Wood vs. Pellets: What Burns BEST In Tabletop Fire Pits?
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- Опубликовано: 6 июн 2024
- Wood vs. Wood Pellets: What is the Best Fuel for Your Tabletop Fire Pit? We will compare the two fuels and test them out in the Solo Stove Mesa XL and East Oak tabletop fire pit to determine the best option. Full review of both and a complete overview to help you decide which one you should use for your fire pit.
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00:00 - Start
01:12 - Pellet Burn
03:44 - Wood Burn
06:32 - Night Burn
06:42 - Overview and my opinion of the fuels 
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I always start with pellets and refuel with wood.
Good idea. Thank you for your input.
I own the Solo and use both pellets and wood but I buy wood meant for smokers. It's already cut to a perfect size, it's harder and burns longer and can be bought at Walmart for next to nothing. Try it out.
I will have to check that out. Thank you for the info.
exactly what I use
oh cool, thanks for the tip! Which Solo do you have? I got the mesa XL. been eyeying this one, but the Mesa is good, I dont need 2.
@@whoanelly- I also own the Mesa XL. Love it for what it is. Just picked up a box of wood chunks from WallyWorld for $10 last week.
I agree the pellets seem to be the best choice. Thanks for the info
No problem
I think it comes down to energy density to be completely honest- look at the physical density of the two sides- pellets burn more evenly with less explosive heat, but that wood burn releases more heat and heats a larger area- but for shorter.
Great job! Love it! I think I would like the pellets better too. Easier storage too!
Thank you!
Great job
Thank you!
That was awesome. I think it would be easier to use the pellets.
Thank you!
If you like playing with your fire then wood chunks are the way to go. A lot more fun. You don’t have to be really careful with your wood chunk sizes either. It’s definitely my preferred way to burn. Pellets work well if you keep them dry.
Thank you for your input. I agree with you on refueling. It's much easier with wood. You do not have to worry about putting out the flame.
It would be cool if you could measure heat with deflector on solo vs East oak
Yeah, I have one for the solo that I haven’t opened up yet. I have another one that I think will fit the East oak but also haven’t opened it yet. I’m gonna do a video on it.👍
I agree. I’m using this size and type of stove for a bit of heat and fun flames. My cheap Tomshoo does well with a ash plate upside down over the top. Just make sure you have something underneath so you don’t burn your table.
The one thing you didn't seem to cover was the amount of ash generated by pellets vs wood, which I would be really interested to hear about. We have a Solo Stove Ranger and a Mesa XL and use a combination of fuels including kindling and woolly firelighters to start, kiln dried wood, coffee logs and compressed smokeless logs and find this works great. It might be cool to add some pellets into the mix too - particularly for the Mesa XL which is too small for the coffee logs and smokeless logs.
The other thing you need to take into consideration with the fire pits you have bought is their longevity. I am in the UK and first saw a Solo Stove on a caravan park we stay at. The Solo Stoves have been outside, uncovered for three years and are still absolutely fine. Would the other two fire pits stand up to that? Is the grade of steel as good as that used on the Solo Stove. They may well be, I don't have them to compare. Interesting point though that might dictate the price point of each item.
I will say that the pellets do create more ash but not a lot more. As far as longevity we will just have to see, but I’m not too worried about the East Oak. It is made out of the same 304 stainless steel as the solo stove and very solid build. as far as the cheap one as you can expect, it’s very light compared to the other two not sure what it’s made out of but the walls seem to be thin, but again it was only 20 bucks.
Check for deals. Got 40lbs bags of heating pellets for 5 bucks from Lowe’s last weekend. Use them in my solostove Yukon. 👌
wow i would buy every bit they had
@@Homedadgriff I followed your advice and went back this evening. Got them to discount to 3.50 a bag if I bought the rest. Score. 👍
Awesome lucky dog I am jealous
I was wondering why he was using a $15 20 pound bag of cooking pellets instead of a $5 40 pound bag of heating pellets. Might as well have put his wallet in the fire instead.
How often and how much pellets to keep the fire at full burn in the East Oak?
About 1/2 cup to a cup every five minutes or so after it starts to die down
Lives in a forrest and buys a box of wood (facepalm)
I like the laundry lint tip 👍
Yeah, it looks like live in the forest, but it’s a neighborhood that’s not my land behind me but yeah, that lint trick works really well. I do have a pile of wood I need to chop up though. Let’s just say I’m a little lazy.
I put laundry lint in used TP rolls.
I’ll have to try that does it make it burn longer?
I think so but I also feel it maximizes the heat in that spot for a hotter burn 🔥 and better chance of starting the fire. I even fill paper towel tubes for very wet conditions
Thanks for the tip I am going to try it on my next burn
If it snuffs out, I just take a lighter to the smoke and re-ignites
Thank you for the information. I’ll definitely have to try it.
It’s the secondary burn! For example, if you have a candle that has been burning for awhile, blow it out, and then hold a lighter a few inches up in the smoke: it will re-light the candle. Smoke is stuff that just didn’t burn yet.
wood in my experience...pellets are too smokey