Hot Tub Forum
Original => Hot Tub Forum => Topic started by: spahappy on December 12, 2006, 10:03:03 pm
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I've been gone for awhile and I can't wait to be a part of the forum again. For those of you who don't know me, I sell Coleman and Jacuzzi spas in North Dakota. I've spent countless hours on this site and I miss it.
I've been involved in another adventure this winter, it's corn burners :o Yes I sell corn burning stove and we've never been busier. I eat, drink, talk, live, and dream corn stoves the same way I used to about spas. It's good to work at a fireplace/ spa store in the winter in North Dakota.
Anyway I hope to be back in the land of the sane sometime before next spring. Term, Wisoki, Bill, and the rest of you keep the home fires burning (but burn corn) for me untill I can come back to the land of the beautiful.....lol
Spahappy :D
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Are you in Mandan?
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just chime in from time to time OK????
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Glad to hear from you.
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Corn burners? That's a new one. Is that with or without the kernels?
Phil
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what is a corn burner??? It sounds like popcorn makers.
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Corn stoves are all the rage right now, and have been since the price of heating soared a few years ago. Essentially a stove that burns dried corn for heat.
They are selling like crazy around here, too. Some dealers are way backordered.
Someone asked if you were in Mandan.
That's where my family hails from. Many of my relatives still live in that area.
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so is it like a fireplace??? And does the corn pop like popcorn, that would get annoying all the popping. Does it have odour burn off? and how much corn required to heat?
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The one's I'm familiar with are freestanding stoves- I suppose there may be fireplace style ones and retro fits out there too, but I'm not so familiar with those, if they do exist.
They look just like any freestanding (franklin style?) woodburning stove. But they burn corn- have hoppers to contain the corn, and automatically feed the corn to the fire. Different styles. Try Googling Corn Stoves or similar if you're really curious.
No more odor than any other stove- it's all vented per code, etc...
Dont' think they're particularly noisy. Unless you perhaps fuel them with popcorn!
Don't have one myself, so I don't know about how much corn is needed.
Theses stoves are not inexpensive- can cost in excess of $2000 usd to get one installed. But I think corn is relatively cheap as a heat source right now.
That could change if the increasing production of ethanol starts pushing up the cost of corn. Ethanol is really big in my area- E85 is increasingly available. Who know what if any affect this would have on the cost of corn.
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I've been involved in another adventure this winter, it's corn burners :o Yes I sell corn burning stove and we've never been busier. I eat, drink, talk, live, and dream corn stoves the same way I used to about spas. It's good to work at a fireplace/ spa store in the winter in North Dakota.
Spahappy :D
Why haven't I seen you at the Whatsthebest-cornburnerstove.com web forum??
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Pellet stoves were huge, but last year, supply couldn't keep up with demand and pellet prices went up, and some folks had a very hard time finding them. Since then, corn has gotten more popular.
Spahappy can corn be used in pellet stove?
If so, do you know the BTU/ratio usage compared to pellets? Currently I'm burning 4 tons, hardwood pellets @ $270/ton. Curious if corn is an option. How messy is the corn? is there much ash and residue?
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Why haven't I seen you at the Whatsthebest-cornburnerstove.com web forum??
Because it's dominated by a guy from Colorado selling his own personal brand claiming they're the best. When he is just remarketing another brand, that are UL listed dispite what everyone else says. And he feels those So. Cal dog dish cornburners are crap.
FYI to some of you very serious people out there, this was an attempt at humor.
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yeah I heard about that guy, I heard the company is called crazy corn stoves. He goes by various names Jimmy the corn man, Mr. Corn. He owns the most superior units in the world.
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yeah I heard about that guy, I heard the company is called crazy corn stoves. He goes by various names Jimmy the corn man, Mr. Corn. He owns the most superior units in the world.
Yes I saw his ad "iffin ya HAVEN tried corn ya HAVEN tried nuttin"
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I'm with you Drew..I am getting too old for hauling wood. I thought of pellets but my wood stove is soapstone and I can't convert it...I am really interested in this corn stove. I am thinking it burns just corn cobs, could that be right?
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Ok, so now I am thinking I am wrong...Drew here is the info you are looking for...literally (physically) right under my nose...http://burncorn.cas.psu.edu/ ;)
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Corn stoves burn dried corn, not cobs, as far as I know.
