Bullseye Water got in

[Sharpcard]

I'm almost certain that the water got in when I was cleaning the lid.
It had some stains on it and I tried several different cleaners on the lid and around the vents and had used the hose to rinse them off many times.

The day after I got it going I forgot left it uncovered and hours later we had a heavy downpour. I was at work and was fearing the worst when I got home later.

I was so relieved that nothing had happened to it and everything was totally dry.

 

[KRedman]

WooHoo!!!! I finally got the grill working again. It feels great, and I think I have used it everyday since it's been fixed.

If you ever have this happen don't pry on the auger from inside the hopper. I ended up "stretching" the auger a couple inches. You can see what it looks like compared to a new one..



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That’s wild. Ya, definitely don’t pry or pull- do whatever you can to get a drill around it and rotate it out of the mess. Worked for me!

 

[Frus Trated]

Have any of you had water get in your pellet grill before?

I just noticed that some must have got in and they have set up like concrete in the auger. I wonder if I should get them wet again to soften them up and flush them out of there.

I'm glad I noticed it before I tried to start it. It did give a reason to fire up the kettle again...it's been really lonely since I got the Bullseye.

I once mistakenly used water to extinguish a flare up. This happened to me, I finally used a hammerdrill to extract the auger. MY BAD!! But recently I turned the grill onn and NOPE!! Auger jammed again! With the cover on!! I've left it alone since then, used the old Weber. I suppose one day soon I'll decide to once again tackle the Auger, but I'm going to wait until I'm no longer pissed about it.

 

[bdemiller]

Has anyone tried to burn out the "concrete"? ...like with a torch from the fire pot end? Are there parts that this could damage?

 

[SmokeOCD]

I've burned out by cleaning out what I can, setting the grill to full - start a handful of pellets - once they get going good - fill the cup all the way. It allows a burn back through the pellet feed/auger. It worked for me, I've only had to do it once. Nothing got hurt - I took everything out, just looked like a burner for a hot air balloon for a good while. Good Luck!

Edit: 1070 feeds from the front, so the jam was probably not as bad as some with 590s have experienced.

 

[kwalker201]

I had no such luck with mine. Ended up throwing it in the trash

 

[Madflava]

Same boat. I was able to move the auger forward a little bit and now I cant get it to move back.

So disappointed in this grill. The only reason its jammed is because its been broken since 6 months after I bought it and RT hasnt really done anything to help me. It sat for so long, I guess humidity got in the pellets. So now I get to figure this out and then figure out the OTHER problem with the unit.

So over RT. I wont ever buy anything else from them.