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Another reason that the auger dumps pellets into the fire pot after the fan goes off, during shutdown, is that is smothers the remaining pellet embers in the bottom of the pot. I find that turning a hot grill down to 250-300 for a while before shutting down give a more reliable shut down. I have had no auger fires since doing this. Do not turn temp down to "low" cause if the temp gets down below around 170, the shutdown sequence does not occur (especially on the Bullseye).I've had a Memphis pellet grill for a number of years. Always liked it. For our second home decided to go with a less expensive cooker and RecTeq looked like the most grill for the money and seems well loved by owners. I'm assembling it now and I see the auger exit is actually part of the fire pot. This has me very concerned. Seems like an auger fire, then hopper fire, just waiting to happen. The Memphis auger dumps onto a ramp that leads to the fire pot. No chance of an auger fire there. Am I worried about something that just doesn't happen? Any best practices to keep this from happening if it is a concern? It's going to be close to the house under a covered patio thus the fire concern.
Question 2. I've never been a big fan of grease buckets. At our other house my first pellet grill before the Memphis was a GMG. With gusty winds I was always getting grease spattering on the patio. Has anyone come up with a more elegant or wind proof solution to prevent this with this grill?
Looking forward to burn in and ribs tomorrow!
If you ever get a smoldering burn in the auger tube, don't wait. Immediately go into the adjusting mode, and do the auger test. Leave it on until all the burning pellets are discharged from the auger. The starter and fan will be off, so they will not enhance the burn. After the burning pellets are in the fire pot, turn off the unit by pulling the plug. After the pellets have burned out in the pot, clean it out, and ad a handful of fresh pellets into the pot for the next cook. Of course in order to do the above efficiently, it is good to remove the grill grates, drip pan, and diffuser so as to observe this all taking place. That will require safety gloves, and and other burn avoiding tools. Be Safe!