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Recent content by Flybowman

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    New Pitt Boss 820 heating element shutting down.

    The pellet bin was just about full Mike, checked it each time and evened out the slope just to make sure. never came close to running low. Thanks for the suggestion though. .
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    New Pitt Boss 820 heating element shutting down.

    Thanks Bill, I'm gonna try a couple of chickens this evening with the cap wide open and see what happens.
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    New Pitt Boss 820 heating element shutting down.

    Thanks for the help RC. The Pitt Boss manual I have actually does say to preheat to 350 which I did. In fact I followed the instructions to the letter. After talking with several different folks from the forums I'm thinking I may not have had the vent open far enough as it was barely cracked...
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    New Pitt Boss 820 heating element shutting down.

    I didn't clean out the auger as this all started with the very first use.
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    New Pitt Boss 820 heating element shutting down.

    Yes it is going out after an hour or two.
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    New Pitt Boss 820 heating element shutting down.

    First of all I should tell you that I have always used an electric Master Built smoker in the past so I definitely don't know what I'm doing.with the Pellet grill. I have however been following the manual to a tee. So let me answer your questions in order, I don't actually know that the...
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    New Pitt Boss 820 heating element shutting down.

    I did do the pre cook burn and also cleaned out the fire pot. when it shuts down the auger and the fan continue to run. The first few times it went out the fire pot was very full of unburned pellets and overflowing into the bottom of the grill.. The last time I tried to restart without cleaning...
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    New Pitt Boss 820 heating element shutting down.

    Yes it is going out every few hours.
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    New Pitt Boss 820 heating element shutting down.

    Hey Smokers, I have a new Pitt Boss Pro 820. I followed all the start up and pre heat instructions and tried to smoke a pork butt. Everything worked great until the heating element shut down about 2 hours in. I took the guts out, cleaned the heating pot, and restarted it. another couple of...
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