I keep my FEC 100 pretty clean, as in no accumulated grease. I foil the bottom and the drip tray.
Again, this time when cooking ribs, a fire got started in the lower right corner of the unit. I caught it pretty quickly, shut off the unit and let the fire go out. Luckily the case of ribs I was cooking was not ruined; the gasket along the bottom of the door and on the right up about a foot and a half was destroyed though.
I always have about a cupful of unburned pellets after a cook but I do not believe that this is related to the fire. The pellets are not burned at all, apparently just the gasket....?
Is this happening to anyone else? What's causing it? Can anything be done to prevent it?
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