Update: Camp Chef was on the ball with getting back to me. Very impressed with their customer service. Most of the suggestions where already done. However they did mention auger tube build up of pellet dust and vent to chimney. The dust can ignite. I cycled the feed to remove all pellets in tube. Got my compressor and thoroughly blew out all the dust. Also noticed a build up on the chimney vent slots. This is tough to see without a flash light. Cleaned up that as well.
Seared at 400 for 15 minutes, and so far so good. Will try 500 at some point and re check. Thank you everyone for your input. Much appreciated!
I have a CC DLX24, and decided to reverse sear some pork. Dialed in the temp to hi which peaks at 500* When the meat was done, I dialed in shut down which is 20 minutes. Just before it ended, the hopper started smoking. The unit turned off as should, but it still smoked for about 20 minutes. I took out all the pellets in the hopper for fear they would catch, but it seems the auger tube had some back burning going on.
Traeger pellets are new. Ive also used bear mountain. This is the first time searing, so Im not sure if brand of pellets would cause the same thing,
I stumbled on traegers site, and they mentioned to put in smoke mode four about 20 min before shut down mode.
Seared at 400 for 15 minutes, and so far so good. Will try 500 at some point and re check. Thank you everyone for your input. Much appreciated!
I have a CC DLX24, and decided to reverse sear some pork. Dialed in the temp to hi which peaks at 500* When the meat was done, I dialed in shut down which is 20 minutes. Just before it ended, the hopper started smoking. The unit turned off as should, but it still smoked for about 20 minutes. I took out all the pellets in the hopper for fear they would catch, but it seems the auger tube had some back burning going on.
Traeger pellets are new. Ive also used bear mountain. This is the first time searing, so Im not sure if brand of pellets would cause the same thing,
I stumbled on traegers site, and they mentioned to put in smoke mode four about 20 min before shut down mode.
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