Hi Folks
For my 2nd try at the RT I made a small pizza, cooked on stones, grill at max temp which it says is 550 but I didn't double check it. When it finished I put shut it down at which time it did it's thing. When the timer finished I opened the lid to let the stones cool. A few minutes later I noticed it smoking both from the grill and the pellet hopper. Shut the lid and dug out pretty much all the pellets from the hopper. It smoldered for 10 or 15 minutes and seemed to go out. It's too hot at the moment to remove the guts and check the fire box but what few are left in the hopper are unburned.
So 1st off, what would have caused the fire? Opening the grill too soon after a very hot burn?
The auger was at default 6.5, after this I changed it to 3.5 as it's a warm 75 out today.
What's the best way to handle a suspected auger fire?
Thanks, Pizza was excellent.
For my 2nd try at the RT I made a small pizza, cooked on stones, grill at max temp which it says is 550 but I didn't double check it. When it finished I put shut it down at which time it did it's thing. When the timer finished I opened the lid to let the stones cool. A few minutes later I noticed it smoking both from the grill and the pellet hopper. Shut the lid and dug out pretty much all the pellets from the hopper. It smoldered for 10 or 15 minutes and seemed to go out. It's too hot at the moment to remove the guts and check the fire box but what few are left in the hopper are unburned.
So 1st off, what would have caused the fire? Opening the grill too soon after a very hot burn?
The auger was at default 6.5, after this I changed it to 3.5 as it's a warm 75 out today.
What's the best way to handle a suspected auger fire?
Thanks, Pizza was excellent.
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