Grease Fire in my GMG Pellet Smoker - How do I clean it now? Yeah, so it seems like pellet smokers are prone to this?! Hey All, We were at a comp last weekend and had a pellet hopper fire. But I found things on some pellet forums, on Facebook pellet cooker groups, and YouTube videos talking about issues like that....... *ON TOPIC ONLY* QUALITY ON TOPIC discussion of Backyard BBQ, grilling, equipment and outdoor cookin' . So my husband and I have a Pit Boss pellet smoker we have had a year. It’s a bummer that this is happening to you! Post your hints, tips, tricks & techniques, success, failures, but stay on topic and watch for that hijacking. Great info Herb! At this point, before using the cooker again, the routine cleaning, inspection, maintenance and any needed repairs must be accomplished.1) Vacuum all of the ash and debris from the burn grate, firepot and the inside of the cooker.2) Wipe all debris from the all surfaces inside of the cooker.3) Inspect the silicone seals around the firepot, especially the one on top of the firepot and below the auger. I don’t own a Pit Boss, but from what I have seen and read it seems that the majority of their customer base is quite happy with the product. The place where the paint is missing is visibility weakened now. I got my pit boss last week and had the most trouble with hamburgers and grease fires everywhere as well. Number two, is to verify that the high temp silicone around the firepot isn't damaged. Guess I will do a major cleanup an wax it as well. The absolute number one thing to always check, is that the burn grate fits properly in the firepot. You almost need a hammer to get the chip drawer open / closed. It's the first time it's happened and I want to make it the last. Cookies help us deliver our Services. I will say it sounds an awfully like a grease fire, do you scrape it out or just vacuum? My husband finally got the fire subsided after about 15 minutes of this. Number three, always close the lid for the cool down cycle. It's easy to get in a rut and forget routine maintenance. There will be visible flames from the inside of the hopper box. I even do sometimes. 1.0 out of 5 stars Caught fire on 3rd use. 1) Unplug the power cord from the cooker. Scoop all of the pellets into a nonflammable container, such as a metal bucket.5) Once the pellets are removed from the hopper and placed in a container, in order to prevent further burning, run water over the pellets to insure that they are completely extinguished.6) Once the cooker is cool to the touch, open the cooking chamber door and remove the grates and heat diffuser.7) Remove the burn grate from the firepot.8) Plug the unit back in and turn the power switch to the on position.9) Push the start button and hold the prime button until the auger is empty of all debris.10) Unplug the power cord from the cooker and allow all of the remaining embers to burn and extinguish completely. Unplug the pit, try to empty the hopper? **Competition Pellet cookers** - YS480 Comp, YS640 Comp, YS1500 Comp, Cimarron Comp. If the pellet grill is still under warranty, I would press hard for them to make this right. New comments cannot be posted and votes cannot be cast, More posts from the pelletgrills community. The first type of hopper fire is a slow smoldering fire. Otherwise follow Herb's advice. We will preface this by stating that if the proper safety, usage, maintenance and cleaning procedures, as outlined in our manuals, are followed, hopper fires are very rare for any of our products.In the rare instance that there is a hopper fire, here are the suggested steps for resolution:The first type of hopper fire is a slow smoldering fire. We put some burgers on and the right side of the grill caught fire. Needless to say we know how to own and operate a pellet smoker so its not like what happened here was user error. There will be thick visible smoke, with no flames apparent, inside of the pellet hopper box.1) Unplug the power cord from the cooker.2) Leave the cooking chamber door closed.3) Open the pellet hopper door, being careful to not burn yourself by wearing heat resistant gloves, and standing away to protect yourself from potential burns.4) The pellets will be hot, so be very careful not to get burned. Looking for fellow pellet grill fans but can't find any? Smoke pours out of the gasket around the door. It had been running the same low temp for a long time then we upped it. I had it happen to me once on my Pitboss 820. I read somewhere that a person "waxed" the bin to help them slide evenly. Cleaning tips and general cooking tips 'wood' be appreciated. You can clean the grates with steel wool and warm water with soap. We put some burgers on and the right side of the grill caught fire. This will be good to have in the unlikely event of a hopper fire. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eC0G...4s&app=desktop. Vacuum out all the small pieces and all the pellet dust and debris. I use an old putty knife and a shop vac. I have a Green Mountain Grill pellet smoker. Here is you one stop spot for everything that is pellet grills. This is not something that you should be having to deal with... plus it is extremely dangerous if the cooker is near anything flammable and you don’t happen to catch it the moment it starts. Before this we had another pellet smoker as well as a WSM (we had the WSM for 5 years). The hopper tunneled out, and I noticed as the temps were dropping, so I stirred the hopper. The pellet hopper lid could potentially be extremely hot. Scrap the sludge off and get off as much as you can. We had just done this after a smoke Saturday. maybe an exception of this happened due to another failure and it is indeed structurally weakened, I had previously found a few videos discussing why this happens -but that was a few months ago - you might find them on YouTube. By using our Services or clicking I agree, you agree to our use of cookies. If the smoke doesn’t go away in a few minutes, pour more water into the center of the hopper assembly, to insure the fire is put out. 2) Leave the cooking chamber door closed. 