Pellet Fan
Accessories & Essentials => Pellets -- comments & questions => Topic started by: Canadian John on November 24, 2022, 11:21:24 AM
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I just read an interesting article where spent coffee grounds are transformed into pellets, both heating (Java Flame) and grilling (JavaBrrewBQ).
The company, SRG(Sustainable Resources Group) claims a 35% higher BTU output; 11,170 VS 8,100 with 80% less ash.
Cost wise, a 20 pound bag of the cooking pellets sells for $20.00
sustainablesourcesgrouo.com listed as their contact info. *
This is new to me. How about you?
* This didn't work for me. I found their site searching Google. It's interesting!
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Never heard of it or the company.
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Perhaps Lew Knows them as they are located in PA ?
132 Veterans Lane, Unit A
Doylestown, PA 1890
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I remember my dad saying they would roll cigarettes with used coffee grounds when he was a kid. I bet that was really bitter but they would certainly burn as pellets. Not sue of the smoke profile for food though.
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Perhaps Lew Knows them as they are located in PA ?
132 Veterans Lane, Unit A
Doylestown, PA 1890
Never heard of them but they are an hour from me and right down the street from a record store that I have been planning to visit for the last few years.
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Interesting. Not a fan of the flavor of coffee so I wonder what if anything they would flavor the meat when smoking. But for my heating I wouldn't care. I paid 305 a ton for wood pellets delivered this year, the most I have ever paid by far. Can't imagine these would be comparable in cost for heating, but maybe in a few years if the process get out more and more companies get involved.
Hard to imagine a Pennsylvania company doing coffee grounds in to pellets, I have lived in PA all my 57 years and didn't think coffee was one of the things grown here.
https://sustainableresourcesgroup.com/a-new-era-in-home-heating-is-here/
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Not sure I would use them. Imo I wanted a coffee flavor I would prefer to use a coffee rub.
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I guess I would want to know how they bind? If they are like wood and a natural binder is created when they are extruded under pressure. Or is something add to bind it.
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Tried them. Smelled like burnt coffee to some burnt popcorn to others. A few liked them, most did not. Flavor and aroma are the top qualifiers in my book.
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Thanks Ruff. That was interesting. The concept of coffee pellets is a new one; at least to me.
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Since I don't like coffee, they won't be found in my pellet supply.