spudthegreater
Member
Been using this all season without any issues, but yesterday i had my first flameout around 6 hrs into smoking some jerky.
Two things could be at fault here
1). I didn't vacuum out the ashes after last cook, I had been doing that after every other cook if they were long and have never had issues. This was my 3rd cook without vacuuming the pot and barrel bottom.
2.) I had run to the end of my standard hickory and topped off with Char hickory pellets (Lumberjack) and maybe the mix of the two had something to do with it.
3.) I switched to P setting 6 to bring temp down even more, which i have done in the past with no issues. But this time maybe it was to low a temp. Been smoking around 150 to 175.
How it was discovered. Well I knew it was about time for it to be complete, and i went to open it up and saw the temp at 100f. So i shut it off, pulled the jerky, Came back and saw that the pot was full to the top with pellets. By this time there was a mix of old and new. So my take away is clean out before each cook or after cool down, Probably don't mix char and standard pellets, and watch the P settings. 6 to 7 might be to low a temp to sustain it.
Two things could be at fault here
1). I didn't vacuum out the ashes after last cook, I had been doing that after every other cook if they were long and have never had issues. This was my 3rd cook without vacuuming the pot and barrel bottom.
2.) I had run to the end of my standard hickory and topped off with Char hickory pellets (Lumberjack) and maybe the mix of the two had something to do with it.
3.) I switched to P setting 6 to bring temp down even more, which i have done in the past with no issues. But this time maybe it was to low a temp. Been smoking around 150 to 175.
How it was discovered. Well I knew it was about time for it to be complete, and i went to open it up and saw the temp at 100f. So i shut it off, pulled the jerky, Came back and saw that the pot was full to the top with pellets. By this time there was a mix of old and new. So my take away is clean out before each cook or after cool down, Probably don't mix char and standard pellets, and watch the P settings. 6 to 7 might be to low a temp to sustain it.
