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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NOT LIKE THE PAST....
I always loved these pellets…until this year. I’ve never seen so much ash before. They are burning dirty and are not the same quality. What changed?? I am now searching for another brand.
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Ashy and Just-Okay BTU
Bought two tons for 2019-2020. They were one of the ash=heaviest pellets I ‘ve used. Whether we got a batch that was not well made or Barefoot does not have the right to claim “Low Ash” on their label. I reached out to the company who said they’d leave word with quality control and stated they try to do better. When their prices jumped this year, I chose another pellet brand with higher reviews for heat and low ash.
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Lucia Bradley
Connecticut. Ravellis 100 classic Stove 3 Tonels barretfood by CT pellets they sell quality products the best sellers in CT the pellets are super hot low ash we cleaned our stove twice a week. In a cold winter sometimes we burned bag and half our thermostat increase the number we were grateful the past winter Thanks CT pellets barefoot continued we quality product ****
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Lucia Bradley
2018-2019 Connecticut. Ravellis 100 classic Stove 3 Tonels barretfood by CT pellets they sell quality products the best sellers in CT the pellets are super hot low ash we cleaned our stove twice a week. In a cold winter sometimes we burned bag and half our thermostat increase the number we were grateful the past winter Thanks CT pellets barefoot continued we quality product ****
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These are the best wood pellets that we have used since we started heating with a pellet stove in 2001. They have high heat output, minimal ash production, no carbon build up in our burn-pot, and no “clinkers”. Very little dust in the bags and consistent pellet length. May have to pay a little more per pallet, but it is worth the extra cost.
My local supplier had Barefoot this year for the first time. I thought I’d give them a try. I have a Castle Serenity Pellet Stove. I like these pellets a lot. High heat and very low ash. I would recommend these to anyone. Needless to say, he only had one pallet of them and they were gone before I could go and get anymore.
This is the first year my local supplier started carrying Barefoot. So, I thought I’d try a few bags. I find the heat to be superior to what I was burning and the ash content no worse, if not better, than my usual brand. The last couple of nights have been in the low 20’s and my regular pellets seemed to have a hard time keeping up. So, I went down and got a few more bags of Barefoot to do another comparison. I am burning them as I write this. It is actually a few degrees colder tonight but the house is actually warmer with Barefoot. I have a Castle Serenity stove burning on low. I cleaned the stove thoroughly, like I always do when I compare brands. After 5 hours burning there is little ash and the glass has a slight haze. This has to be one of the top pellets I’ve ever burned. I would certainly recommend them to anyone.
We purchased Barefoot pellets on a recommendation from our landlord due to the low ash production. We picked up a few bags early last spring to take the chill off and had no problems. That fall we ordered 2 tons – they were obviously from a different batch because they were terrible! About a 3rd of the pellets in each bag were twice as long as a normal pellet resulting in multiple auger jambs and lots of wasted pellets. The heat produced was no where near the individual bags we’d initially tried, which I’m assuming were from the previous year. I cleaned the stove thoroughly once a week at the very minimum and found the ash residue to be thick and caked on. The constant auger jambs were a real problem and cost me hours and hours of labor with each bag. I had a service tech come out to see if there was a problem with the stove, there wasn’t. He looked at the pellets and just shook his head. I finally gave up mid winter and turned on the furnace. The half a pallet of pellets in the garage will end up being used for animal bedding. I’ll never buy these again!
I believe that quality depends on what wood is available, when them mfg.
I used to burn Barefoot, and have tried several other brands as well. Year before last when my local store received their mid winter shipment, I purchased another ton and definitely not the same quality. Much higher ash and lower heat. I was better off with Drycreek. I talked to my reseller, who stated “All producers try to supply, by using whatever wood they can get as a last resort. How much demand is there for hardwood flooring during mid winter, I expect not much, but they still need to supply pellets, so it is not unreasonable to think that the quality will drop as they buy sawdust from other sources” And from my experience, that statement seems to be correct. Key is to buy all early and make sure that if you store at the place you buy from, that they do not substitute your purchase and replace with that produced later on, however you would do that. Better to store yourself and be sure. (I know, takes up a huge about of room in my garage to do that)
We have been burning Barefoot pellets for years and will never burn any other brand. They are truly an outstanding pellet. I suspect the people who have issues with Barefoot pellets do not maintain their stoves properly, or possibly do not store their pellets properly. (We all know wet pellets are garbage) The dealer we get our pellets from has always protected the pellets from the elements, and his turnover is great, 2 tractor trailer loads a week. I have been to the plant in Troy, and the pellet manufacturing is state of the art.