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What is your personal favorite pellets for 2016? 1st post results!

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  1. jtakeman

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    I wanted to do a poll for various pellet brands, But the problem is I can't change/add to the poll if I miss or omit something that someone would like to see. So I thought maybe we should just post what our favorites are? This way we can all voice what we like and I can add a tally or count as we submit our preferences. I'll add the brands as we go and keep a count of the votes for each. Should keep everyone happy and we can see which is the most popular for each.


    Below I will keep the totals of brands and votes

    Hardwood:
    Country Boy(1) Cubex(2) GreenWay(1) Hamers(4) Somerset(3) Turmans(2) Geneva(1)


    Softwood:
    Bridgewell(1) Crabbe(1) Eagle Valley(1) EZ BlazeSYP(2) Georgia Biomass/Okie Golds/NW Purely Pine(3) La Crete(4-1/2) Vandy Plats(2-1/2) Vermont(3)


    Douglas Fir:
    Bear Mountain/Golden Fire/Okies DF(2) Blazers/BTUtiful(2) Olympus(2) Pinnacle/Northern Warm(1) Packsaddle(1)


    Blend:
    Energex(2) EZBlaze(5) Hamer(1) Inferno Gold(2) MWP(3)
     
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    Hardwood
    Hamer Hot Ones

    Softwood
    La Crete's

    Douglas Fir
    Bear Mountain

    Blend
    Energex
     
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    Hello Jay:
    The hard wood pellet favorite is Greenway
    Softwood Pellets are Bridgewell Pellets
    Douglas Fir Never available here, that I have ever burned.
    Blends would have to be Hamer Hot Ones. They have burned so different for me, they have to be of different woods

    As always thanks for the time
    Good Luck
    Tommy
     
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    Hardwood
    Turman

    Softwood
    Vandy Plat's

    Douglas Fir
    Olympus

    Blend
    EZB
     
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    Hardwood - Don't burn any.

    Softwood - Lacrete

    DF - Blazer

    Blend - MWP

    Not a lot of choices up here, at least at a reasonable price.
     
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    Above votes tallied to first post.

    Keep me in line, If ya see something off. Lemme know. ;)
     
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    Hardwood
    Cubex

    Softwood
    LaCrete

    Douglas Fir
    Olympus

    Blend
    MWP
     
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    jtakeman Moderator

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    I think some of this is going to get confusing. But I will put it where you want it ;)
     
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    IMO...the Blend should be a hard/soft mix.

    Even though Hamer, Turman, etc. use different material it's still all hardwood.......same with softwood, even though it might contain SPF, it's still a softwood.......but this is just my opinion.
     
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    Fair enough - then it's MWP for the blend, post edited: sorry for the extra work Jay. :(
    :cheers:
     
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    No worries as long as there's brew involved!!

    :pete: Edit sign to "I work for brew!!" :D
     
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    Someone say beer? :cheers:
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    Guess I could vote. :rofl: :lol:

    Hardwoods
    Somersets

    Softwood
    Golden fire
     
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    I obviously have a bias, but am lucky enough to burn quite a variety.

    Hardwood
    Hamers - but Sets, country boy and turmans are in the same conversation.

    Softwood
    Eagle Valley

    Doug fir
    Toss up between Olympus and Pinnacle ( Northern Warmth). Both phenomenal pellets. I'll go with Pinnacle.

    Blend
    Ezb - it's the only decent blend I've come across.

    Recycled skids
    ... Oops wait, wrong poll. :picard:
     
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    These are mine so far. May need to come back and update later - I still have a lot of stuff to go through.

    Hardwood
    Country Boy White Lightening

    Softwood
    Vermont Wood Pellet

    Blend
    EZB

    DF
    Have 4 different brands to test, will report back later.
     
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    I am only comparing pellets burned in the P61a as I stick with just a couple for the main floor stove

    Hardwood: Cubex (I was torn between that and Hamers).
    Softwood: Vermont's (sorry, DF wasn't nearly as good in my stove). However, I could only afford a couple of bags of either of those, so for value softwood I would vote for Okie golds ($260/ton)
    Blend: Inferno's. I know, right? On par with the FSU's, but with less ash or smoke on the glass in the P61a. Disclaimer - I have not burned PTL's in the P61a - those are only burned in the P43.
     
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    Vandy plats and turmans. Only burned na for blend and wouldnt vote for them.
     
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    Hardwood: Hamer's
    Softwood: EZ Blaze SYP
    Blend: Inferno Golds
     
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    Softwood:Vermont's
    Hardwood:Somersets
    Blend:NO/Chow's
     
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    Golds NLA so I put your original vote in for the VMP's.

    I can change that if you find another you'd rather vote for?

    :popcorn:

    Added to the Energex tally. ;)
     
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