La Crete Wood Pellets
100% Softwood – Super Premium Fuel
La Crete Wood Pellets are made from pure softwood sawdust (primarily spruce) with no additives, no bark, and compressed to deliver high heat and ultra-low ash. They’re manufactured by La Crete Sawmills in British Columbia using clean, dry wood fibre sourced in their own lumber operations.
Typical specs: Heating value around 8,800 BTUs per pound, ash content near 0.3%, moisture content about 4%. These high-performance pellets come in 40-lb bags or mini-bulk units and are geared toward pellet-stove owners seeking top-tier softwood performance.
Availability: These pellets are most commonly found through specialty dealers and delivery in the Northeastern U.S., and in Canada. Because they’re premium softwood grade, stock may be limited and distribution more selective—so check local availability, bag date and storage condition before buying large quantities.
Status note: The brand remains listed and considered a premium choice within the softwood category. However, some recent user feedback points to batch variation which suggests verifying the bag date and testing your stove early in the season is wise.
Bottom line: If your stove is optimized for softwood fuel and you’re looking for one of the cleaner, hotter options available, La Crete Wood Pellets are a standout. Just ensure you’re sourcing fresh stock and confirm your local dealer’s supply.
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La Crete Wood Pellet Reviews
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Aug 2017 -one of my favorites and best in the northeast! keep your eyes out for these. The bag is crap but the pellets are the Sh#@<br>
Nov 2017 – OK, the bag is not really that bad. Super awesome this year! highly recommend if you are a fan of the softwoods. These pellets burn super hot and low ash! Very nice, keep up the good work on these. Love the product.
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The cut corners and raised costs
Used to love these. They changed the formula from spruce to spruce, fir and pine. The ash rating has changed from .3 to less than 1%. They burn dirty and leave large green clinkers now. Disappointed.
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Completely Different Pellets
I have burned LaCrete pellets for 8 years until last years batch. The pellets used to be marked S as the source wood, were ultra light colored and burned super hot. Last years batch were marked SPF as the source wood and the pellets range from a medium brown to dark brown color. They look nothing like they used to and they do not burn as hot in my Quadrafire Insert. There are also a ton of fines in the bags and many of the tops of the bags are not heat sealed properly leading to a lot of spilled pellets.j I don’t know what happened to this once great brand but I have moved on.
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Years past they were the best!
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I find these great pellets. I do burn them in the boiler instead of a stove but setting air and feed supply is key. I bought a b train of wood pellets but I had to auger them into Bin instead of conveyor belt. They did not break apart and I still have pellets left from four years ago as long as it’s dry in there they are doing well. They seem to hold together better than some other brands when augering. They will be augered three times before they make it to the boiler and hold together good for getting moved that many times.
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