I have an “Amizeablaze” model 4100 corn burning fireplace insert. I was wondering if I can also burn pellets designed for a pellet stove, or even a mixture of corn and pellets. What do you think? Thanks http://www.capecodstove.com/cornstoves.html says this: “Announcing multi-fuel stove kits for our cornstoves! Our full line of Amaizablaze Cornstoves can be adapted to burn wood pellets as well as dried corn. Existing stoves can be retrofitted to burn both fuels. Estimated cost from the Amaizablaze is $250.” So the short answer seems to be ‘yes’ – but it looks like it’s not as easy as just dumping wood pellets into your corn stove. You might be able to mix wood pellets and corn 50/50 without needing an adaptor kit, but expect it to put out less heat when doing that. I’ve been considering trying to put corn in my wood pellet stove, but I’m taking the advice of some people online who say to mix the two together, the wood can moderate the higher burning temp of the corn, and reduces the clinkers (carbon chunks in the burnpot) that corn is prone to. Corn burns hotter than wood pellets, so that may explain why you need some kind of kit or adaptor to make wood pellets work in a corn stove. I’ve seen info on some multi-fuel systems that says they have a switch position for which type of fuel you’re using, wood pellets, corn, cherry pits, sunflower seeds, etc., and that probably means they have whatever adaptations that are necessary for different fuels already built in.
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October 4th, 2009 at 3:13 am
yes
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October 4th, 2009 at 3:56 am
http://www.capecodstove.com/cornstoves.html says this:
"Announcing multi-fuel stove kits for our cornstoves! Our full line of Amaizablaze Cornstoves can be adapted to burn wood pellets as well as dried corn. Existing stoves can be retrofitted to burn both fuels. Estimated cost from the Amaizablaze is $250."
So the short answer seems to be ‘yes’ – but it looks like it’s not as easy as just dumping wood pellets into your corn stove.
You might be able to mix wood pellets and corn 50/50 without needing an adaptor kit, but expect it to put out less heat when doing that. I’ve been considering trying to put corn in my wood pellet stove, but I’m taking the advice of some people online who say to mix the two together, the wood can moderate the higher burning temp of the corn, and reduces the clinkers (carbon chunks in the burnpot) that corn is prone to.
Corn burns hotter than wood pellets, so that may explain why you need some kind of kit or adaptor to make wood pellets work in a corn stove. I’ve seen info on some multi-fuel systems that says they have a switch position for which type of fuel you’re using, wood pellets, corn, cherry pits, sunflower seeds, etc., and that probably means they have whatever adaptations that are necessary for different fuels already built in.
Good luck!
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February 5th, 2011 at 10:46 pm
I have a cornflame energy corn stove. I burn a mix of corn and pellets with no issues. I get air temps at the blower anywhere from 175-195 degrees depending how high the feed is.
When running corn only, the clinkers tend to be ridiculous and hard to get out, sometimes actually requiring me to chisel the darn Crap out. With a mix, there’s no issue with that.
Honestly, if I were you I would just buy a couple bags of pellets and try them out. You’re not going to damage anything.