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PostPosted: Feb 13th, '13, 20:51 
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I did check out the grill and it is now on my wish list. I have to see if I can get corn pellets around here... should be able to if I look hard enough ;)


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PostPosted: Feb 13th, '13, 21:14 
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haha, I'm thinking along similiar lines, if its so easy to manage then that's a good way to keep going....


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PostPosted: Feb 13th, '13, 21:49 
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gotta have a great way to cook all the food and fish right? ;)

okay... a little Amazon research and found the Traeger Junior Pellet grill for about 1/4 th the price of the cornglo. good for a start and a smaller family? :D


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Hi Charlie,

Yes, I do my best to explain how the corn grill works.
1. The corn grill's heat source consist of a motor that is turning an auger type screw that pushed the corn from the corn container upward through a little a pipe. At the end of this pipe, there is a little sliding area for the corn to slide down into the burner pot.
2. The motor also energizes an air fan to blow air to the bottom of the fire pot.
3. Fire pot is a container inside another container. The inside container has a lot of small holes for the air to blow through. The outside container's bottom has a hole in the middle that the air from blower blows through.
4. The auger has a timer from 1 to 10. For example when I put it on 4, that means for 4 seconds the auger turns, and then stops for about 9 seconds. So, if I put it at 10, then it feed the corn for 10 seconds, then stops for 9 seconds and the process repeat itself.
5. Some corn grills like the one in the picture also have a control for the air flow through the burner pot.

I usually put bunch of very skinny twigs in the burning out. Put a little candle wax on the top, light and then turn the blower on. As soon as the fire gets hot in there, I turn the corn feeder to 4 and wait till the temp gets to 550F, so everything inside the grill burns and clean itself. Then I turn it down and in a few minutes, I place the meat on.

This one is my second corn grill. I gave the old one to my son. My first corn grill was about half this size.

The same design also used in corn stoves to heat my house. I have two of those, one that holds 125 lbs of corn in it's hopper, and the second one is an insert for fireplace which holds only 75 lbs of corn.

Corn stoves are the most efficient heating source for us here. Specially when corn is so available. I usually take my grain bin to the grain elevator which is 7 miles from me, and fill it up with 4 tons of corn for $1000. And that usually last me one winter.


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PostPosted: Feb 14th, '13, 02:06 
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This is an AMAZING product... I love anything that allows me to potentially grow my own fuel... Thanks again for the pics and info..


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PostPosted: Feb 14th, '13, 22:56 
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Tambra77, not only growing your own fuel is a good idea, but also the food you cook on this grill do not have all the harmful fumes penetrate your food. The charcoal grills same as the gas grills have too many harmful fumes.
You will not believe how much better the food tastes with these grills. We love them. I have used them for 6 years now.


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PostPosted: Feb 19th, '13, 05:22 
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How is everything growing under the lights? Still getting greens?
Fish still keeping warm during cold months?


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PostPosted: Feb 19th, '13, 22:12 
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63F is the lowest I have seen it to get so far.
I believe soon I will see few fingelings. According to the signs I have seen, I might see babies soon.

Yes, the greens looks good under T8 lights. Last night we had some fresh greens with our meal. They taste so fresh and good.
Below pictures were taken last night before picking some greens for our meal.

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That looks so good...


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PostPosted: Mar 21st, '13, 20:20 
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Okay, I am very pleased with what I saw this morning. I saw few baby Tilapia around the light. They are about 2.5 to 3 inches long.

Now I really like Aquaponics a lot more. I sure hated to spend so much for the fingerlings, now I can start eating them.

Hoo Auh!


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PostPosted: Apr 24th, '13, 03:41 
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I was mistaken about the baby Tilapia, they were the original minnows I had put in there last April to get the water going! My son who has much younger eyes corrected me.

Anyway, I am hoping when the water warms up a bit, they get busy!

Here is a picture new growth from this morning.

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PostPosted: Jun 17th, '13, 04:10 
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And here is what we are going to eat for Father day's dinner.
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And grilling them going to be good!

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PostPosted: Jun 17th, '13, 06:33 
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Looks tasty Zublin


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PostPosted: Jun 17th, '13, 20:48 
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Thanks Charlie. It really tasted good. The most expensive fish ever!!

Oh, and here is what my daughter's father days coconut cake. I love coconut cakes, they are so good eating.

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And here is the cooked Tilapia

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PostPosted: Jun 17th, '13, 20:50 
Nice fish Zubin... :cheers:


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