Made in China horrible freight

how long does it last?

An hour or so, but then you just scoop more into it while it's still burning

Nice. I'm going to try! Thanks.

Burnhaven its charcoal starter

Well this works OK doesn’t throughout the heat like a full blown firewood but it will do in a pinch if you’re needing just a knock the chill off and you don’t want to super hot fire and it’s a cheap supplement in case you run out of firewood just to get you through UPDATE: Solved the heat output issue. Instead of just using one of these I now use 3 of them at the same time placed side by side in the form of a triangle and now it’s like a big real wood burning fire with a fraction of the ash. Nice solution to running out of wood or having wet wood problems

@@HappyCamper1992 I've got both right now and my truck is broken down. I got cold working on it outside in the driveway, it's 12° windchill of -3°. I think I'm going to a used restaurant supply store to buy a deep fryer basket ($20) tomorrow then, buy a bag of pellets.

Matt DuBois I went and bought a coal grate for my fireplace and it works so much better so I would think your basket idea will work wonderfully

@@HappyCamper1992 I wish I knew how to send a pic, I'm doing it right Now. It's burning good but I think I need to close the damper more than with log wood. Seems to be producing mega flame. I just turned my furnace down to 63°. We'll see, you'll read. 😁

@@HappyCamper1992 update, not putting out as much heat as I hoped for but.... I noticed some coals built up under the basket. The coals are putting out good heat. I should raise the basket to about 5 " off the floor of the fireplace next time. I think it could build up a nice coal bed and put out the real heat I want.

Have fun

I now use coal, I mix a little old veggie oil with the pellets to get the coal started

We have horses, but wood is easier to deal with

Pine cones

rabbit and goat poo dried works well too but, burning poo contains salt that can corrode metal.

The gel is basically hand sanitizer

@@TrainedZombie the stuff i got smelles more like fuel.

Refilling with low flame or smoldering pellets is always iffy. The new pellets will put the fire out, the smoldering pellets will make the unburned pellets smoke till they light. A trick I learned to refill is get a PRINGLES Potato Chip canister and fill it with pellets, then you can pour it over HALF of your smoldering pellets, once they start up, you can pour more over the other half.

Buy 2. Burn one and prep another while the other is burning. Then when one goes out, stick the other in and re-do your routine again!

@@lifequest7453 - "when you burn in a wood stove, the pellets burn uncontrolled so you burn them up fast, too fast"

@@lifequest7453 - EVERYTHING works that way !!! By the way... That is because you have NEVER done it !!!

@@lifequest7453 - *Calling me names then asking for help? Biiii pooo lllaaa much?*

Lasted all season for me

Use cast

@@enzoorciuoli328 Not to easy to work with !!!

Are they stainless steel or regular steel? There is a big difference in how long steel will last in hot fires between stainless and regular kinds.

I didn't use it very long. There wasn't enough heat. I have moved to coal

K, thanx for the reply. Have a good one

@@TrainedZombie it works well with forced air. Some people use custom stove doors with rocket stove...

My first experience using pellet wood, I took a gallon can that had alcohol, cut the front side out, and placed a stainless screen, then cut the rear side out where I load it. place the stainless side down and elevate one side for air, light from the top, you get an HOUR BURN. As for no heat, Mine fires up to a point of over firing, man it gets hot. Too hot to a point I am trying to find a way to control the burn. also experimenting with trying to use a can to gravity feed the pellets to INCREASE burn time. I also have felt if we control the air access, the burn may be extended. for instance, using a cylinder, like a 4 inch round duct, about 6 inches high, screen the bottom, no holes in the side, light from the top so it has to burn down. air will come up from the bottom forcing the gases up to burn clean. now area of the top will also control the heat created. My can is roughly 9 x 12 inches and it can over fire easily. looking at how the gravity pellet stoves work, they have a specific opening that pellets fall into a screen/grid and burn, as the ash falls more pellets drop and ignite. This is what we want to more or less simulate in our versions only we are doing it by having more fuel than it can burn in the pan. Heat is not a problem but the burn time is short because we can't control the fire.

@@lifequest7453 👍Thanx for the info Friend.

I think it looks like one of those things used to put kitchen utensils inside.

bought a bag of pellets last year as experiment and find they are good when the logs haveburnt down to bright coals just toss a couple cups in on the coal bed and they too become hot coals in minutes ...can keep that going for quite a while if you keep an eye on her

@@dougiequick1 just piling the pellets on embers will burn fast, even if heaping them on you only get about a hour burn time. You need some kind of gravity feed, prob from a slanted can to up the burn times. That can would most likely be inside your stove so you can only have one smallish opening so there is no air supply to get inside the can preventing the pellets in the can from igniting (theory, am going to try). see the comment above where someone put metal partitions in a container so the burn has to snake around, says he got a couple hours burn. I have been using a PRINGLES potato chip canister to fill with pellets and pour in the wood stove... makes refills easier

I may go over to Tractor Supply and kick some holes in a few bags to get that discount. LOL

@@barrybrum Someone was doing that this year and tractor supply stopped selling all damaged bags. Can nver have a nice things :/ Made it 3 years on $30 a month

@@2147B Yeah, I know. I believe that when God told us to not steal He also included our NOT kicking pellet bags to get a discount.

