My laziness might have led me to an effective new way to get my AMNPS lit. Disclaimer: I rarely have a hard time getting the AMNPS lit with just a small torch. For whatever reason though the maple pellets I got are a pain to get lit?
Last week I was smoking some bacon, took the AMNPS out of the MES and set it in my gas grill and forgot about it all week with about a row of pellets still in it. This morning I'm smoking a small turkey breast I brined in Pop's brine to make some sliced lunch meat.
Anyway... I thought the pellets were probably shot after being out of a sealed container for a week. I figured I'd put the AMNPS on one side of the grill and light the other side on low for a little bit. Amazingly (pun intended) the pellets lit right up and are burning great. That's the first time that's happened with this particular bag.
I had them on the grill on low, on the cool side for about 20 minutes. Not preaching this as the best way to get the pellets lit, I know some prefer the microwave or the oven. This worked well for me though since the grill was right next to the smoker.
Happy Thanksgiving everyone!
Last week I was smoking some bacon, took the AMNPS out of the MES and set it in my gas grill and forgot about it all week with about a row of pellets still in it. This morning I'm smoking a small turkey breast I brined in Pop's brine to make some sliced lunch meat.
Anyway... I thought the pellets were probably shot after being out of a sealed container for a week. I figured I'd put the AMNPS on one side of the grill and light the other side on low for a little bit. Amazingly (pun intended) the pellets lit right up and are burning great. That's the first time that's happened with this particular bag.
I had them on the grill on low, on the cool side for about 20 minutes. Not preaching this as the best way to get the pellets lit, I know some prefer the microwave or the oven. This worked well for me though since the grill was right next to the smoker.
Happy Thanksgiving everyone!
