Stampede Grill not heating up

[Meatman2369]

I have my grill set to 475 and for the last 30 minutes it has not got any hotter and the fan just keeps blowing and blowing and blowing and I have no idea why it’s not heating up. This is my first time using the grill, any help would be appreciated.

 

[Jim6820]

What temperature is it holding at? Check the pellet hopper for bridging (extra-long pellets blocking the auger tube entrance).

 

[Meatman2369]

I have my grill set to 475 and for the last 30 minutes it has not got any hotter and the fan just keeps blowing and blowing and blowing and I have no idea why it’s not heating up. This is my first time using the grill, any help would be appreciated.

What temperature is it holding at? Check the pellet hopper for bridging (extra-long pellets blocking the auger tube entrance).

My hopper was low I think that fixed it but do u need to put a small handful of pellets in the bottom every time or just the first time ?

 

[Jim6820]

I put a small handful of pellets in the fire pot each time I start the grill. YMMV

 

[pungo]

At the end of a proper shutdown, the auger spins for a short time to put a handful of pellets in the firepot, you can hear it rotate once the fan stops. I've never added a handful of pellets in several years, unless I've vacuumed and cleaned out the firepot.

 

[Gonefishin]

And just to add to the confusion, I add the handful only after I vac the fire pot.

 

[Jim6820]

I guess I should have mentioned that I vacuum out my fire pot after every cook. Probably not necessary, but that’s my procedure.

 

[charlesrshell]

I guess I should have mentioned that I vacuum out my fire pot after every cook. Probably not necessary, but that’s my procedure.

I do the same but I do it just before next cook.

 

[Meatman2369]

Thanks for all the replies !!

 

[kathleendaron]

At the end of a proper shutdown, the auger spins for a short time to put a handful of pellets in the firepot, you can hear it rotate once the fan stops. I've never added a handful of pellets in several years, unless I've vacuumed and cleaned out the firepot.

It's been my experience that the pellets the auger puts in the fire pot during shutdowns normally all burn off. Not sure why they don't auger the pellets in at start up when everything is cold. The grill still starts for me 99% of the time with doing nothing but pushing the start button.

 

[Pops]

My 590 has been rock solid. It always fires up and gets to temp quickly. I really dont do anything except change the foil over the drip pan, clean the grates and load the pellets! I do try to clean it once or twice a year.

 

[pungo]

It's been my experience that the pellets the auger puts in the fire pot during shutdowns normally all burn off. Not sure why they don't auger the pellets in at start up when everything is cold. The grill still starts for me 99% of the time with doing nothing but pushing the start button.

The only logical reason I can think of that the pellets are dumped at shut down instead of at startup is in case there were some smoldering pellets sitting in the end of the auger tube, they're dumped into the firepot instead of catching the entire auger tube, then hopper on fire

 

[Motodad1776]

My 590 has been rock solid. It always fires up and gets to temp quickly. I really dont do anything except change the foil over the drip pan, clean the grates and load the pellets! I do try to clean it once or twice a year.

Have a feeling that there quite a few OCD and type A folks on this forum.

 

[C. Keeper]

Have a feeling that there quite a few OCD and type A folks on this forum.

Where

 

[SmokeOCD]

Have a feeling that there quite a few OCD and type A folks on this forum.

Where