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Anyone using a corn burner
« on: November 28, 2008, 01:15:25 PM »
Couple mths backs I bought a house with a fuel oil furnace. The price of fuel oil scared the crap out of me, So bought a corn burning fireplace insert. This thing keeps the house at 69 degrees on medium. Fill it up once a day, About 50 lbs of corn. The guy I bought the house from spent between $3500 & $4000 a year. Im thinking I LL be spending about half that. Just wondering if anyone else is using one.
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Re: Anyone using a corn burner
« Reply #1 on: November 28, 2008, 01:30:40 PM »
I'm guessing this has nothing to do with your username. My Grandpa used to heat with corn, but for a different result.  ;D
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Re: Anyone using a corn burner
« Reply #2 on: November 28, 2008, 01:58:28 PM »
Twice a year I attend a hardware show as a vendor. A year ago I purchased a corn burning stove. I live on my family farm so the availability of corn is no problem.
The stove saved me quite a chunck of cash last year. It is not meant to be the sole source of heat but I burn it 23.5 hours a day. It does need quality corn to burn well.

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Re: Anyone using a corn burner
« Reply #3 on: November 28, 2008, 01:59:57 PM »
what  ever  you  do

store  you pop corn  away  from  the stove

i  had  a nieghbor  blew  the side  of  his  house  off
he  had  spilled  some  Orville Redibacher  into  his  fuel  corn

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Re: Anyone using a corn burner
« Reply #4 on: November 29, 2008, 02:45:22 AM »
My stove is a "multi fuel" stove. When I am not home my wife mixes 1/4 wood pellets in with the 3/4 corn... burns easier.
There is a drawer for the ash maybe 14" x 14" x 4"  it needs to be emptied about weekly.

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Re: Anyone using a corn burner
« Reply #5 on: November 29, 2008, 04:38:42 AM »
Once a day I have to take out the "clinker" that forms at the bottom of the burn pot. Then once evry 2 weeks or so I gotta clean out the ash.  I can burnt 50/50 wood pellets, corn. I dont know if it burns any cleaner. Wood pellets became hard to find around here. I paid $700 for 160 bushels of corn. So I just went with corn. Next year I may look into an add on burner for my furnace, & use the insert for the barn.
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Re: Anyone using a corn burner
« Reply #6 on: November 29, 2008, 04:45:16 AM »
Corn burners are pretty popular here in Southern MN, pretty low on ash, efficient, and there is alt of cornsin the area. Just remember to use good clean corn. Here a tip ya don't wanna share with the EPA, sometimes you can find old seed corn to burn in your corn stove for a relativly low price.
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Re: Anyone using a corn burner
« Reply #7 on: November 29, 2008, 05:15:47 AM »
we  use  a simple wood burner
but  every  thing goes in  it
we  have 2 trash cans  in the kitchen.......burn  and non-burn
we generate  about 2 small  bags of trash  a  month  that   has to be taken away
i  have  cental  heat   but  no one is  allowed  to turn  it  on
told  my kids since  they were  little     ''if  you cold, get some fire wood''

about  one  snow shovel  scoop  a  week  in  ashes  scattered on  the grass
don't  know  how  i ended  up with a snow shovel  in  Florida
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Re: Anyone using a corn burner
« Reply #8 on: November 29, 2008, 09:12:50 AM »
Has anyone tried to burn dried brewers grain in their corn burner? We have a couple of ethonal plants in the area and the brewers grain is $5 a ton before drying

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Re: Anyone using a corn burner
« Reply #9 on: November 29, 2008, 10:34:21 AM »
what  ever  you  do

store  you pop corn  away  from  the stove

i  had  a nieghbor  blew  the side  of  his  house  off
he  had  spilled  some  Orville Redibacher  into  his  fuel  corn

killed  his  dog  and  the insurance  wouldn't pay  up


Is this for real??
I guess Orville's really does pop up fluffier.
Did anyone get hurt (other than the dog)??

One of my friends has a corn burner in her house and she swears by it.

Are these things pretty much the same as a wood pellet stove??



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Re: Anyone using a corn burner
« Reply #10 on: November 29, 2008, 02:04:55 PM »
i put a wood burner in this year, because wood is more plentiful than corn here.   i havent turned on the regular furnace yet, and my house has stayed at 80-85 degrees.    ;D

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Re: Anyone using a corn burner
« Reply #11 on: November 29, 2008, 02:11:52 PM »
we  use  a simple wood burner
but  every  thing goes in  it
we  have 2 trash cans  in the kitchen.......burn  and non-burn
we generate  about 2 small  bags of trash  a  month  that   has to be taken away
i  have  cental  heat   but  no one is  allowed  to turn  it  on
told  my kids since  they were  little     ''if  you cold, get some fire wood''

about  one  snow shovel  scoop  a  week  in  ashes  scattered on  the grass
don't  know  how  i ended  up with a snow shovel  in  Florida





I did the same thing when I had a wood burner. I tore down an old garage and burned the whole thing, very convenient. Also all burnable trash. I remember one day, cleaning the closet, finding my worn out lineman boots and a worn out winter jacket, they made a hot fire. Lot of magazine, news papers and catalogues.
I thought of it as recycling, waste to energy.

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Re: Anyone using a corn burner
« Reply #12 on: November 29, 2008, 03:20:50 PM »
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I did the same thing when I had a wood burner. I tore down an old garage and burned the whole thing, very convenient. Also all burnable trash. I remember one day, cleaning the closet, finding my worn out lineman boots and a worn out winter jacket, they made a hot fire. Lot of magazine, news papers and catalogues.
I thought of it as recycling, waste to energy.
sounds like you are playing "will it burn?"   which, coincidently, is one of my favorite games.   nothing like getting b.t.u.'s out of junk mail.  lol.

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Re: Anyone using a corn burner
« Reply #13 on: November 30, 2008, 06:45:37 AM »
sounds like you are playing "will it burn?"   which, coincidently, is one of my favorite games.   nothing like getting b.t.u.'s out of junk mail.  lol.

One of my favorites too.  Wish I could figure out a way to burn junk email!
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Re: Anyone using a corn burner
« Reply #14 on: November 30, 2008, 10:17:37 AM »
sounds like you are playing "will it burn?"   which, coincidently, is one of my favorite games.   nothing like getting b.t.u.'s out of junk mail.  lol.

One of my favorites too.  Wish I could figure out a way to burn junk email!

If that were possible there would be no need to burn wood or corn! :D

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