Here is a easy fix when your hopper starts smoking. Hope you like the video.
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thank you
Just happened todays saw your video doing everything you said now went from high heat to shutdown mode then saw the smoke and freaked out maybe because of that or idk if its from using pitboss pellets on a traeger
Just figured out mine, it was the chimney, totally packed off with soot, cleaned it off and now the air has a place to go besides back up into the pellet box
Thank you
mines a cheapo zgrill the fire creeped into the shaft cause my auger motor died
Give it up im sorry go back to the weber kettle this is the best grill
You don’t need to empty the hoper in order to achieve the same result brotha just push the button until the burning pallets are out.
Im 3 hours in to my smoke…
My hopper is smoking bad
1st step?
Mine was smoking so bad right now, the fire helicopter just did 2 water drops over my back yard! 😂 thanks for the tip! (I know, that’s what she said)
This just happened to me….I just started shooting it hoping it would stop. Eventually it did….but now I need to purchase another one.
I get auger fires, more regularly than I care to admit. For me, traeger with pellet pro pid, I just turn on the feed to push the pellets into the fire pot, stopping the fire in the auger tunnel. No need to stop your cook. You just have to monitor for a temp swing. Happy smoking!
Is there not a measurement guide for how many cups of pellets are needed for certain amounts of food??
Thanks for the advice. I’ve only been smoking less than a year and didn’t know what to do when my smoker kept smoking heavily after I was finished. Awesome advice!!
So it's caused by ash buildup
What to do is easy to figure out. Trying to find out why it happened so I can prevent it from happening again.
So basically what your telling me is if my hopper is smoking, I need to get up off my a$$# and clean it. I knew that..lololol
If u don’t blow the dust out of the auger tube it will do it again soon probably the next time u cook.
I bought the 1000D3E the second use this happened in mid-cook. Not sure if it was this machine or if the power outage caused it I had a power outage happen. It lost power.
I had to power it back on and power it back on in smoke mode then the smoke starting coming out of the pellet hopper. I put it in shut down mode.
I have a pit boss and my hopper has done this twice during the shut down process. And both times I immediately emptied the hopper and turn the smoker back on to empty out the pellets still left in the auger
They should've added a primer button to push the burn stuff out
The reason for smoke coming out of the hopper is too much pressure in the grill. Or said in another way, not enough air flow in the grill. When that happens the fire goes towards the easiest way out…. the hopper. If your hopper is sealed well. Maybe even a gasket on the lid it would cut down on these issues.
I would be willing to bet the protective tin foil helps cut the air flow.
Cool video. Some good knowledge to have for when I do get one👊🏻✌🏻
This is cool RJ. Another reason I enjoy your channel. I see that happens often with pellet smokers so great video to show the safe way to take care of it. ✌️
If you unplug it it should stop immediately
This is the kind of videos I like to see. Helps me out a lot if this would ever happen to my grill.
This video is great. It’s nice to know what to do when a situation like this happens. Great job bud.
Great, I got the cheap model with no trap door
Great heads up thanks
Because it’s a ZGrills lol. Just kidding. Happy Friday bro !
Man this is good to know. Great video.
Oh man haven’t run into that yet thankfully but great video always looking out 👍🏼