a pellet furnace. Up until I switched to pellets ,I burned 4 to 5 cords of hardwood to heat my 1800 sq ft ranch style house for the winter. So far this year, I have burned 251 bags in 2 pellet stoves and I figure I will be between 6 and 7 tons by the end of the heating season. At the going price in this area of 5 to 7 dollars a bag it ain't cheap. I love the convience of the pellets as opposed to wood, but would I use less if I were firing a pellet furnace as opposed to the two stoves? I was wondering if anyone out there has had simiar experience with this?