Pellets on Floor

Mule the only time i have pellets on the floor is if the the fire went out. I have had hundreds of cooks and maybe 10 pellets on floor from just popping off now and then. But you are saying to be clear good cooks and still pellets on the floor. I would guess shoot alignment. Have u watched them drop just curious.
Jdawg

I have the same issue with my FE, cooks great but always unburned pellets on the floor.

What brand of pellets are you using? If you are in an open area, I would leave the door open for the first 10 minutes and see what's happening. Another fellow mentioned his pellets fall to the left (which ever that direction is) so maybe your ramp s tilted just enough.

Using the Traeger pellets that came with it. Never a problem with the fire going out or anything. I've since added the 90* elbow and will try with the door open maybe tomorrow and see what happens. It was very windy here yesterday and last night but the cook went fine. Alignment looks fine so I'll have to investigate some more.

I've always had a few pellets come tumbling down the ramp and miss the pot. It's never caused a problem so I quit worrying about it.

Russ,

Why don't you give CS customer service a call on Monday and see what they say. That is part of the package when you got your FEC. Very nice people!

Checked it this morning and it looked like that it missed about 1 or 2 pellets out of about 10. I'll asked them about it tomorrow when I call about the Rib Rub they didn't send.

Russ,

Did you get any answers yet about the pellets on the floor?



Ottie

Called and talked to CS and they really didn't have any answers other than check the alignment and if it was level. I had already checked both of those. I tried bending the corners of the ramp in a little and that seemed to help but haven't cook again since doing that. If that doesn't fix it, I may try to put some aluminum foil on top of the ramp part way up. It seemed some just bounce off the ramp before hitting the fire pot. In my "Got Butts" thread you can see the pellets on the floor of the cooker in one of the pics.

Russ,

Thanks for the info, that is exactly what mine looks like on the floor. I guess its just something that happens. The pictures you took in the Got Butts thread turned out great. Congatulations on the new FE and a successful cook!

Ottie

Thanks. On the pellets, I'm going to try a couple of things next cook to see if I can reduce or eliminate the lost pellets. It's just one of those things that tend to drive us "A Type" people alittle batty! Will let you know if I make any progress.

Russ,

If I was going to watch this process, I would try to tie it down as to when this pellet dumping takes place; beginning, middle, and/or end.

Well, on preliminary examination of said operation, it appears that this process is a continual act of definance of the pellets to fall in an orderly fashion into the fire pot at any given time during the process. Or so it seems.

For this weekend's cook, I bent the corners on the bottom of the chute ever so slightly inward. This seemed to reduce the number of pellets on the floor by nearly 50%. Probably won't worry about it any longer.

Sounds like a plan.

Update on the pellets on the floor. After the last rib cook there was about 1/2 to 3/4 cup of pellets on the floor. I guess the higher temps (275*)increased the amount of total pellets along with the %of misses as well. For the next cook I fashioned a piece of Aluminum Foil over the top of the auger down to the fire pit. I cooked cornbread in it at 398* for about 40 minutes. (High temp circuit breaker tripped) NO PELLETS on the floor after this even with the increased temp. Looks like the fix would be a piece of stainless to cover the auger down to the fire pit. I would have it secured with a screw in case it needed removal for some reason.