Pellet Baskets

A wood pellet basket is a fireplace accessory in the form of a metal basket that sits inside a wood stove or fireplace which allows you to heat your home by burning wood pellets.

How Does a Pellet Basket Work?

Let's look at how to start a fire with wood pellets using a pellet basket, how to adjust the temperature & proper maintenance.

Lighting the Wood Pellets For the First Time

Starting a fire for the first time is very easy.

Adjusting the Temperature

To regulate the temperature, you can use the damper on your stove to choke your airflow down to your desired heat setting.

No fan is needed to circulate air within the stove because there is enough air flow through the basket itself to allow the pellets to burn with a flame.

You can always add more pellets, when needed, on top of the hot pellets with a small metal scoop. When you do this, they may smolder for a few minutes until they ignite. Readjust your air settings for a safe working temperature.

Maintenance

Remove the ashes from the bottom of the pellet basket once daily for maximum air flow. As always, remember proper maintenance of your wood stove or fireplace.

The pellet basket only needs to be removed from the wood stove or fireplace to remove ashes.

Benefits of Heating Your Home With Wood Pellet Heat

There are many advantages to using fireplace accessories like a pellet basket to heat your home.

• Wood pellets burn hotter, cleaner, and more efficiently than conventional logs.
  • Our pellet baskets can hold 12 lbs (5.4 kg) of pellets can produce 35,000 BTUs per hour over the course of 3 to 4 hours - enough heat to keep your house comfortably warm.
• Pellets are a fraction of the cost of oil and electrical heat.
  • Pellet prices are more stable & are not as greatly affected by foreign price fluctuations since they can be bought from companies within your own country or continent.
• Wood pellets burn cleaner, safer, and leave less residue
  • Pellets contain only 3% to 6% moisture, compared with 15% to 30% in cordwood (firewood).
  • Wood pellets greatly lessen creosote buildup and the chance of flue fires since they burn cleaner than regular firewood.
  • Only a coffee cup of ash is left at the day's end.
• Pellets are easier to store than conventional firewood, with no household litter from bark or bugs.
  • Wood pellets come in bags which may be bought singly, or an entire season's fuel can be purchased all at once.

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Will a Pellet Basket Work For Me?

There are not many requirements for using pellet baskets for heating. If you already have a wood stove or fireplace, you're pretty much set.

There is no special stove or equipment required in order to burn wood pellets in your wood stove or fireplace. A pellet basket is simply a fireplace accessory that can be used with any stove or fireplace, so it does not require a special electric fan or blower.

All you need is a wood stove or fireplace and a pellet basket.

Just place the basket in your stove - no installation required. If later, for some reason, you want to build a regular log fire, the pellet basket can simply be lifted out - it's as simple as that.

Read our 4 easy steps for starting a fire in a pellet basket.»

How Many Pellet Baskets Will I Need?

Generally, one pellet basket will be all that you will need if you have a wood stove or small fireplace. However, for larger fireplaces, you may wish to use a second basket simply for aesthetics.