I am about through my first ton on starlite pellets that came from Big R they are very dusty and small pellets.Put out ok heat but i'm not going to buy them again . the last time I was at Big R talked to a guy and he said they had switched brands because of too many complaints!

I'm very happy with my PC 45 but have one question the front glass has a lot of ash that sticks to it not that big of a deal just would like for it to stay cleaner for viewing. any ideas?

I had the same problem with the pellet front I think you will like the corn set up alot better mine has ran for five days and all i have done is put pellets in the hopper I have not dumped ashes which I done every day when burning straight corn

It does not make any difference I have the dip switches set for pellets and run the corn setup I use the stir rod I have the open front for the burnpot but i dont like it

For the second year I have gone straight pellets and loving it . They are cleaner and a lot less trouble than corn . I have extended the room temp probe on my PC 45 by ten feet just around the corner from my stove where it no longer blows on it and it is like a totally different stove keeps 2000 sq foot ranch style house at 72 degrees very comfortable

thinking of replacing my harman pc 45 looking at bixby any ideas on if it would be a good idea ? would like anyones thoughts

yes ive burnt a blend of corn and pellets for three years.i bought the pellet kit and my stove didnot put out good heat until i took out the exhaust ring with the bigger hole (the one for pellets) and put in the one with the small hole (for corn)and we are warm and toasty with straight pellets now my question is why do i not get good heat with the pellet kit

As most with the price of corn I am burning pellets . My question is with my pc 45 I seem to get more heat with the corn set up than the pellet set up ? Just want to see if its me or has any one else noticed this .

I have burnt corn for five years but with the corn prices and the farmer I buy from not keeping corn to burn I am switching to pellets. Im thinking it is going to be a lot less work than the corn. Here is the question should I run the pellets through my cleaner ? It would stop some dust I know but that is the only think I can think of. Any ideas ?

In one of the posts they said that white ash in the stove was a hot fire and black ash was a cool fire. my pc45 is always black is this good or bad ? the stove runs great lots of heat and I only have to clean it about once a week. the feed rate is on 3.5 on room temp and burning a mix of corn and pellets two feed scoops of corn to one scoop of pellets. no trouble just asking

my pc 45 will make a lot of noise sometimes when the feed motor runs and i decided that a piece of corn was getting under the stur rod

straight corn

I have been using crisco shorting and coating my stir rods then wrapping them in foil and putting on top of my stove (like you would season a cast iron skillet) then when i clean the stove i unwrap one and put it in. I have been running five and six days with very little ash sticking give it a try I think you like what you see

I may be a redneck but I'm a warm redneck

the guy I buy corn from charges market price for the day I just got my second 50 bushel load for $5.70 a bushel

pellets do not need to be cleaned but the cleaner the fuel you use in your stove the cleaner it will burn and the cleaner the stove will be

my feed rate is #3 on start up it acts like it wants to fill the burn pot but once it burns a while it will burn it down and run for a week at a time with no trouble

I am using 1 1/2 pvc a bucket for a hopper and down into a wye where i add my blower it goes 10 feet up into my bin. my question is if i add air between the bucket and wye will i increase my rate and What would be the best way to add air