what the heck happened to my pellets and are they okay touse?

by gargross

21 Comments

  1. Childlike_Emperor1

    They got wet. Do not use them. They will jam the auger.

  2. nikkychalz

    Moisture. Vacuum them out and start with fresh.

  3. YOLO4JESUS420SWAG

    Hey I just got done disassembling my pit boss today to unjam the auger lol. DO NOT USE. Lol barely got done before sunset.

    I pressure washed my porch and mustve got too close. (Me or the teenager)

  4. Salty-Ganache3068

    You left them I the hopper and they got wet. They puff up and explode. Throw it all out now be sue it won’t burn. This is exactly why I empty my hopper after every smoke.

  5. They got wet. Empty the hopper, good chance it jams up the auger.

  6. Thanks, what’s weird as it was a sealed new bag

  7. Technical_Newt6494

    Toss it all and put fresh in when you cook. Too much moisture there

  8. the_wet_cat

    Empty all it, clean it all out.
    Somehow, someway it got wet. It’s useless now.

  9. Bravesguy29

    Vacuum those bad boys. Jamming isn’t the end of the world but annoying as fuck.

  10. brodey420

    Don’t use them looks like moisture. I thought mine would be ok when they looked like that and they froze my augur. Had to tear it down pull out the augur and chip em out. (My kids had a squirt gun fight and got moisture in it)

  11. Crispyskips728

    Junk. Clean out and get new ones in there. Got wet. Im really suprised you never seen a pellet that got wet before

  12. DadFromACK

    No.

    No, no, no.

    Do NOT use those previously wet pellets unless you WANT an auger jam.

    No.

  13. bhamlurker

    Vacuum them out! My husband got our smoker wet and the auger has been jammed for a year. Grounds for divorce? We have tried anything we could think of to get it working again, but no luck.

  14. Moisture will turn the pellets to dust

    If you want to use them you will need to empty the grill out and sift the pellets through a course colander ( or something similar) to get all the dust separated from the usable pellets

  15. pugzly8765

    I use them in the smoke tube, they work great if you can get them dry before they get moldy.

  16. kermitsio

    Use in a smoke tube or maze. Repurpose them instead of throwing away but they can’t be used in the auger.

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