About Oak Wood Pellets
This kind of pellet appeared in our offer
in 2011 and from the very beginning has been gaining larger and larger group of
customers. Deciduous sawdust, noble oak tree - all this had an impact on high
demand. Hardwood – oak does not dirty chimney openings, as it happens in case
of pine or spruce, which was also noticed by the customers. This pellet is
produced from its own sawdust, so that the quality and its composition is fully
under control. This is very important in the production of a high quality
pellet. The granulate itself is produced on the specially prepared, reamed dies
of Italian manufacturer of devices destined for pellets production. The reaming
is necessary due to the fact that oak sawdust has very little resin and bonding
it to the form of pellets was quite a big challenge. A very attractive price is
an additional motivation for our customers to purchase this kind of pellet.
Pellets made of pure oak sawdust, contains no binders, adhesives, chemicals.
Oak wood pellets for BBQ
When BBQ pellet companies refer to a 'base'
in their pellets, they are taking about the stable hardwood substance of their
pellet. Most companies either use oak or alder as their base, we like to use
alder. All of our flavors of pellets have a 75% alder base, with the other 25%
being the main flavored hardwood. For example, our hickory pellets are 75%
alder 25% hickory, our mesquite pellets are 75% alder 25% mesquite, and so on.
These Oak wood bbq pellets are 100% wood
with no additives, mixes, cheap fillers, just good old fashion bbq wood the way
it should be!
The pellets are of light brown colour
because of used oak sawdust. Their darker colour does not mean lower quality as
is often suggested. Oak is valuable natural fuel, which is why our pellets have
high calorific value 18,51 MJ/kg, burning time 30% higher than coniferous wood
and low ash content (0,49%). Because of the longer burning time, it is
necessary to adjust batching to boilers and reduce it by about a third when
switching to hardwood pellets.
What is the difference between oak pellets
and pellets from coniferous tree species?
The first distinguishing feature is the
colour. Darker colour of oak pellets is given by natural brown colour of wood.
There is a common misconception in a society according to which the
pellets of dark colour are generally of poor quality because they must contain
the bark. However, it is not so. Pellet containing bark can be identified by
irregular dark spots. If the pellet is darker as a whole but without
significant dark spots, it is not a pellet containing bark. Another difference
compared to pellets from coniferous wood is burning time, which is about 30%
longer. It is necessary to adjust batching to boilers and reduce it by about
a third.
How can we recognize the quality pellets?
At first glance you can recognize the
quality of pellets mainly according to their colour and shape. The pellet
should be uniform in colour, without spots and its surface should be shiny and
compact. Pellet quality also depends on the used
technology which reflects in hardness of pellets. The harder the
pellets, the better their production process.
Important parameters of the quality are
heating power, water content and ash content. Pellets that meet ÖNORM M 135,
DIN plus or EN PLUS A1 have set values parameters that guarantee the highest
quality of pellets.
