Keeping Your Pellets Dry (Pellets & Dust)

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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.
 
 
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.
Thanks Pops!
I keep forgetting to check if our local Tractor Supply carries those Corn Cob Pellets. I wonder if All "TSC" places carry them?

Like I said in my original post, I think the air flow has a lot to do with it too. 

You probably get a lot more air flow than most of the MES 30s and MES 40s.

I never have trouble with mine either, but I have to keep them dry, so I don't have to Nuke or Heat them.

I made this Thread because sometimes it seems like a full time Job helping people to get the pellets to burn in their MES.

So now I can refer them to this Thread.

Bear
 
Yes, they should, they are horse bedding by Best Cob, and TS is their national distributor.   I heat them if, for anything, the corn cob smell emanating from them, brings back so many memories of the crushed corn cobs dad used in his smoking, so it is an enjoyment to heat them rather than a one-minute bother.  And, mixing them with the pitmaster's gives additional aromas to our kitchen; so pleasant and pleasing!


From:  http://www.smokingmeatforums.com/t/149282/bestcob-corn-cob-pellets-for-amnps

 
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Thanks Pops!! 
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Bear
 
Im gonna need a LOT jugs. Just went in on a group buy of lumberjack pellets. I've got 21 40# bags...

I lined 32 gal trash cans with a garbage bag and put 4 bags in each can then tie the bag up and cover. Hopefully that works. I'll find out eventually.
 
Im gonna need a LOT jugs. Just went in on a group buy of lumberjack pellets. I've got 21 40# bags...

I lined 32 gal trash cans with a garbage bag and put 4 bags in each can then tie the bag up and cover. Hopefully that works. I'll find out eventually.
That should be fine!

The Zip bags Todd sends kept mine dry for years. I only worry about them once I open those bags.

That's why I put them all in Jugs as soon as I open those Bags, but any kind of sealing like you did should be fine.

Bear
 
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