Finally got to the end of my first 40 pound bag of the pit boss competition pellets. While I have bough more pellets, I was waiting until the hopper was near empty (not completely empty) before adding more as I am going to try different kinds next.
On one of my last cooks, I was making a pizza and noticed after a few minutes that the temps were going down. Opened hopper and noticed that the pellets were not sliding down into the auger opening so the auger ran dry. I used a spatula end to stir the pellets and got it going again but I was constantly stirring making sure the pellets were falling in.
I have done some research and his looks like it is not just pit boss but others as well. Other than stirring or keeping the hopper more than half full during a cook, are there other solutions to make sure the pellets are falling properly? I am going to assume it is just too low of an angle to get them to fall without having weight on top. Kind of a major design flaw really.
Would love to be able to do a long cook where I don't have to check it frequently but maybe that is just something I will have to accept. Thoughts?
On one of my last cooks, I was making a pizza and noticed after a few minutes that the temps were going down. Opened hopper and noticed that the pellets were not sliding down into the auger opening so the auger ran dry. I used a spatula end to stir the pellets and got it going again but I was constantly stirring making sure the pellets were falling in.
I have done some research and his looks like it is not just pit boss but others as well. Other than stirring or keeping the hopper more than half full during a cook, are there other solutions to make sure the pellets are falling properly? I am going to assume it is just too low of an angle to get them to fall without having weight on top. Kind of a major design flaw really.
Would love to be able to do a long cook where I don't have to check it frequently but maybe that is just something I will have to accept. Thoughts?