Hopper fire

[Gog]

Sorry if this is an old question but I need help. Have a zgrill smoker. Used it several times then my hopper pellets ignited. Any ideas?

 

[Up_In_Smoke]

The only time I had a hopper fire in my old Z Grill was when I shut it down from 400 degrees.

After that, I always went down to 180 in steps and then told it to shutdown.

Hope this helps.

 

[SmokingUPnorth]

Was it a fire during your cook or on shutdown? So you made sure to clean all the dust and everything out of the burn pit after every coulle of cooks? I don’t have too much pellet experience but the ones I’ve had I was surprised how much dust builds up.

 

[Gog]

Was it a fire during your cook or on shutdown? So you made sure to clean all the dust and everything out of the burn pit after every coulle of cooks? I don’t have too much pellet experience but the ones I’ve had I was surprised how much dust builds up.

During a cook. Cleaned with shop vac right before ignition.