Outdoor Corn/Grain Furnace

Heartland Heat is the exclusive Iowa distributor for Great Lakes Stoves/Furnaces

If you want to reduce dependence on foreign oil and support local, renewable energy sources, and possibly save money in the process, there's no better way than to install a grain-burning outdoor furnace from Heartland Heat.

Just like we searched high and low for the best outdoor wood furnace, we searched until we found a manufacturer who knew exactly what they were doing with grain-burning technology. We found what we were looking for when we met up with the folks at Universal Grain & Bio Mass Heating Systems of Farwell, MI.

These furnaces are environmentally neutral. That is, when properly set-up, they have virtually no negative environmental impact. Supporting local growers, avoiding foreign fossil fuels, saving money and feeling the warmth and comfort of efficient heat is what you get with an outdoor grain-burning furnace.

While you can burn corn, wheat, oats or rye in this furnace, most folks here in the Heartland use corn.

Here are some of the features of the Universal Grain Burner^TM model 1020:

• Designed and tested for over 7 years.

• Adaptable to most forced air or water systems.

• Environmentally neutral - Burning corn has proven to have virtually no negative impact on our environment.

• Outside burning - no ash or smoke issues inside your home.

• Large grain storage outside - no need to hand-carry grain into your home.

• Heating Efficiency - This burner uses a small amount of water, compared to other outside heating systems. This allows the unit to get maximum heating capacity out of the fuel you are burning.

• Adds only heat to your home - no air pressure issues.

• This system will not interfere with your home's current airflow.

• Easy maintenance - your daily routine will typically be five minutes; Fuel is fed from a bin near the burner, so no daily fuel feed is necessary.

• Safety - no hot stove or furnace inside your home; no chance of a chimney fire in your home.

• Reliable combustion - The staff at Universal Grain developed the combustion technology that is used by others in their systems. The patent-pending combustion design makes the Universal 1020 a true multi-fuel system that works.

• No manual draft settings - No changing of firepots - No fuel additives needed.

• Convenience - No need to shut down the furnace for daily cleaning.

• Corn is a renewable fuel source that helps reduce our dependency on foreign fossil fuels.

• American made - Important to us, and hopefully to you. Burning corn supports the American farmer and our economy.

Benefits of an Outdoor Furnace

Safety
Outdoor furnaces are made to be situated in the yard, away from the house. The usual distance is 50 to 150 feet but it can be twice this distance and still do the job. Outdoor furnaces remove the dangers of fires in the house. Any fire department that compares the safety of indoor units versus outdoor ones will have to admit that outdoor furnaces are the winners.

Convenience
The grain-burning furnace is located out in the yard and can be connected to a grain bin to continuously feed  the grain fuel into the furnace. This eliminates the mess of bringing grain (and the dirt and bugs that might come with it) into the house.One furnace can heat multiple buildings; there is no need to purchase a heat source for each.

Cost Savings
Residential and commercial buildings, shops, garages, motels, factories, restaurants can all be heated easily with our furnaces. There is no more need to use gas or electricity to heat domestic water, hot tubs, swimming pools, clothes dryers - our furnaces will do it better and usually for less money. Additionally, the safety of an outdoor furnace (discussed above) can sometimes result in lower insurance rates.

Indoor Stoves versus Outdoor Furnaces

• The main difference we've seen here is that our outdoor furnaces heat homes more evenly than indoor stoves that super-heat one room or just one part of the house.

• With outdoor stoves, you'll experience a big difference in the warmth of the air coming out of your register, compared to modern high-efficiency furnaces that seem only lukewarm. People have described it to us as "a different kind of heat."
  
   

Contact us to learn more about the Universal Grain Burner^TM model 1020.