How to Light a Wood Pellet Stove

Fill the hopper of the wood pellet stove with pellets.

Place a handful of wood pellets in the burn pot of the stove.

Turn the wood pellet stove auger on and allow it to run until you see pellets start to drop from the delivery chute. After pellets begin dropping, turn the auger back off.

Pour a small amount of accelerant onto the wood pellets in the burn pot. You can purchase wood pellet lighting fluid or you can use liquid sterno or kerosene.

Strike a match and hold it to the wood pellets in the burn pot until they ignite.

Allow the pellets to burn for a few minutes until the fire is burning well. You will see that the pellets are turning red around the edges and the fire looks ready to be fed.

Turn on the wood pellet stove's auger and blower motor. Watch the fire for a few minutes to make sure that it is burning the new pellets which are dropping from the chute and they do not smother your flame.