@@barrybrum definitely in the fine print! :D

Yeah, I'm not saying that it keeps my house warm. But it works

@@JoeyFerrisMusic Ah, proof of concept! Kuul [=8

I don't chip much wood, but have access to tons of sawdust

@@JoeyFerrisMusic u can easily turn saw dust into fire logs that burn very good for a couple of hours.

I agree

We have 2 6 quart SS colanders we put in there. We fill one at a time and when that starts to get low, we fill the other one and start it, cycling back and forth.

Can't hurt to try

In the end I used a silverware Callander from Walmart and a napkin holder for the base.

You must have bought soft wood pellets, high ash. I am using hard wood pellets and my ash is minimal, less than what logs leave behind.

Lasted all last season. Still useable

3-4 hrs usually

I have plenty of wood and coal too

No idea, try it and see how it goes

TrainedZombie Ok 👌. Also, instead of drilling through a steel bowl, try using a heavy duty steel colander-restaurant grade. I think that will give you a wide burn area with enough air outlets.

I did in the second part of video

Interesting, but I have since moved on in my heating adventure

@@TrainedZombie oh ? How so !?

Got a smaller stove with a reburn chamber and a big pile of coal.

Only use pellets made from hardwood.

They have those at IKEA pretty inexpensive!

I bought a similar container at Walmart. I tried using it with the free chips you get from the tree cutters in my town without success.

Please show us or explain how you use the tree cutter chips. How do you dry them out? I just got 50 loads of chips this summer from the power line tree trimmers, but they are 95% green stuff.

Chain saw cabinet shop: I haven’t had much success With the chips the tree cutters make in my wood stove. I got some of them to burn by: 1. putting a bed of them down before starting a fire. 2. Throwing a small amount on top of a robust fire.

Eh, I use it to supplement my wood and coal

coal dust works, burns very hot and long time.

Cool Ty for the tip on hand sanitizer. Guess I am going to dollar tree store..huge Thanks!

Lol thanks but I am good went to dollar tree n git a few big bottles today..now stopping by Walmart..to get that utensils holder..lol I made 1 from an empty coffee can to test...lol

you can also soak some pellets in rubbing alcohol

Cheapest way is newspaper Take one page roll into a ball place small amount of pellets inside do 2-4 if these put them piled together in pellet stove, or pellet container pile some pellets on type and light. Works great and free. Can also add kindling or even use with kindling instead of pellets to light a wood stove.

Let it dry. It'll burn. I've done it.

I like a little vegetable oil in there myself

Had more concern for him suffering from carbon monoxide poisoning/fumes in garage due to severe back draught 😳😖❗️

They need a lot of air to burn well.

Walmart

Also IKEA. Also online. For example: Lifestyle - Escurre-cubiertos inox - 12 x 14 cm www.amazon.es/dp/B01CCRCMK4/ref=cm_sw_r_cp_apa_i_N1R7DbQ7JYXAB

No thanks, but they sell them on eBay

I have been caught

David Collins I forget what it's called, but I found it in the kitchen ware section, the piece I set it on is a napkin holder

David Collins I found it Mainstays stainless kitchen utensil holder

Yes, this is my garage.. Concrete floor

Lighter fluid is perfectly fine to use in a wood stove even in your house. Came from my chimney guy.

Use cotton bals with petrolium jelly!! I use cat hear of my 4 cats wich i comb every day. And sime petrolium jelly,..

right type of stainless steel last longer than cast iron of bad quality.

Barrel stove is what I had tho

you are kidding

QQ, But it works...

I have done it outside but not inside.

So it does work with dry wood chips, I put the wood chips in a ziplock bag and added about 2 ounces of diesel & e85 mixed and let them soak a little and use that as the fire starter and pour chips on top in a metal colander I found at goodwill. Pretty much free heat for me! Oh and the diesel and e85 is one hell of a fire starter 😀🔥🔥🔥

No they aren’t

It depends, but generally they are from a bit to moderately more expensive. However, there are some pluses. Per same weight they burn longer, hotter, and more completely (under the right conditions). The latter is because they are drier than most wood. A lot of people burn wood that is not properly or ideally cured--there is a lot of water left and that makes a cooler burn and creates more creosote.

I used it mostly to make it easier to get a fire going and because I got a few bags on clearance

All that work... You will continue to refill it every 10/30 Minutes.... Might as well buy Wood and keep it for Hours and be productive and do more productive things.

I thought the same ... When I burn I build a "fire" with at least six good chunks of wood and a box full of pellets .