11) Push the start button and hold the prime button until the auger is empty of all debris.12) Please contact customer service to discuss the next steps of getting your cooker back into safe working order.Contact: customerservice@yodersmokers.com or 877-409-6337If you need the most current manual for your Yoder Pellet Cooker, click on your model below, or to save the manual, right click on your model listed below, and select SAVE AS:YS1500 ManualYS640 ManualYS480 Manual. If the board is functioning move to step 11. I eventually turned it off to cool/reset, then turned it back on. We ran and turned it off and opened the lid and the entire inside was just engulfed with flames and had already pretty much destroyed the inside that quick. I re-wax maybe once every 6 months to a year. 3) Please wear heat resistant gloves to carefully open the lid of the pellet hopper. Lots of questions and not all of them black/white. Or like ninja said a dirty temp probe or losing signal from the temp probe will make the smoker think it’s colder than it really is and over feed pellets -can do that. I have a Green Mountain Grill pellet smoker. Kind of like what you do when you run the oven in your house when you run it in oven cleaning mode. We did the normal procedures to get the smoker warmed up etc. When it is clean enough do a high temperature run for an hour. Really annoying to have to deal with this as this is our only smoker at the moment and really afraid to use it now! I read not to use a degreaser on it. they wont replace the barrel for paint damage, it's considered wear. There will be thick visible smoke, with no flames apparent, inside of the pellet hopper box. Cross post from r/BBQ. Thinking of trying that. Discuss, share information, ask questions, and show off your expertise on Yoder Pellet Cookers. I've found that if I'm going to cook anything at higher than smoke temps it's a good idea to clean it before hand to avoid a grease fire. We scrape out and vacuum out. Remove any compromised or damaged silicone, completely clean and degrease the area, and replace with high temp silicone as recommended in the manual.4) Inspect the burn grate fitment in the firepot, and correct per instructions in the manual.Once you have completed all of the steps above, reinstall the correctly fitting burn grate, heat diffuser and cooking grates, and follow the startup procedure outlined in the manual. Also, after that incident the temps were very inconsistent. Just start removing, scraping and vacuuming. Share you tips, ask questions, or show off you cooking skills! We happen to glance outside and noticed huge amounts of smoke billowing out and flames shooting out of a section of the front bottom of the barrel - literally out of the barrel like a section had become weak and split or something? proper startup helps with the former and the latter can be solved by stirring the pellets periodically Flames were shooting out the section of the front as well as the grease drip and the paint was just falling off. Make sure to wipe out any residue before putting pellets back in the hopper. Number four, always unplug your cooker when not in use.Using a good car wax will help the pellets flow down in the hopper. This is exactly how I do it. I find the 2 biggest issues with pit boss smokers is flameouts at low temps and tunneling. Did it backdraft a flame when the auger was empty? That will dry up any of the greases that were left behind. When we seen the smoke I opened the hopper and seen that the pellets had funneled to the point the auger was out of pellets, but after re-leveling them it had a half full hopper. So what do you do when you have a hopper fire? I'm running BBQ Delight Hickory-Cherry that I mix 50/50. The second type of hopper fire is a visible flame fire. There will be visible flames from the inside of the hopper box. We will preface this by stating that if the proper safety, usage, maintenance and cleaning procedures, as outlined in our manuals, are followed, hopper fires are very rare for any of our products. If these two things are not done regularly, the potential for a hopper fire increases dramatically. Then I pulled the ribs out, cranked up the … At this point, before using the cooker again, the routine cleaning, inspection, maintenance and any needed repairs must be accomplished. The manual for my YS640 said it can be done, so I did. There will be visible flames from the inside of the hopper box.1) Unplug the power cord from the cooker.2) Leave the cooking chamber door closed.3) Please wear heat resistant gloves to carefully open the lid of the pellet hopper. I can't figure out if it was the temp change or what. You should see the firmware version flash on the display for a few seconds, hear the fans start, and see the blue power light turn on.10) If the board does not light up and function as stated in step 9, contact customer service immediately. Put it all back together after you feel you got most of it cleaned up. Luckily, it just burned itself out without causing any problems to anything else but I haven't started it yet since I haven't cleaned it. ** Other cooking techniques are welcomed for when your cookin' in the kitchen. Treagers like to do that too..........Plenty of YouTube videos of it......some Cool explosions too. It is also good to run it hot on occasion to make sure that everything is working efficiently. I use a decent carnauba car wax in my hopper. Gonna do a good cleanup today and see if I've damaged anything. Any suggestions on what everyone does to make sure their pellets go down at an even rate? Thanks gentleman. Distance yourself away from the hopper lid to prevent the flames from coming in contact with you.4) Pour water into the center of the hopper, until the visible flames are extinguished.

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