I keep my pellets (corn cob by Best Cob - Tractor Supply, 40 lb. bag for $20.00) outside on the back porch in old plastic coffee cans with no liners or anything. I do a mixture of corn cob pellets and a little pitmaster pellets in an empty plastic coffee can (Folger's, to be precise) and nuke them 1½ min. in the microwave while I set up my racks in the smokehouse for horizontal smoking (lay oven grates over hanging dowels and put Amaze Matz on them). Fill up my pellet tray with the pellets, blowtorch them for a couple minutes and we're off and running! Rarely do I have to re-light them. I keep them outside on my back porch (out of the rain) and don't worry about them at all, the microwave cures any moisture problems and they light with no problem - easy peasy set-it-and-forget-it do-it and done. The corn cob pellets are a little harder to light but still, with the microwave, it keeps them consistent always. For me, it's the easiest and simplest way possible. And yes, we get lots of spring and fall rains, 100% humidity.