shiner
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Did my initial burn in this morning at 400 for just over an hour and a half. I had planned on letting it cool down, then doing a big Costco vac pac of boneless chicken thighs. However my wife was craving hot dogs so I threw some on the Bullseye and cooked them up real fast. After they were done I lowered the temp to 250, came inside, and ate a couple of hot dogs.
When I went back out the actual temp was reading 106, and kept dropping until it hit 99. I opened the lid, pulled out the grate and the deflector to find the fire pot overflowing with pellets. I turned the grill off, emptied the fire pot, then restarted the grill after about 10 minutes and set it at 250. It started back up fine and the temp was climbing so I came in to prep the chicken thighs. About 10 minutes later my wife says "There is freaking smoke everywhere" so I got out to look at the grill and it is engulfed in smoke, so much so I couldn't even see the temp controls. I raised the lid and let the smoke disperse, when the smoke finally cleared enough that I could see, the actual temp was reading 551 degrees. WTF?
I turned the grill back off, let it cool for a bit, took the grate and deflector out, no overflowing pellets so not sure what in the world was going on. I restarted the grill and set it at 250 again. It started back up and made its way to 250, then finally up to 307 as I set and watched it. I'm sitting there wondering what in the hell is going on when the temp starts dropping. Ok, no biggie I bet it settles back at 250. Nope! Instead it kept dropping until it hit 177, then slowly began to climb again. It finally hit 255 and mostly stayed there, dropping occasionally to 248, which I don't consider a big deal. The wild temp swings do concern me however. Has anyone else seen anything like this with their Bullseye?
When I went back out the actual temp was reading 106, and kept dropping until it hit 99. I opened the lid, pulled out the grate and the deflector to find the fire pot overflowing with pellets. I turned the grill off, emptied the fire pot, then restarted the grill after about 10 minutes and set it at 250. It started back up fine and the temp was climbing so I came in to prep the chicken thighs. About 10 minutes later my wife says "There is freaking smoke everywhere" so I got out to look at the grill and it is engulfed in smoke, so much so I couldn't even see the temp controls. I raised the lid and let the smoke disperse, when the smoke finally cleared enough that I could see, the actual temp was reading 551 degrees. WTF?
I turned the grill back off, let it cool for a bit, took the grate and deflector out, no overflowing pellets so not sure what in the world was going on. I restarted the grill and set it at 250 again. It started back up and made its way to 250, then finally up to 307 as I set and watched it. I'm sitting there wondering what in the hell is going on when the temp starts dropping. Ok, no biggie I bet it settles back at 250. Nope! Instead it kept dropping until it hit 177, then slowly began to climb again. It finally hit 255 and mostly stayed there, dropping occasionally to 248, which I don't consider a big deal. The wild temp swings do concern me however. Has anyone else seen anything like this with their Bullseye?