This a klinker from Bear Mountain Apple Wood pellets. I mostly use B&B pellets and never gotten a klinker. I've used Knotty Wood many times and gotten small klinkers about the size of a shooter marble and smaller, but never this size. It's about the entire inside diameter of the fire pot. This picture doesn't do it justice. I hit it with my vacuum hose and it broke apart. The more I handled it the more it crumpled. The top was level with the auger feed with some ash and unburnt pellets. There was a good bit of ash underneath. Is common through out Bear Mountain pellets? Is it just something that comes with fruit wood pellers?
by Doppleganger1064
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Fruit wood is the worst with clinkers, especially apple from my experience. More silica/minerals in it from the small branches and bark.
Haven’t used BM fruit pellets but have used other brands. Pretty much only use oak, maple, hickory now.
Wow – impressive specimen you have there.
I’ve cooked many bags of bear mountain as well as the other brands you mention and have never seen one before. I never knew this was a thing.
I’ve had these show up a lot using bear mountain as well as treager brand pellets. Also with bear mountain I had a 3 inch chunk of rubber go through the auger and almost blew up my grill. I assume the rubber was from a conveyor belt.
Use Green Mountain pellets. Never seen this
This made me switch from Bear Mountain to Kirkland pellets exclusively