Just fired up my new pg 500 to season it set it to 400 but temp climbed to 600 plus and would not regulate seems pellets continued to drop. Please help.
Thanks!
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The temps will jump around until you get some smoke on those new shiny walls. Are you cooking anything? If not, pork butts are your best bet. They are cheap (relatively $2.48 @SAMs today 
),easy, and forgiving. Try 225-250 and let it ride. If it is completely out of control then a call to Tony or Bill on Monday is in order.
Good luck & let us know.
),easy, and forgiving. Try 225-250 and let it ride. If it is completely out of control then a call to Tony or Bill on Monday is in order.Good luck & let us know.
Thanks Joe for the quick response our concern is that the temp just kept shooting straight up. Did not have anything on it was doing the first burn off to get rid of all the factory smells.
We shut it down once it reached 610 after like 20 minutes. Seemed like at that point the auger should have stopped feeding the massive fire?
We shut it down once it reached 610 after like 20 minutes. Seemed like at that point the auger should have stopped feeding the massive fire?
what was the LHT/HHT set at??
Lht is at 10 and hht is 105 seems that was factory setting.
quote:Originally posted by davef:
Just fired up my new pg 500 to season it
Thanks!
You don't need to season it at such a high setting.
Try 300, 350 and see how the temps go.
Longer durations will help set the seasoning. At 500 you're just burning a lot more pellets.