My grill went to sleep mode

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My grill went to sleep mode about 6 hours into smoking a brisket, I had just checked it an hour early iré and it was fine. Is this a common issue? How do I know fix it? Thank you.
 

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Which grill do you have? I’ve personally never had this problem
 

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Double check that your power cord is secure on both ends. Any chance you lost power at home, even for a second?
 

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WTF is sleep mode during a cook?
 

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Sleep mode is pretty much when your grill is plugged in and the switch is on, but you haven't pushed the button yet to turn on the display. That's what makes me think the grill lost its power source somehow. Whether from a loose cord/connection or from an outage.
 

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Most of the posts lately have been folks having all kinds of problems with their new units. I think it is really sad that a company like Traeger isn't producing the quality units they were in the past. A good thermostatic controller isn't rocket science. The thermocouples should be calibrated with the controller when you receive it, not an additional thing to mess with. The only shut down or sleep mode should only be for a controller problem that would cause damage or out of control over heat. The P setting (pause) should be accessible without removing the controller from its housing. I watch my local Craigs List and see nice earlier working Traegers for very reasonable prices, an example, $400.00 fro a working and good shape BBQ 075. My 075 is still working fine and if it goes down I can find after market replacement parts that work well and cost less that original Traeger parts that have issues. Traegers were the top of the line in their day, and now I feel that they are failing to keep up due to their internal problems. I am sorry about the rant, I love my 2015 075 and will "Keep On Smokin"as long as I can find replacement parts if one ever fails.
 

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The only time I had this happen was when my wife tripped over the cord and it unplugged. Instead of telling me about it, she just plugged it back in. This did not end well. :oops:
 

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I bought a brand new Silverton 810 a few weeks ago, and during my first long cook of a pork butt, it went to sleep twice. Fortunately I was excited to have the cool app and I saw that it went to sleep. To get the cook going again, I had to completely shut off the grill and restart it each time. I called customer service and we worked on it together and they decided it was the thermal-couple and they sent me a new one (which I put on). A few days later I was cooking some beef jerky (4 to 5 hour cook) and this time I wasn't home when I saw on the app that it had gone to sleep (arrrrggg). This time customer service said it is likely to be the power switch and they are sending me a new one. I sure hope it fixes the problem this time.
 
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