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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Summary
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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Fantastic La Crete Pellets
Recently tried La Crete pellets. Fantastic pellets. Burn slow and very hot. Future buyer for sure
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lacrete
have been using La Crete for 3 years now- burn hot , low ash – runs all day and only clean out Harmon stove once a week
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Great burn... before the clinkers starve it of air.
Started using these pellets this year. They burn nice and hot with very little Ash compared to other brands.
My complaint however, is that they dirty up the burn pot itself. If I don’t scrape out hard black deposits once or twice a day the fire puts itself out as it blocks the air holes. This unfortunately results in me waking up to a cold house.
Just went through 5 bags of biopower for comparison and the flame was consistent without any intervention. It was considerably more Ash though. Pick your battle I guess.
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La Crete buring well for me
La Crete pellets burning well for us! Bought 4 pallets 2 and a half have been used, no clunkers, very low ash and no fines. Good heat and we find them to be outstanding and this is 2nd season using hem.
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Quality getting worst
Have to agree the quality of the pellets has fallen way off over the years ,Piazzetta Sabrina now need to clean the burning pot daily half full of dark crud . No difference noticed in heat output
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