- Nov 23, 2023
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After almost burning my cold smokehouse down by using it to cook, I remembered that a friend of mine about 90 mins a way upgraded his old Treager and offered the Treager to me 6 months ago. Back in the summer when he offered it to me, my wife told me no that I could not have it, that I already had a smoker. I told him to hold onto it, and I would try to convince her, which did not happen until last month when I almost burned my Smokehouse down.
So I went and picked it up two weeks ago, and he did tell me it was still working. However, the auger shaft was completely plugged with old moistened and then hardened old pellets due to being outside for so long in the cold elements. So I deconstructed it to get to the auger to see if I could remove the old pellets. Mind you, I have no experience in anything of the sort, but I was successful and after loosening the motor and getting access to the auger shaft, I quickly unplugged it and now it seems to be working fine.
I have no idea how old the Treager is, but I do have a model number inside that says BBQ 075, and it only has a low, medium, and high temperature setting. There are no dials to control temperatures other than that. It seems to be working as it was pushing the old pellets through, and I saw it generating heat and smoke from the pellets.
This afternoon I’m planning on running a small batch of pellets through it just to get all the old pellets out and put new pellets through. Then this week I’m going to do a thorough cleaning inside and out to remove rust, grease, ash, etc., and may even put the heat resistant paint that I bought last week on the outside.
I have no idea if it will cook anything decently, but while I’m trying to decide on what to do next with either an offset smoker or a new pellet grill, I’m gonna give this thing a ride!
So I went and picked it up two weeks ago, and he did tell me it was still working. However, the auger shaft was completely plugged with old moistened and then hardened old pellets due to being outside for so long in the cold elements. So I deconstructed it to get to the auger to see if I could remove the old pellets. Mind you, I have no experience in anything of the sort, but I was successful and after loosening the motor and getting access to the auger shaft, I quickly unplugged it and now it seems to be working fine.
I have no idea how old the Treager is, but I do have a model number inside that says BBQ 075, and it only has a low, medium, and high temperature setting. There are no dials to control temperatures other than that. It seems to be working as it was pushing the old pellets through, and I saw it generating heat and smoke from the pellets.
This afternoon I’m planning on running a small batch of pellets through it just to get all the old pellets out and put new pellets through. Then this week I’m going to do a thorough cleaning inside and out to remove rust, grease, ash, etc., and may even put the heat resistant paint that I bought last week on the outside.
I have no idea if it will cook anything decently, but while I’m trying to decide on what to do next with either an offset smoker or a new pellet grill, I’m gonna give this thing a ride!