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“Manual auger feed”? Could you explain please?Usually means you have a fire going in the discharge end of the auger. When that happens remove what you're grilling and turn temp down to lo and see if it will burn itself out. If that doesn't work then shut it down and restart going to manual auger feed so it can discharge burning pellets into firepot w/o fan draft.
Whole new meaning to reverse searWow that’s scary!
Sometimes "direct" flame is needed.Whole new meaning to reverse sear
Grease got down into your barrel bottom and into the fire pot. Could have accumulated from the last cook or even current? as well. If fat meat was either over the edges of the drip pan or the pit is not on level ground, in which case the grease migrates on the grates to the lowest spot (either front or back) and then down the wall to the fire area and got into the pot where it ignited. The only other possibility could be that the pellets had accumulated some greasy substance? If you will take out the grates and drip pan and look at the front or back sides you may be able to track the drippings trail. Note the side walls do not catch drippings as there is the deflector baffle on left and the oil drain assembly on the right that impede the flow. However, the corners make good drip trails as the collected grease can drain along the support rails to either end and then drip off into the corners.Yesterday I was cooking steaks in the 590 at FULL and temperature for up to 660 degrees. After awhile smoke started billowing out of hopper. I have burned pellets in hopper and what looks like grease on hopper lid. Any idea what happened?
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Forgot to add that I had the grease collection problem with my 590 just one time, and discovered and corrected it before a fire occurred. I used a carpenters level to test both sideways and fore/aft. Then use tiles for shims to level it for long greasy cooks. No problem since. If shims are inconvenient, then I place the pit with the right side down hill, so most of grease follows the drip pan to the drain. If you find a trail, then take a pic and send it. IDNK =I do not know. O maybe Pungo is correct but that would not account for the grease on the lid.Grease got down into your barrel bottom and into the fire pot. Could have accumulated from the last cook or even current? as well. If fat meat was either over the edges of the drip pan or the pit is not on level ground, in which case the grease migrates on the grates to the lowest spot (either front or back) and then down the wall to the fire area and got into the pot where it ignited. The only other possibility could be that the pellets had accumulated some greasy substance? If you will take out the grates and drip pan and look at the front or back sides you may be able to track the drippings trail. Note the side walls do not catch drippings as there is the deflector baffle on left and the oil drain assembly on the right that impede the flow. However, the corners make good drip trails as the collected grease can drain along the support rails to either end and then drip off into the corners.
The other possibility is "IDNK".