Why you never leave smoker unattended

[smokerjim]

Had a day off today so decided to do some ribs during the snow storm, put them on pellet smoker at 7:00 am everything was fine until 10:30, checking my temps smoker was at 105 was running at 250, so went out and checked and it seems I had a auger fire going on, not sure what caused it, never happened before but smoke pouring out of pellet hopper so I got that emptied. Will have to tear it apart another day. Good news though I saved the ribs and am finishing in oven. Think I will stick to my mes 30.

 

[DRKsmoking]

That sucks Jim

At least you saved the ribs....that's most important

David

 

[Brokenhandle]

Nice save on the ribs and really glad it didn't turn into a major catastrophe!

Ryan

 

[chopsaw]

Jim , glad you caught it . I don't walk away from any of them , especially the pellet .
I had mine come unplugged the other day when I rolled it out of the rain . Luckily it was running low enough it didn't cause an issue .

 

[sawhorseray]

Well heck Jim, you caught it just in time, and the ribs seem to have a nice char on them! As often as I was tempted in the past I never took the pellet pooper plunge and most likely never will, too many variables. RAY

 

[texomakid]

Is that the Pitboss 1000 that's in your signature? I'm not familiar with that brand or model but others with the same make & model sure might benefit from this info.

 

[smokerjim]

Is that the Pitboss 1000 that's in your signature? I'm not familiar with that brand or model but others with the same make & model sure might benefit from this info.

Yes, have it about 3 or 4 years now with no issues, ya just never know!

 

[gmc2003]

I wonder if you had a pellet get stuck in the auger and then broke free causing a pileup of pellets. Anyway good catch and save. I never leave my smokers alone. To many wild critters around here that could knock the smoker or grill over to steal the meat.

Chris

 

[smokerjim]

Well heck Jim, you caught it just in time, and the ribs seem to have a nice char on them! As often as I was tempted in the past I never took the pellet pooper plunge and most likely never will, too many variables. RAY

yep this will probably my first and last pellet other then the variables never thought the smoke flavor was that great even with the smoke tube.

 

[smokerjim]

Nice save on the ribs and really glad it didn't turn into a major catastrophe!

Ryan

yep could of turned out worse

 

[BandCollector]

smokerjim

Don't know if you own an air compressor or not, but, if you do, use it after your smoker has cooled down and blow the compressed air through both ends of the auger tube. Then run the auger to free any pellets that may have gotten stuck. I do it all the time. Completely clears the auger tube and eliminates any auger tube fires. A strong leaf blower works as well.

I hope this helps,

John

 

[mike243]

Power went off while i was taking a nap last week, was down to 150 when i woke up, caused a 45 minute delay in game lol

 

[smokerjim]

smokerjim

Don't know if you own an air compressor or not, but, if you do, use it after your smoker has cooled down and blow the compressed air through both ends of the auger tube. Then run the auger to free any pellets that may have gotten stuck. I do it all the time. Completely clears the auger tube and eliminates any auger tube fires. A strong leaf blower works as well.

I hope this helps,

John

I dont have either but see where that would help.