bisrael
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I bought my Traeger yesterday from Costco and used it for the first time today. One of the selling points from the salesman was that Traegers are 90% efficient at burning pellets and so there would be very little ash. Today, after seasoning and then a first use (between seasoning and the first use probably a total of four hours or less), there was a substantial amount of ash in the fire pot. If I had to guess, I would say probably a third to a half cup. I used brand new Traeger pellets and set it to the ten minute shutdown mode.
I went to the Traeger trouble shooting page for this issue and the three things its noted were: pellet quality, clean grill, and symptoms of other issues. As mentioned above, I used brand new Traeger pellets, so I doubt that's the issue. The grill was brand new, and as, such it was clean, so that can't be it. I'm here to figure out if the third option: symptoms of other issues, is the culprit. If I had to guess, since it' s brand spanking new, the problem is probably me and not the smoker. With that said, does anybody have any ideas what I might be doing that caused such a substantial amount of ash, or if that's normal on a first use for a smoker?
I went to the Traeger trouble shooting page for this issue and the three things its noted were: pellet quality, clean grill, and symptoms of other issues. As mentioned above, I used brand new Traeger pellets, so I doubt that's the issue. The grill was brand new, and as, such it was clean, so that can't be it. I'm here to figure out if the third option: symptoms of other issues, is the culprit. If I had to guess, since it' s brand spanking new, the problem is probably me and not the smoker. With that said, does anybody have any ideas what I might be doing that caused such a substantial amount of ash, or if that's normal on a first use for a smoker?