Running Pellet Grill with Stack at 90° Angle?

[cptnding]

With the forced air system in pellet grills does anyone know of a reason NOT to put the smoke stack at a 90° angle instead of straight up? Especially when there's the threat of rain.

 

[DougE]

It already is at 90° coming out the back and straight up on mine. Be a 45 or something other than 90 if it leaned less than out and straight up

 

[cptnding]

It already is at 90° coming out the back and straight up on mine. Be a 45 or something other than 90 if it leaned less than out and straight up

What I'm thing of is running it in this position:

 

[DougE]

You can try, but I think draft may be an issue. Heat rises and that keeps the air flowing through the grill. I get what you are saying now, though.

 

[DougE]

Rain would likely not get in much around the cap on my stack the way it angles down.

 

[Bigtank]

I would use something like this

 

[Fueling Around]

Remove the stack entirely?
My MB pooper had a daisy wheel on the side of the cook chamber and no stack

 

[02ebz06]

I would use something like this
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Ya beat me to it, I was going to mention a chimney cap. Haha

 

[BigW.]

I would think it would need to point up at least some for a good draft to get the smoke out. Unless it was a down pour I would worry too much, maybe 45* angle but not level. Mine has a cap.

 

[Apparition]

What stack?