Pellets I will be giving Oklahoma Joe's pellets a try

[Slimpicker]

I caught myself almost OUT, and at $10/bag (20lb) and free delivery next day from Amazon, I thought I'd try them...
They look LONG which is not exactly a good thing but we will see.
If I have no problem with them, I might buy more.
I'm not BIG on pellet flavors or whatever. They burn and smoke, that's good enough for me, but I did buy their hickory and Comp Blend.
Anyway, I got ribs coming up and I hope to have trouble free 4 hours of run time.
I'll keep ya posted.

 

[RayClem]

Pellets are produced by compressing sawdust to produce a thick paste and extruding the paste through a die. The extruded material breaks into pellets of random length. Sometimes the pellets look long, but they should break up when they enter the auger.

If you have concerns, take one of the longer pellets and try to snap it by hand. If it breaks, it should not cause any trouble. You can always break any excessively long pellets by hand when you load them in the hopper.

 

[Slimpicker]

Pellets are produced by compressing sawdust to produce a thick paste and extruding the paste through a die. The extruded material breaks into pellets of random length. Sometimes the pellets look long, but they should break up when they enter the auger.

If you have concerns, take one of the longer pellets and try to snap it by hand. If it breaks, it should not cause any trouble. You can always break any excessively long pellets by hand when you load them in the hopper.

Well, they are pretty firm actually, and very long.
I have 40lbs, so I'll give them an honest try, but I had a bag of PitBoss once that were also this long, I had temp spikes and lows using them. They stayed long in the fire pot.
It's not about the length, it's more about how they burn, but like I said, I'll be wishing they work out... who wouldn't want 20lbs delivered free for only $10...

 

[Slimpicker]

 

[RayClem]

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Interesting! They are certainly longer than most brands. Are they super-compressed and difficult to break?

 

[Slimpicker]

Are they super-compressed and difficult to break?

more yes than no, you have to 'snap' them to break them, they don't just easily come apart.

So I don't have them in the hopper yet, gotta do some ribs to empty most of the pellets now.
This might take a week or so to start testing them directly, but I will for sure keep this updated.

 

[BobbyQ]

I've had some from Bear Mountain that were about the same size. Never had a problem running them in my IW650

 

[Slimpicker]

UPDATE, I had no issues or noticeable problems with OKJoes pellets

NOW, I'm trying SMOKEHOUSE from Sams club... only $15 for 40lbs!!! FREE DELIVERY (for me anyway)
They showed up just the complete opposite of OKJoes... these are probably the SHORTEST pellets I've ever seen, and I mean short.

I'll try these and report if I have problems. It will take a few weeks at least to run them thru but what I'd be looking for is temp fluctuation