Hinkdad
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- RT-1250
Fired up my 1250 in the cold for some 0-400 chicken, and was startled when my whole house shook. Turns out my 1250 experienced an explosion.
I did notice A LOT more smoke than usual as it was warming. I am fairly certain that during startup when there is so much smoke the pellets cannot breathe enough to burn so they build up in the fire pot. Meanwhile the temp is not climbing so the auger keeps dumping pellets in.
My theory is this continues until the wood gas reaches high levels and it gets just enough air from either the fan or breeze through the stack and BOOM!
Wood gas + spark + proper air (O2) = Pellet Grill Bomb
No damage was done to anything. I will be starting my grill with the lid open from now on to avoid this.
I did notice A LOT more smoke than usual as it was warming. I am fairly certain that during startup when there is so much smoke the pellets cannot breathe enough to burn so they build up in the fire pot. Meanwhile the temp is not climbing so the auger keeps dumping pellets in.
My theory is this continues until the wood gas reaches high levels and it gets just enough air from either the fan or breeze through the stack and BOOM!
Wood gas + spark + proper air (O2) = Pellet Grill Bomb
No damage was done to anything. I will be starting my grill with the lid open from now on to avoid this.