How to Replace the Firepot/Hotrod assembly

[NoGood Traeger]

...to just go ahead and grab some from the hopper and put them in the fire pot. don’t have to wait a couple minutes for the auger to do it. ...

.... I’m going to take it all apart and clean and inspect it soon.

About auger cleaning. You don't need to take it apart. Empty the hopper and then use the clear auger function from the controller menu. The clear auger function runs forever until you cancel it. It will take a while to completely purge the auger tube.

Auger priming. You only need to use the 2+ minute auger priming function if the auger tube is empty. Otherwise you overfill the fire pot. I run the function for 30 seconds to add a sprinkling of pellets to pot before igniting.