Mr.Fabulous
Active member
I have had great success with my Pro 34 so far, but twice now when I have been doing long overnight cooks, I get awoken by my low temp alarm to find out that my fire is out. Fan is still running.
What it is not: pellets: both times were on fresh pellets (from the store, and I keep them in buckets with gamma seal lids
Cleaning: I clean my T at least every other cook, and always clean after cooks of 4 hours or longer, or when I am changing protein. This includes the built-in temp probe.
1st time this issue occurred was a month ago when I was cooking pork shoulder. Low temp alarm went off about 5 hours into the cook. Came outside to check, temp was slowly dropping. Pulled everything off, took out grate, pan, and shield to find a scant number of unburnt pellets in the firebox along with ash. Scooped everything out, restarted, and made sure I got ignition before putting everything back on and returning the meat to the grill. I had temp originally set at 180, but bumped it to 225 after that issue, and we trundled along just fine for the rest of the cook.
2nd time just happened. Low temp alarm woke me up after about 7 hours into the cook. Started at 225 this time. On this occasion there was substantially more pellets in the firebox, probably close to half full. My solution was the same this time as last, pull, remove, scoop out, replace, continue. Again, fresh bag of pellets, and I just cleaned the T before the start of the cook.
Planning on placing a call to customer service when they open, about 7 and a half hours from now. Hopefully I won’t have to edit this message and add a 3rd incident.
If anyone has experienced a similar issue, I would love to hear about it and you’re solution.
Thanks folks
What it is not: pellets: both times were on fresh pellets (from the store, and I keep them in buckets with gamma seal lids
Cleaning: I clean my T at least every other cook, and always clean after cooks of 4 hours or longer, or when I am changing protein. This includes the built-in temp probe.
1st time this issue occurred was a month ago when I was cooking pork shoulder. Low temp alarm went off about 5 hours into the cook. Came outside to check, temp was slowly dropping. Pulled everything off, took out grate, pan, and shield to find a scant number of unburnt pellets in the firebox along with ash. Scooped everything out, restarted, and made sure I got ignition before putting everything back on and returning the meat to the grill. I had temp originally set at 180, but bumped it to 225 after that issue, and we trundled along just fine for the rest of the cook.
2nd time just happened. Low temp alarm woke me up after about 7 hours into the cook. Started at 225 this time. On this occasion there was substantially more pellets in the firebox, probably close to half full. My solution was the same this time as last, pull, remove, scoop out, replace, continue. Again, fresh bag of pellets, and I just cleaned the T before the start of the cook.
Planning on placing a call to customer service when they open, about 7 and a half hours from now. Hopefully I won’t have to edit this message and add a 3rd incident.
If anyone has experienced a similar issue, I would love to hear about it and you’re solution.
Thanks folks