Are northern warmth supreme Douglas fir with $400 a ton?

My matras seem small. The longest ones are about maybe an inch and most are like 1/2”. They seem to be a lot shorter then the northern warmth supremes. Should I turn down or up the feed rate with shorter pellets? I have it set at about “4” now. What would give me more heat higher or lower?

 

INTERESTING. because 1" is kinda long for a pellet IMHO.. Is the pictures of the pellets Matras or The doug firs? you didn't specify if your NOT getting enough heat or, just asking in general about pellet sizes..?

my Matras we're longer the the EZBlaze pellets i was burning which are small kernal size.. some Matra pieces we're at least 1 " or more but a small portion in the bag.
had to up the feed rate on the Matras from #3 to #4 to get same heat temperature as the Blaze.
anyways,
Higher feed rate will technically give you more heat but at the exspense of using more pellets than your burnpot needs if they are VERY small .
the rule of thumb is: longer pellets- higher feed rate .. small pellets- lower the feed rate.:
[ long pellets will not fill up your burnpot with as much fuel as small pellets therefore less heat output IF you keep the feed rate the same for long and short pellets.
btw:
some people have new homes so crazy air tight that they could light a few matches and heat would stay in the house so maybe they would not bother to change the feed rate for small or long pellets..

 

Those were matras. Every bag I have opened has had pellets this small. I noticed they were smaller then the Douglas firs.

 

2nd post:

Guess its the batch differences. Mine were longer. These here are ezblaze which are kernal size.

 

These are matras. In bag and hopper

 

never thought i would say this to a guy, but mine's smaller than yours!!
anyways,
are u getting the heat you want regardless? Those look normal to me.

 

I seem to be getting pretty good heat. I like the matras. They seem to be one of the best I have used

 

Some of the Platinum pellets I'm burning are up to 2" long. The Harman just eats them up.

I leave my feed rate on 4 all the time.

 

Yep. I did not measure but some of my matra were well over an inch. Kind of here and there in the bag.

 

I will definitely be buying matra again. Hopefully the guys keeps them in stock.

 

I find that despite any increase in feed rate to account for the longer pellets, they produce as much heat and last as long in the hopper as any other pellet I've burned. I just hope future batches remain consistent; time will tell. Funny - when I get up in the morning, I will look to see if a burnpot scrape is needed - but there is never anything to scrape, because nothing accumulates in the pot! So my only complaint is they are making my pellet burning life boring, lol.

 

same here. Absolutely nothing to scrape in the mornings. My feed rate change was really due to having about a small pellet as you can have with easyblaze super softwoods. I am back now burning the easyblaze and I've lowered my feed rate again. Burning in stove or constant mode which doesnt use the harman temperature probe.

 

I don't think anything is worth $400 a ton.

 

unless you can smoke it....

 

Seeing Vermont's at 330, Hamers at 340, sure seems sky is the limit.

 

I think it IS worth it if people are willing to pay the price. I remember when pellets went over $200 a ton.....figured noone would buy at that. Then, $300....noone will buy at that price. .......

 

When I started burning pellets 6 years ago, I seem to recollect Okanagan Douglas firs at around 345.00 ton. That was back when big box stores were selling the chows and others around 229.00 ton. Try buying brand new car today for what you paid 6 years ago. Not leasing. Always comes down to what you want vs. What you can afford. I can afford to buy better softwoods if I want them so that's what I do.

 

But a 6 year newer car has more features, led headlights, turbo engine, huge led control panel, 20" rims. All fluff and expensive. Pellets are exact same,( I'd say way lower quality) than 6 years ago, at much higher prices.

 

Definite truth in this ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^