Eastern Embers pellets are manufactured primarily from spruce sawdust & shavings and are sourced from sawmills in the maritimes.
Nova Scotia spruce is inherently clean, with ash levels under 0.5%. Contamination-free handling and a quality control program ensure that subsequent ash levels are minimized.
Pellet Institute Premium Grade Standard | Eastern Embers Pellets | |
Grade | Premium | Premium |
Material | No Standard Specified | 100% soft wood, no bark |
Ash | <1% | <0.5% |
Fines | <0.5% | <0.5% |
Bulk Density | >40 lbs / cubic foot | 41-43 lbs / cubic foot |
Chlorides | <300 PPM | <50 PPM |
BTU | 8000 BTU | 8400-8700 BTU |
Moisture | No Standard Specified | < 6 % |
Pallet Quantity | Not Specified | 70 Bags per pallet |
Length | 1/4″ to 1-1/2″ | 1/4″ to 1-1/4″ |
12 Comments
Eastern Embers are the best!! That is all I will burn in my new pellet stove. I have tried other brands and they burned dirty and I had to clean the ash pan every few days. I clean it once a week with Eastern Embers.
I think your suppliers should make sure your pellets aren’t wet and swollen when they sell them! Your pellets are the best pellets on the market! Selling sub grade pellets is not the answer. Thanks
bought a Harmon Pellet Stove this year. I guess we were spoiled right off the bat with Eastern Embers Pellets. We burn a bag and a half a day. I only have to empty the ash pan once a week. Usually Saturday mornings. We tried a ton of Curran Pellets. OMG, horrible !!!!!! I had to empty the pan every two days and clean the stove every 4 days.
You can not beat Eastern Embers !!!!!!!!
This (Eastern Embers) is the best so far that I’ve tried in my Harman P38, lots of heat no clinkers and minimal fly ash. C-Tire product rates second with a little more bag dust while “cozy comfort” is at the bottom so far. This is in NL Canada, choices are limited.
We recently installed a pellet stove this year to help the wood furnace in the cold snaps. I keep it well maintained and cleaned out. We have used 2 different brands of pellets since we installed (what ever is available as it seems people are buying them like crazy) We started with Eastern Ember for about 2 40lb bags and they burned great lots of heat. We switched over to a hard wood type pellet (can’t remember the brand name) as the eastern Ember was sold out and we needed the extra heat. After those 2 bags were done we bought 4 bags of eastern ember and then the problems started. (Again i have systematically cleaned the stove between bags) We purchased these from Home Depot. The stove works great for the first few hours but then we noticed alot of soot and alot of deposit in the burn pot. Causing an air flow issue as the pellets won’t burn completely. Alot of ash as well and also noticed a green subtance in the half burned pellets that remain in the burn pot as they are too heavy to fly out when the stove goes into shut down mode. I’m not entirely sure if the pellets are being stored improperly where we buy them from or the manufacturing of these pellets are the fault but i can assure you i won’t be buying them again. Comfy Cozy is looking like a better alternative as they burn great and leave little ash deposit. I’m also going to contact home depot as when we picked up these bags they were being stored in their lumber yard in the cold but out of the wet. Not sure if it’s that or manufacturing but i can for sure say it’s not my stove working badly as it’s cleaned regularly (after each bag) and adjusted accordingly.
I have a Harman P-61 capable of 61k bTU and have been burning Eastern Embers for 6 yrs x 140bags per year. For the last 5 yrs these pellets have burned with low ash and put out enough heat to drive you out of a 2000sq ft house. This year my order was part of an order that had just come into the dealer and each pallet was wrapped in the heavy white plastic as well the clear saran type wrap on top of that. They were delivered in dry weather and stored in the basement at 50% humidity. As well my oil furnace comes on for 2hrs each morning to bring the hose temp up to 66 degrees there is a duct directed onto the pellets.
This year(stove is working properly) but ash is double last year with more deposit on the burn pot and the stove basically just maintains the 66-68 degree temp in the house. There is next to no sawdust in the bags but heat output from these pellets is way down from past years. I have had a number of people both vocally and on line with the same complaints. Not sure what is going on but if it continues at the price vs present heat output, the cost is more than using oil. The only alternative is to find a brand that maintains it’s standards or stop using pellets period…….
I used to burns these exclusively but is because they are the most common ones in the maritimes. But this year I used TREBIO and get better heat at a cheaper price the only advantage of Eastern Embers is less ash but my Harman P38 can handle a lot of it anyhow
We have a Harmon 25 anniversary stove. These pellets are the best so far I have used, and I have tried them all that are offered in eastern Canada (PEI)
This is our 2cd winter with a pellet stove. We have an Enviro EF3. It is our main source of heat. We live on Northeast coast of Canada. Eastern Embers was recommended by our dealer, and we have only this year begun experimenting with different brands. I regularly clean my stove at least once a week. I like that Eastern Embers is local, they burn relatively clean, with little ash. The heat is pretty good as well, but not as good as Trebio.
I have had a pellet stove (enviro-mini) for 5 years and always use Eastern Embers pellets. These have proved to be the best pellets available (in eastern Canada anyway). I wouldn’t use any other pellets!