Is there any real difference between a corn burning stove and a wood burning stove. just different fuel?

Your question is a little misleading. There are many types of wood burning stoves but most corn burning stoves have automatic feed mechanisms. This can be done with wood pellets as well but not with regular fireplace wood. The real answer has to do with availability of fuel. Some places wood is at premium prices other places you can gather as much as you want for free. I doubt this will ever be true for corn however.

With an abundance of regular fireplace wood availble you should really think about a regular fireplace. A wood burning fireplace with a "Heat Form" makes a pretty efficient heating source.

There is a BIG difference. A corn burning stove will have a "hopper" to feed the corn into the burning pot. A wood burning stove has the larger area to place the cut logs for burning. If you are talking about a wood pellet stove, there are some stoves that you can use corn AND pellets, but not normally. I would suggest you visit a store that sells both and have a salesman explain the different heating options. We have a wood pellet stove, but were considering a corn burning stove. However, the corn burned black and made a mess as far as we could figure.

Corn burners are really called "pellett-corn stoves'. They have a unique venting system and will only burn corn or wood pellets.

Wood stoves will burn logs and other wood but not pellets or corn. Their venting system is much larger.

Locate a store or shop that sells both and compare the units, type of fuel, burning time, required clearances for walls, ceilings. Find out if they require a non-combustible floor like concrete or if you can have a hearth pad installed.

Many insurance companies will raise the price of your homeowners insurance when using wood burners and aelleet stoves. Check it out before you buy.

My grandfather had a wood burning stove and you can throw anything in it. With the corn burning stove you may have to throw only corn in it.

While I can't answer this question I DO know that the corn for burning has been in ridiculous short supply for the last few years so I would check on suppliers and lead times before I bought a corn-burner.

Coal stove burn at a high temperature and notmally are thicker than wood stoves. Also Coal stoves have a grate at the bottom for shaking off the ash as it burns down.

the ashes of the corn stove look like popcorn, other than that, the basic oxygen to heat ratio is relevant.

there really isn't any difference you can burn both fuel types in which ever stove you want to

wood burning stoves can burn anything. coal burning stoves can only burn coal

different fuels need different air flows