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    Italian Beef help

    I have a meeting this coming Sunday in which I will be feeding those present.  There will be approximately 20-25 people.  I would like to do something on the smoker.  In the past my wife has made an italian beef by cooking a roast in the crockpot.  I would like to take this to another level and...
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    jumping rows

    It seems like maybe I am getting some heat trapping from the water pan.  It did pretty well for my pork roast, but I could tell that it jumped again near the end of the first row.  As I look at it, it appears that where it is jumping is really close to where the water pan comes is (if that makes...
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    jumping rows

    I'm smoking a couple pork butts tonight.  I have a very small homemade aluminum pan under them to catch drippings.  I'll see if it jumps rows tonight.  Hopefully it will go well this time.
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    jumping rows

    The first pellets that I used (that also jumped) were Todd's pellets.  I am currently using Traeger Pellets.  The only process I have used for drying my pellets (so far) is to have them in the smoker as it is heating up.  I haven't had to nuke them or put them in the oven or anything.  
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    jumping rows

    So here are the pictures that were requested earlier.  As you can see there is no cookie tray in the smoker.  I removed it before smoking this chicken.  This picture shows how much I had the smoker filled for this chicken.  At the very back of the first row it jumped to the second row before it...
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    jumping rows

    I do have the AMNPS it does have the triangle shaped dividers.  I made a few changes and it seems to have helped some, but hasn't completely removed the issue.  I removed the pan that I was using to catch drippings.  I also moved the AMNPS closer to the door instead of pushing it toward the back...
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    jumping rows

    If it were jumping at the very beginning, i would think this could be the case, but the jump always seems to be halfway in on the second row.   I am going to be smoking a whole chicken this afternoon.  I will remove the cookie sheet and use the AMNPS to see if that makes a difference...
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    jumping rows

    I am using a Maverick ET-73 set.  I have checked them and they are accurate.  The MES meat probe is spot on, and the smoker temp runs about 10* off, but I compensate for that.  I do have a cookie sheet that I put in right under the meat, but this is above the smoker thermometer, so it shouldn't...
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    jumping rows

    I can try later to post some, but I can give you a verbal description to start with.  I have an MES40 Gen 2.  I place the AMNPS all the way to the left hand side on the bottom of the smoker - below the water pan.  I then open the chip tray about an inch and pull out the chip loader a couple inches.
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    jumping rows

    225-235 is where i've been using it.  I think when I noticed it this time I had the temp set at 250.  
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    jumping rows

    So, I have had my AMNPS for a couple weeks and I've used it a few times.  I can't seem to stop it from jumping rows.  I have double checked to make sure pellets aren't bridging the rows.  Today I tried to fill it a little less than before and it still jumped from the first row to the second row...
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