Hey guys. After a couple hundred smokes, had my first major fire. I keep up with vacuuming this thing out but failed to change out the foil on my liner, which resulted in a big fire. (Flames flying out the exhaust and grease trap, etc.) The powder coating is massively damaged on the inside, and a little on the outside. I called Traeger and they no longer sell replacement bodies for this thing.
I’m trying to figure out next steps. Assuming all the parts work (fans, auger, etc), I figured I would scrape off / wire-wheel all the damaged powder coating on the inside and outside, put some high heat paint on the outside damage, and I guess just lightly grease the bare metal areas on the inside. Does that sound like a good plan?
Alternatively, I considered taking it to a local order coat shop but no idea how expensive that’d be.
Any pointers?
by licorice_whip
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What model is that?
I think your plan will work fine.
Hopefully people agree with your plan because that is what I did after a fire about a year and a half ago. It worked and I have not had any follow on issues but I change the foil all the time now.
I had a similar situation. I cleaned up the debris and have been using it as-is ever since. No painting or anything else. I live in a dry climate so I’m sure that helps but it’s been just fine.
Mine looks worse than that and still smokes meat like a champ. It’s ugly, not broken.