Pellet grill in apartment

[JWFokker]

Not a good idea and not a very responsible thing to post.
Every single pellet grill because of the forced air is a fire waiting to get out of hand.
Never leave a smoker unattended.........never!!!
The only time I will bend that rule is if I'm right inside the house and I have a remote thermometer that has a very loud high temp alarm, that being said there is no way in hell that I would ever leave a smoker burning while I was away from the house. I've personally seen 4 different brand pellet poopers burst into flames at comps when the team members were taking a break. The fire gets out of hand quickly because of the forced air fan feeding the flames, 2 of those fires made it to the hopper with in a few seconds and that is really bad news if you aren't right there to unplug the unit, turning it off remotely wouldn't help a thing because they go into shutdown mode where the fan is running to cool off the smoker.

Nonsense. Almost certainly USER ERROR in every instance. Keep your pellet burner clean and that doesn't happen.

 

[bill1]

Almost certainly USER ERROR in every instance...

Perhaps, but THIS user does commit errors, not all the time, but I may be close to the 1% error rate that safety professionals use for "cognizant individuals" when studying product safety. To err is human.

And failure to clean before each cook is not the only error that can lead to fire hazards. Most pellet cookers include inclined trays and external grease buckets that can also fail in multiple ways and lead to hazardous conditions...even if you verified a clean machine beforehand.

My only point is that in considering many people, over a long time, both inspecting your gear beforehand AND maintaining some level of awareness of what's happening inside of it, is safer than just doing one or the other.

Doing neither is, of course, never a recommended practice.

 

[JWFokker]

Thanks your your input. Maybe you should stay far away from pellet grills and you'll feel safer. The rest of us will continue to use them without being scared for our lives. You sound like a paranoid housewife.

 

[bill1]

Caution is not the same as fear. I don't fear high voltage, high explosives, nor even automobiles, but I respect them.
To whom much is given, much is required.

 

[Extexer]

In general, the smoke from the kettle is small. I don't think the neighbors pay attention to this. You don't smoke right under their windows. So I think your neighbors don't pay attention to the smoke at all. It would be different if you smoked every hour right under their windows. This is terrible. Believe me.