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So we did our burn in earlier in the day and I lowered the temp to 200 before shutting down. Went to sear some steaks and it took 10+ to ignite/temp to come up. Is this normal? Should I not lower the temp before shutting down?
 
So we did our burn in earlier in the day and I lowered the temp to 200 before shutting down. Went to sear some steaks and it took 10+ to ignite/temp to come up. Is this normal? Should I not lower the temp before shutting down?
Lots of people here (most people here) will tell you to stagger your temps down before shutting the shutdown process. For me, I just start the shutdown as soon as I'm finished cooking, and leave the lid open for the 5 full minutes of the fan blowing, then shut the lid when it switches to turning the auger. I've done every single cook on my 590 in this manner and have never had any backburn issues or anything bad happen, I am pretty neurotic about cleaning my grill though and I vacuum the firepot basically every 3rd cook, regardless of how long the cooks were. YMMV though, as tons of other people swear by staggering their temps down.
 
Lots of people here (most people here) will tell you to stagger your temps down before shutting the shutdown process. For me, I just start the shutdown as soon as I'm finished cooking, and leave the lid open for the 5 full minutes of the fan blowing, then shut the lid when it switches to turning the auger. I've done every single cook on my 590 in this manner and have never had any backburn issues or anything bad happen, I am pretty neurotic about cleaning my grill though and I vacuum the firepot basically every 3rd cook, regardless of how long the cooks were. YMMV though, as tons of other people swear by staggering their temps down.
Yeah I'm just curious why it took 10 minutes. I've read there have been issues with the ignitor rod placement but maybe it was a one off as we haven't used it a lot yet.
 
Yeah I'm just curious why it took 10 minutes. I've read there have been issues with the ignitor rod placement but am hoping thats not it.
That would be the culprit I would suspect. If your fan is blowing, and the auger is turning, its got to be an ignition issue IMO.
 
Lowering the temp before shutting down shouldn’t have an impact on your startup time. Are you saying it took 10+ minutes for the temp to start rising? If so the as @v1per95 suggested check the igniter rod placement. If it took 10 minutes to get to searing temps you are more than good.
 
So we did our burn in earlier in the day and I lowered the temp to 200 before shutting down. Went to sear some steaks and it took 10+ to ignite/temp to come up. Is this normal? Should I not lower the temp before shutting down?
Assuming that you were starting you grill from cold, just 10+ minutes to sear temp is great performance. I let my grill’s pre-heat for at least 20 minutes to allow the temperature to stabilize.

Pellet grills are not instant-heat appliances like microwaves.
 
+1 on 10 minutes elapsed time cold to 500 is better than the oven on my kitchen stove.

v/r r
 
So we did our burn in earlier in the day and I lowered the temp to 200 before shutting down. Went to sear some steaks and it took 10+ to ignite/temp to come up. Is this normal? Should I not lower the temp before shutting down?
Occasionally, my Bullseye takes 10 minutes or more to ignite the pellets. RecTeq CS says this is normal. After cooking a frozen pizza at 425°, I lower the temp to 250° for 10-15 minutes before shutting it down.
 
Occasionally, my Bullseye takes 10 minutes or more to ignite the pellets. RecTeq CS says this is normal. After cooking a frozen pizza at 425°, I lower the temp to 250° for 10-15 minutes before shutting it down.
Yep I talked to them too and they said the same thing. They said theres no need to lower the temp
 
Yep I talked to them too and they said the same thing. They said theres no need to lower the temp
“They” say a lot of things and most of it is not convincing for me. Not a Bullseye, but my 700 takes about 2-3 minutes to light the pellets max and the start up smoke is clearing. FWIW. Now ramping up to 400+ weather not playing in, I can see 10 minutes, start to 400 easy on my 700. I may have misinterpreted to OP question but I thought it was time to get the pellets on fire?
 
“They” say a lot of things and most of it is not convincing for me. Not a Bullseye, but my 700 takes about 2-3 minutes to light the pellets max and the start up smoke is clearing. FWIW. Now ramping up to 400+ weather not playing in, I can see 10 minutes, start to 400 easy on my 700. I may have misinterpreted to OP question but I thought it was time to get the pellets on fire?
Ya our BFG is right away and so was our 700. Bullseye is different but still think 10 min is a bit much
 
Ya our BFG is right away and so was our 700. Bullseye is different but still think 10 min is a bit much
My SIL agrees on his OG 380, if it had been awhile since he used it, it does take a good while even up to 20 mins to get a snarl of smoke.
Who’da thunk it. 🤣🤣
 
So we did our burn in earlier in the day and I lowered the temp to 200 before shutting down. Went to sear some steaks and it took 10+ to ignite/temp to come up. Is this normal? Should I not lower the temp before shutting down?
I'm a believer in staggering the temp down if I've been at a high temp. The reason is metal doesn't really like sudden temp changes. My Flagship 1400XL is about 8 months old now and it comes to temp is a reasonable time, and holds temps rock steady.
 

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