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Oh thanks for the tips!!! Ordering a kitchen torch now!!! thanks everyone!!!

Has anyone had trouble getting pellets to light in a smoke tube? I've tried 3 different propane lighters and cannot get my pellets to smoke one bit.

How do you know when to clean the fire pot?

And one more thing. I put my RecTec 590 on low this morning and it is smoking perfectly. So that shows that I have to smoke low first. I tried to light the pellets in my smoke tube and nothing would "catch." I used 3 different lighters, and a few pellets would look like they might start burning...

So appreciate all of the advice! So reverse sear means first cook the steak at a low temperature until it reaches close to the internal temp you want to achieve, THEN sear at the very end? The steak looks AWESOME!!!!!!!

So....how do you get smoke for cooking a steak or other high temp item? Do you just have to start it out on low until it smokes before turning up high? I also have a smoke tube....

Hi! It has gotten a bit colder.....it was 70ish.....so nothing drastic. I usually do a lower temp or just a "smoke" at 180-200 F, but I was going higher to finish steaks that had been skillet seared and needed to finish cooking at about 400 F. Yes I see that I am in classifieds; I am not sure...

After 7 weeks of excellent smoking, my RecTec 590 did not produce any smoke when I turned it on tonight (to 400). Usually when I lift the lid, smoke billows out. Tonight, I saw no smoke. I put mostly new pellets in before turning it on, so I am not sure what is happening. We have had lots of...