Help please...pretty sure ignitor is shot

[tds73]

I have family coming over this afternoon for late Thanksgiving. I fired up the Blaz n and when I went out to put turkeys on, it was dead. Found the fuse was blown. Replaced fuse and it started back up but never heated. Got down to the ignitor and it was not lighting pellets. I got them burning with a torch and it is heating up now.
My question is, will I be able to smoke turkeys or does it need the ignitor periodically during smoking?

 

[jake0531]

Shouldn’t need to use igniter past initial start up, at least that’s how it is on my GMG