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Bill in Ohio
02-27-2006 19:14:50
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Re: Anybody using a corn stove? in reply to cj3b_jeep, 02-27-2006 10:42:49
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We have been burning corn for several years, and, in general, its working. Downstairs, we have an Amaizeing Heat furnace. It is really a decent unit. It does require a few minutes of clean out every day, but it keeps the house more comfortable than the old wood furnace ever thought about. It is dependable. We had a Snowflame stove in the back room. It was not exactly great. A bit small to begin with, difficult to keep clean enough to work, and the operating system was flawed so that when it got a little too dirty, the smoke backs up into the corn hopper, Words can not describe how corrosive corn smoke can be. It ate it up {quickly!} Replaced that with a Countryside stove. It is big enough to really do the job and it will burn pellets or other biomass. But, enough bragging on it, it produces an unbelievable amount of black fly ash, spews it out the vent onto the deck, and the clinker builds up on the agitator that is supposed to eliminate clinkers. The manual instructs you to use an additive {which is not available} to solve that problem. Chicken grit mixed in with the corn helps, but is strictly forbidden in the manual. Guess is, I voided the warranty! It is better than the Snowflame, but, then again, it cost more than double. At the farm, I have a Golden Grain stove. It is a fairly basic design, has to be manually cleaned every day and some varieties of corn can be almost impossible to beat the clinker out of it. The stove is rated at 40,000 BTUs, but I doubt it has ever put out more than 25,000. The electronics seem to have a mind of their own! And the circuit board has been replaced on warranty, they were decent people to deal with.
I would love to know if there are better varieties of corn for these stoves, and I would like to hear from somebody that has recomendations for a good, trouble free corn stove!!! The basic premise is good, I just havent tried them all yet!
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