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He goes by various names Jimmy the corn man, Mr. Corn. He owns the most superior units in the world.
Take the letter "r" out, and the name fits like a glove.
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I understand that Costco is now introducing a spa burner stove. Kind of a cross marketing venture with Hydrospa.
(Putting on asbestos suit as I type)
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Corn stoves are a wonderful thing. I have owned a Bixby corn stove now for 2 years. It burns shelled corn between 12 and 15% moisture content. I buy bagged corn in 50 lbs. bags from a local farmer for $4/bag. Right now I am running the stove 24/7 and the temperature in the house is an even 73-75 degrees. If it gets too warm we simply turn the stove down a bit or open windows(yes, we literally open windows in the middle of winter to let heat out). The hopper holds about 100 lbs. of corn. There is no smell inside the house. I have 2 digital CO alarms in the house and they read zero when the Bixby is running. No problem there. Corn stoves are nowhere near the work, mess or smell of a wood stove. Buying a corn stove is one of the smartest things my wife and I have ever done. We save a ton of money(we have not used the propane at all this year) and the heat it provides is great.
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Corn cobs can be used in place of toilet paper in a pinch, just like in the olden days. You start with the red ones and finish up with the white ones. I don't know if they have to be cooked, but it probably wouldn't be a bad idea.
Terminator
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I'm with you Drew..I am getting too old for hauling wood. I thought of pellets but my wood stove is soapstone and I can't convert it...I am really interested in this co ,noorn stove. I am thinking it burns just corn cobs, could that be right?
No, no, no........not cork cobs. A specialy treated and proccessed kernal and cob, come in big bags. Feed the hopper full and the stove does the rest. A hopper can last alot of days depending on the thermostat setting of the stove. Built in fans, no POPPING, vented just like any other wood stove. Must supply fresh air from outside for the most effieciant burning.
Just like apellet stove, matter of fact I wonder if they are convertable????
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Are you in Mandan?
The main store is in Mandan, I manage the store 100 miles west in Dickinson.
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How many heating hours do you get from 100 pounds of corn? Sounds like a great system.
Corn stoves are a wonderful thing. I have owned a Bixby corn stove now for 2 years. It burns shelled corn between 12 and 15% moisture content. I buy bagged corn in 50 lbs. bags from a local farmer for $4/bag. Right now I am running the stove 24/7 and the temperature in the house is an even 73-75 degrees. If it gets too warm we simply turn the stove down a bit or open windows(yes, we literally open windows in the middle of winter to let heat out). The hopper holds about 100 lbs. of corn. There is no smell inside the house. I have 2 digital CO alarms in the house and they read zero when the Bixby is running. No problem there. Corn stoves are nowhere near the work, mess or smell of a wood stove. Buying a corn stove is one of the smartest things my wife and I have ever done. We save a ton of money(we have not used the propane at all this year) and the heat it provides is great.
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Depends on which heating level you set the stove to. Bixby has pushbuttons for "on/off" and heating levels 1-8 using "up/down" buttons. The owners manual gives exact feed rates. I can easily get a couple of days heat on the lower settings 1-3. Levels 7-8 take more. We have never run out of corn while heating. When we first got the stove I would wake up in the middle of the night to check on it and make sure it was running well. I soon quit wasting my time. This stove runs so well, the flame is so consistant and the heat is so even that I just stay in bed. When corn burns it forms a "clinker". A clinker is nothing more than solidified corn syrup. Somehow you have to get rid of this clinker. Either the stove does it or, on models other than Bixby, you have to manually remove it from the stove. Not a big deal as it is nowhere near the mess of a wood stove. It's easier to understand clinkers when you see a stove in person. If I didn't have a Bixby I would buy a Golden Grain corn stove. Golden Grain is a heavy duty stove, simple operation and you can buy spare parts from the Grainger catalog. I have never heard of any freestanding corn stove causing a house fire. The exhause temp is much lower than a wood stove. However, corn stoves must be installed with double-wall exhaust pipe.
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We had a corn burner, but the revenuers kept bustin' it up. We had a two holer too, but that corn was for a different purpose. ;D