Warm Front Wood Pellets
Hardwood-Dominant Blend – Premium Regional Fuel
Warm Front Wood Pellets are manufactured by a northeastern U.S. pellet producer using a blend of approximately 85–90% hardwood and 10–15% softwood. The raw material is kiln-dried, screened and pressed to produce a dense, high-energy pellet that’s designed to burn hot, clean and efficiently.
Recent test runs show heat output of around 8,000–8,300 BTUs per pound with ash content in the ~0.4-0.6% range in well-run batches. The pellets are bagged in 40-lb units (and in some regions also 20-lb), aimed at homeowners who want an above-average fuel without stepping into ultra-premium pricing.
Availability: Warm Front is distributed primarily in the Northeastern United States via dealers, fuel delivery services and some regional retailers. Because it is a regional production run, checking for fresh stock, bag date and proper storage is especially important before purchasing by the ton.
Status note: The brand remains active and known among pellet stove users in the Northeast. That said, user reports note batch variability from season to season—making it wise to test a bag early in the season and confirm your stove settings match the fuel.
Bottom line: If you’re heating in a region served by the manufacturer, and your pellet stove is tuned for a hardwood-dominant fuel with clean burn and moderate ash, Warm Front Wood Pellets are a solid choice—just verify bag date, storage and batch freshness before bulk buying.
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I have not burned these pellets yet and would love to get a bag in the mail for this 2018 season.
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I have a bosca stove in my house for starters, it’s an older model however it is a little bear at what it does. I normally don’t use this brand of fuel, but all of the stores near me had nothing but this variety left if anything. Why not? I need it.
I’m usually used to paying 5.35-5.78 a bag this came in at 6.99, but when you need it badly you buy it.
The pellets straight away looked lower quality to the hard wood brands I’d been using previously and i was correct!
Extremely dusty! Be careful if you are asthmatic around these. No joke. They list having a low ash , they are not. They are by far the most filthy and hunky brand I’ve experienced. While they burned for a long time which was a shock they left the condition of my stove rather bad. It wasn’t even the usual ash it was bright yellow and orange, and caked onto everything. I had to literally take my stove apart to hand scrub each piece and reassemble my machine!
1 exhausted shop vacation filter, 2 sponges, 1 scrubber and a myriad of clothes later my stove is finally free of that nasty caked mess.
If desired I took pictures of how yellow oddly colored the stove was. I’m more than willing to share.
Long story short
too expensive
low quality
Messy messy! I highly recommend avoiding these
Received a ton of Warm Front pellets from Sandri (www.sandri.com) in Greenfield, Ma last week. $244.99 for 40 lb bags and $254.99 for 20 lb bags (70 + year old people love the 20 pounders). I live 40 miles away and they delivered. Not a bad product, but lots of fines (probably because of the 20 lb bags). And yes, it is important to do a full cleaning once a month. I also do a quick vacuum in between. Am using a Harmon 40k unit to heat 3 rooms downstairs, and 1 upstairs.
I really don’t think they are the same as New England Pellet blend. I burned a ton of New England pellets when I got my Lopi AGP. The second ton I got was Warm Front. I know they are made by the same company but I am not getting the clumping that I was getting or the amount of ash. Also the pellets are bigger or better yet longer than the NE pellets. The smell a lot more like real wood than the ton of NE pellets. Here is the big fact or for me. They are putting out a lot more heat. My room that I have the I have the thermostat set to 80 degrees. With a ton of NE pellets I would never hit that if the temp was over 40 I would get it to it. Now I am hitting that with 20 degree weather outside. I noticed it the first bag.
My son and I both have pellet furnaces and have burned Warm Front for years. They were very consistent as far as ash content. I guess you get used to one brand. We both burn over 6 ton/yr. I monitor the output temperature at all burning/feed levels. This year the Warm Front seem to not have the BTU as in the past. I used to get plenum temperatures of 110 degrees to 130 degrees with both room fans running. Now I have a hard time getting 110 degrees. My furnace is American Harvester 6100. It is multi-fuel although pellets are the best to burn without slag. I will add that reading all the comments about different pellets is very confusing because so many people have good luck with so many brands. It seems if I change to some other local brands they either have too much ash or don’t burn hot enough.
First season wtih a Timberwolf (Napolean)TPS35 stove, been throwing everything I can find in it. Seems Warm Front is the brand most common in my area (Eastern MA). I vacuum sift all bags before they even enter the hopper so fines are not a problem for me, they burn at about 250 degrees and produce a nice blue bottom flame and orange top. They do produce a TON of ash so I’m cleaning out every 2 days or so. I paid $239 a ton which is the 2nd most cheapest brand I was able to find!