Grilltreats
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You answered your own question regarding flameout and minimum feed rate. If set too low it is possible to have a flameout in high winds due to a lack of pellets per feed cycle. I have had this happen is how I know it can happen during high winds. Just bump up the feed rate and all is good to prevent this from happening.The PID controller does tell the auger when to feed pellets based on the temperature it is maintaining. The feed rate only sets the minimum amount of time that the auger feeds pellets each cycle. The higher you set the feed rate the more pellets will be put in the fire pot each time the PID controllers knows it needs to add pellets to keep it on the correct temperature. It has no effect on flameouts because of high winds. In fact, I have never heard of high winds causing a flameout, I do not believe that is even possible.