EBarnacle... good advice. A company in Quebec (Ecolog, I think) makes "logs" out of sawdust and chips. Much higher heat content, very little smoke or ash, no bugs, they deliver it and pile it wherever you want (even in the cellar)... blah, blah, blah...

BUT, it burns SO hot that you can only put so many in at a time... and you can't use them in some stoves.

BTW... I have only met of one guy (out of about ten I have talked to about them) with a pellet stove that worked properly and had no problems with the feeder.