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I tried to search, I really suck at that, and could not find an answer to this so I thought I'd post and see what I get....

I have a two year old FEC-100 and this past weekend I loaded it full of chicken quarters, about 60 pieces. I preheated to 350 and let stand there for about 2 hours, got side tracked, and then loaded my chicken.

The internal temp never got back to 350 in fact it never got past 250. I tried moving pieces away from the probe but nothing I could do would raise the temp.

The pot was blowing plenty of heat but nothing above 250. The same thing happened with pork steaks. Nothing was frozen, not room temp either, just cold.

Any ideas?

The only thing I cook that high is chicken for catering events so this is only an issue once and a while but the chicken is so much better when I can crisp it up.

Please share your thoughts.

6/13/083:20 PM

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stuartMember

Jeff,

Did you look to see how full the fire pot was? If you don't clean the ash out of the pot sometimes you will nearly fill the pot with pellets and then the unit has problems reaching temperature.

6/13/083:55 PM

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I clean it out before every fire.

It was up to 350 prior to loading it but never recovered after I closed the door.

When I cook at a contest I only use 12 thighs and I load them on the second shelf and I never have an issue.

6/13/083:59 PM

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Fast Freddie/Love Shack BBQ (Guest)

What brand of pellets were you using??
Did you check it with another thermometer??

6/13/086:18 PM

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Former Member

i have a similar problem.i know its apples and oranges but mine is when i do ribs with the rib racks(40).i can get them cooked but not at the temp.i would like.you did pre-heat which is the right thing to do.i know some people might disagree but i believe its just to much meat for the unit.just like you stated that you put 12 thighs for a comp. and no problem.same here 20 racks of ribs no problem.with 40 racks a pre-heated unit i can get about 220* tops.start with cold smoker i could not get above 170*.just think the problem is the load.

6/13/0811:28 PM

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Former Member

Gonna need to get into the details.

When I've done full loads of chicken, over 300, I take out the racks, load them up and put the chicken in. Try to keep the door closed because it will continue to run pellets and get too hot.

So, no, never had that problem.

But we'll try to help.

Are you using an IQ or a Traeger controller?

6/16/088:21 AM

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Former Member

I have checked it with another thermometer. It's really weird...

I'm using FE pellets.

I do leave the door open when I load it. I just cooked some boneless chicken this weekend and had it at 350 for an hour before I loaded it. left the door open and when I was done I had about 20lbs of boneless thighs and breasts on there and it dropped to 190. It never recovered above 264, the chicken got done just took a little longer than I thought. I had planned for that.

Thanks for all your advice.

6/16/0811:12 AM

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