Pellets Storing Pellets

[traeger860]

I agree with traeger860, I also store mine in 5 gallon buckets and they are kept outside. I also sieve mine through a piece of 1/4 inch screen. This allows all the fine dust and small particles to be eliminated prior to using. There is always fine sediment and pieces in the bags depending how they were handled before you purchased them. Keeping the fines out helps in preventing auger binds and back fires. I wasn't aware of the Bucket Companion that traeger860 mentioned, but they are now on my shopping list. Welcome to the forum, great folks and great recipes.

I do this too. I use one of these to make the process a little easier: https://a.co/d/az6na6M

 

[Like Smoke]

I live in Colorado and gold prospecting and rock hounding has been a hobby of mine for some time. If you want to save some money on a screen you can make your own. Find a 5 gallon bucket that the bail has broken off or has other damage and cut off about 3 inches from the bottom, I use a jig saw. Cut out 4 triangles in the bottom leaving some plastic to support the screen. Cut a piece of screen to fit the inside the remaining bottom (I use 1/4 inch) and you have a cheap sieve. You can glue the screen in , or leave it loose if you want to use different mesh screens. Works as well as my purchased ones and costs a lot less.

 

[Manannan]

Another option, I have used this version for a couple of years now:

https://www.amazon.com/Tierra-Garden-GP55-Galvanized-Sieve/dp/B000TAOYRQ?th=1

 

[BigHildy53]

I use Oklahoma Joe's pellet buckets. I store them and pellet bags in a deck box on my deck. I am in Virginia and get plenty of humidity in the summer. No issues.

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