Blackstone Wood Pellets

6 written reviews

1. Howard Brown February 26, 2025

   Good pellets and worth the price but.....

   Liked

   good heat

   Disliked

   average ash and burns dark, glass gets dirty pretty fast, some pellets are double the normal length, quality control should be better regarding that

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2. David Johansen January 26, 2025

   Bags not properly sealed. Water made its was into several bags in the 3 tons that I purchased this season. This has not ever happened before. The water froze causing me to discard 5 full bags of pellets & discarding portions of several other bags.

   Liked

   Great product for the price.

   Disliked

   Bags not properly sealed. Water made its was into several bags in the 3 tons that I purchased this season. This has not ever happened before. The water froze causing me to discard 5 full bags of pellets & discarding portions of several other bags.

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3. Matt January 6, 2025

   I really wanted to like these pellets because they are made local to where I live. They're also reasonably priced. But, they were horrible. I bought 10 bags to trial run these before buying my annual supply and I was terribly disappointed. Firstly, they easily had 3-4 times the fines of other brands I run. That is not an exaggeration. I was seeing black pellets that I suspected could be plastic, but I did find bits of mangled plastic that removed all doubt that plastic had been mixed in with the wood. Also found in the bags were little balls of oil and saw dust. Smelled like CLP oil.

   Either the plastic or wads of oil ended up leaving burned specs on the glass of my stive. Similar to what you might see with oil glazing to a hot pan. Also to note, ash builds up as pucks in the fire pot, but needs to be broken/scraped out. Other brands I run are less dense and require less scraping after burning.

   Strong pine smell from these pellets. I suspect these pellets are made from pallets based on the coloration found in in the pellets (thinking painted pallets), but also the fact that when I drive by where they're manufactured, there are always 20 or so trailers packed to the brim with stacks of empty pallets.

   Liked

   - They burn.

   Disliked

   - bits of plastic in the pellets.
   - excessive amount of fines.
   - wads of oil and fine saw dust.
   - leaves burned oil marks on glass.

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4. Joe S. December 10, 2024

   I paid $320 for these pellets thinking that I would get a better product that the no-name Tractor Supply pellets. I was wrong. These pellets burn very dirty and not hot. I have to vacuum out every 2 days and have flameouts every 2-3 days. High creosote and tons of sawdust! The pellet length is sometimes too long and jams up the auger. If you need affordable but decent pellets, the TSC hardwood are better, and if you can find them, Virginia Golden software are very good for the price and burn much hotter & cleaner.

   Liked

   They will burn, just not that well. If you need pellet fuel, it will get the job done.

   Disliked

   Very dirty burning, high creosote, high ash, lots of sawdust. Trash pellets.

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5. Ali October 28, 2024

   Do you deliver a pallet anywhere in MA?

   Liked

   They burn better any I have used in over 12 years

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6. Dan January 5, 2023

   If someone has a new stove and doesn't have experience they should not leave a review. Softwood pellets are more desirable then hardwood. Blackstone are supposed to be a blend but sure do smell softwood. Why do you idiots want rock hard pellets? Thems the 1's clogging your augger.Havent seen all the black pellets you'll talking about. But can be a few in any brand. Got a 26 y.o. envirio ef2. It was making some auger noise but I got it to quiet down with wd40 on the bushing and by gently placing pellets in. Not saying 4 you to do but working 4 me. Take a prod once in a while and fluff the pellets loose down near the auger to make it easier on it. If you have a 80 to 120 lb mega hopper that's putting the strain on your auger when you chuck it full. So these may smoke a little more then other brands. That's why you do the cleaning and maintaining. Besdes it's easy to just clean the glass off with a clean old sock or rag. Just add a little water to therag when cleaning when the stove is cold. Hit it with a rag when hot that's dry all the time while running works fine. Would rate these 4 stars. But when it's all rock-hard hardwood pellets and only these I will buy them again. But maybe there have been problems in the past? All I know is these January 2023 ones aren't that bad and I did have to deal with a brand in the past that was rock hard and supposedly softwood with long ones that were tough to burn. Took a chance on 25 of these and after 7 bags so far so good. No more sawdust then others. Don't see a pile at the end of bag but have seen some with others. Solution for that is swish that part around some and disperse evenly so not all goes in at once. But what do I know just a bum burning pellets for 7th year after burning wood 4 40. Now there's some smoke and cleaning for ya! Buy local and these are locally made 4 me. Any spelling or mi ss inundation here blame on autocorrect. Relax pellets stoves will be replaced by heat pumps and new technology to come anyways! Dang u autocorrect! Peace and love don't burn it down. Fire extinguishers, co2, and smoke alarms forever. And don't leave no paper near the snow globe in the sun. Or you'll be using that satey equipment. Happy 2023! Try a few bags so you loose less then$ 15

   Liked

   Just 4 stars. Not to hard on auger. Decent price. No bag problems. Local - softwood and blend generally burn hotter better then hardwood and who wants hard burning pellets.

   Disliked

   There's better but these were the best choice out of half dozen higher priced hardwoods and a same price blend they recommended these.

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