A Pellet Basket is an insert that sits inside a wood stove or fireplace and burns wood pellets. Simply place the Pellet Basket in your wood stove or fireplace. Fill it with wood pellets, light the wood pellets with a gel firestarter. With a small metal scoop, add more wood pellets when needed on top of the hot burning wood pellets, not smothering out the flame. Any wood pellets that fall through will burn from the hot embers. Readjust your flue for a safe working temperature. The Pellet Basket width is 12", depth is 8", 6" tall in front, and 8" tall in back The Pellet Basket weighs 10 lbs. and holds 10 lbs. of wood pellets. Competitors baskets only weigh a pound or so. This Pellet Basket is a true 1/4 inch thick, Strongest, Thickest, Heaviest, and the only one that is all welded. THIS IS A 10 LB PELLET BASKET burnwoodpellets.com