Biomass Multi-Fuel Stoves

A new breed of multi-fuel stoves are making their way onto the market, harvesting biomass fuels at the household level like never before. While wood stoves have long been a staple of indoor heating (especially in log cabins or romantic restaurants) they often lack consistency in burning temperature and are a challenge to power. For anyone who has ever visited his or her grandparen'ts farm you'll know wood doesn't exactly chop itself... furthermore, wood logs don't pack as easily as other smaller consistent units of fuel such as wood pellets or corn.

This new wave of biomass stoves and biomass heaters has opened up the opportunity for multiple biomass fuel sources to compete. In some circles they are even raising the question of whether energy sources such as corn should really be used for heat instead of food. The concern is that food prices will go up as corn becomes a competitive fuel product as ethanol and biomass.

Pictured below, the 52,300 BTU multifuel heater from American Harvest can hold up to 63 pounds of fuel and burns corn, wood pellets, soy beans, olive pits, cherry pits, bio mass fuel grains, and processed silage. With features such as an automatic circulation exhaust blower, digital control board with built in diagnostics, and nine heat settings with heat and draft control this ain't you're grandma's stove. This particular model has received mixed reviews and while the technology is still new we encourage you to share your tips about other models below.