Corn Burning Stoves

Are you green? Have you ever wondered alternative ways to go green? "Green" is a term used to describe a Eco-friendly lifestyle, and ways to help the Earth. There are many alternative ways to go green including driving hybrid cars, using condensed bulbs, or simply turning lights off in an unoccupied rooms. But is that enough? One way to start going green is the use of a Corn Burning Stove. These stoves are great for going green, and great for alternative fueling.

Corn burning stoves are simply an alternative to other home heating methods. Corn burning stoves use corn kernels as fuel, as opposed to compacted wood pellets. Corn is a great alternative to wood pellets because they not only burn efficiently, but they burn cleanly as well. Corn burning stoves do not require the use of a standard chimney. In fact, you only need an "L" or "B" double wall vent to be able to vent them outside. Corn burns a lot hotter than wood pellets and corn burning stoves heat homes at 13,000 to 40,000 BTUs. In other words, it can easily heat one to one and a half floors of your home. These stoves are also much cheaper to fuel. From personal experience, wood pellets cost around $215.00 a ton, or $4.50 a bag. Corn however, can either be grown yourself, or can cost around $43 a ton, depending on your distributor. Corn burning stoves themselves cost around $1,200.00 upwards to around $1,900.00, whereas a standard pellet stove can cost anywhere from $1,000.00 to $3,000.00.

There are very few downsides to owning a corn burning stove. The most difficult part is getting the corn to fuel your stove. Most corn stoves are used in the mid-states where corn growing is much more frequent. It is harder to find a farmer to distribute their corn to you than to find a local store to buy wood pellets from. Also, many corn burning stove owners find there is not much difference between corn fuel and wood fuel, other than price. The good and yet, bad news, is that the maintenance of a corn burning stove is not any different than that of a wood burning stove.