I`m curious if others are experiencing this with their FEC-100's.
I only have about 30 hours of cooktime on the cooker to date but have noticed that when set on the brisket or the chicken/ribs setting, the temp for the most part is pretty stable but there are times where the cooker will drop to between 214-220, dump more pellets in then smoke like a bandit.
It then will ramp up to about 230, then clear and settle back in or around the 224 range.
It actually happens quite a bit.
I cook in my garage where the wind is not an issue and there are times where I`ll be sitting in the living room and see the smoke rolling past the front window.
I always have a crossbreeze in the garage with the front and rear doors open but not enough to cause a draft within the cooker, plus I have a top take-off on the exhaust of the cooker.
I`ll go out, check on it and the temps are anywhere from 214 to even as high as 240,,,,,,,,thats without the cooker being touched.
Does that ring a bell with anyone?
I`m not complaining, If this is what its supposed to do then fine, but with that smoke barreling out like that I can only imagine that when the cooker drops to 214, the auger spits in a bunch of pellets, the ignitor re-ignites, flames are then present, temp increases then snuffs out the fire leaving sooty smoke to gather on the food.
The last cook I did there were a couple of spots in the cooker that were very sooty.
Mostly on either side of the heat deflector that sits above the firepot...the downpipe from the grease drain was very sooty as well.
Any thoughts?
Thanks very much.
Mop
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