Barefoot wood pellets are a superior low ash pellet. These pellets are manufactured from clean sawdust and other clean lumber materials from cabinets, hardwood flooring, etc. from woods such as cherry, maple, white/red oak & walnut. This pellet is smaller in diameter and offers high BTUs. The Barefoot facilities are located in Troy, Pa. They are consistent from batch to batch and has very few fines.
Review of Barefoot Hardwood Pellets
I have always loved these pellets and I look forward to burning them year after year.
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I have burned barefoot pellets for years and have never had any issues with them. I have burned 5 ton this year and love them. Low ash, excellent BTU value, GREAT PELLET.
Barefoot pellets this fall were horrible!!! We have always sworn by them and have gotten several people to switch. We are now stuck with almost 2 ton that simply will not burn. Have to vacum every 8 hrs just to get new pellets to burn causes of caking. Lots of pellet loss. They leave high sout and cake up. Just bought 4 bags of pellets from tractor supply and they are burning awesome. NOT a problem with my Kozi 100 stove. I can’t only hope it hasnt damaged fans and other components. We have three friends that all bought around the same time in Sept/Oct. will never buy again..
These pellets are downright terrible. I was picking up a ton of Hamers, which I am very happy with with, and the guy at the store convinced me that these were better, because they produce less ash, and there is no difference in heat. WHAT A LOAD OF BULL! Yes they will make less ash, if ran at low settings, but they will produce nowhere near the same amount of heat as Hamers. Once I got through most of the pellets, i went back to Hamers. It was like trading in your Geo Metro, for a Mercedes Maybach.
The Ash from BF was very pasty, and chawky. It actually made it through the first two layers of filtration on my vac. They stuck to everything inside the stove, this made cleaning a hassle. I wouldn’t pay 180/ton on these pellets, let alone what I paid in the middle of the cold season.
First year with these pellets, and I am extremely disappointed. They are very high in ash content and have produced lots of clunkers. I know I won’t go back to these next year, low heat output as well. Maybe I just got a bad batch they are surly not super premium
Can not say enough great things about this years Barefoots. Heat output is outstanding in my HarmanXXV, with little need to wipe the glass clean. Ash is acceptable in quantity and burn pot is clinker free,who could ask for more.
Burning Barefoot going on 3 years. Have always burned hot and consistant across mulitple bags. Ash at a minimal. This year I ordered 3 tons and 4th ton will be piece mail for what ever brand is good and availalbe. Starting out with Cleanfire softwood premium pellet. Barefoot will be used for heart of the winter season.
I burned Barefoot exclusively in 2012. I liked the quality and low ash. I tried a couple of ton in 2013, and was disappointed in the amount of ash. I found no difference in consumption, ash build up, clunkers, or glass cleaning than with Alleghany or Drycreek’s medium range product. Unless things change for 2014 season, I see no use in paying the premium for barefoot. I will say the smell and color of the pellets are far superior, but what happened to the amount of ash? My stove is thoroughly cleaned each week, has not changed.
I burned Hamer and Barefoot (2 tons each) last season with excellent results in my well maintained Enviro Empress Insert stove. This year it was Barefoot and Turman pellets. The Turman pellets were outstanding – extremely low ash. The Barefoots were a big disappointment this year, consistently very HIGH ash, compared both to other brands (Hamer, Turman) as well as the Barefoots from the previous season. I wrote to the Barefoot email address, explaining my experience and inquiring if there might be a reason for the difference in performance. I got no reply.
So, be warned – Barefoot quality is inconsistent (or has simply declined). And their customer service was poor.
3/16/13 I have burned Hammer pellets for the last 3 years great pellet burns hot and not alot of ash .Only thing i dont like they are very dusty out of the bag. I had to buy another ton this time I purchased Barefoot super premium have burned about 15 bags and I like these pellets they give hammer pellets a run for there money . Depending on early buy price I may switch to Barefoot next year. My stove is a Big E and heat 1800 square ft.clean stove once a week .I burn 4 to 5 tons a year and we are warm.Have had a pellet stove for about 10 years. I love not making some arab rich.Good old wood pellets made in the the great USA
I too have a Lopi Pioneer and found the Barefoot pellets cleaner burning than the other brand I was using.I tried three bags just to see if hardwood really is better. I also noticed much less smoke on startup and much less dust being blown around the room when loading the pellets.