Traeger Explosion
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 15 ก.ย. 2024
- I used my Traeger earlier in the evening and it worked fine. Later that night I started it to do an all night smoke on some Boston Butts. After it lit and I put the butts on it was rolling more smoke than usual so I decided to shoot a video of it.
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This happened because the chamber where the pellets are burned wasn't emptied properly. Either you didn't let it burn off in shutdown mode, or it didn't fully burn off and you didn't empty the chamber, or you turned it up to a high temperature and it started loading lots of pellets into the chamber, then you turned it down and didn't empty the chamber.
When you get too many pellets or too much ash in the chamber, the heater can't ignite them properly and they get heated instead of burned. When they burn you get clear blueish smoke. When they are heated without igniting, you get this heavy white smoke. When it starts doing that, the sap turns to vapor, and when it reaches the right levels it finally ignites explosively like this.
To prevent this happening ALWAYS EMPTY THE BURN CHAMBER before starting or when you turn the temperature down.
You should add this to your videos description so people can understand why it happens.
The gases exploded, not the pellets. Open the grill while you're in start up mode
This just happened to me on a Trager 34 pro. I cleaned out the smoker and firebox before starting a long smoke on a brisket. Let it run at 180 for about 6 hours kicked it to 200 for 2 hours and went down to bump it to 225 when i noticed that the temp was around 110. Hopper was still full so i figured the pellets must have wedged and created an air-pocket, preventing the auger from moving any more into the box. I tamped the pellets and it started smoking again. Everything seemed fine for about a minute, then the smoke started rolling really thick, like this video. I was walking over to open the grill when it exploded open like this. It looked exactly like this video. Was crazy. I had to finish the brisket off in the oven and use a fire extinguisher to put out the pellet fire in the smoker.
Literally just happened to me on a long brisket cook as well. It shut down automatically at first….so I turned it back on and 10 minutes later, it blew up. Crazy
Did you get a new grill out of it? Mine just did the same to me
Mine just did the EXACT same thing
Come on, Brents! Don't be so lazy. Pull your pork with a couple of forks like the rest of us. You don't have to go and blow it up! LOL
I believe the higher pressure tenderizes it!
Brent is middle English for burnt
Trusty old Weber kettle for me
That happened to me yesterday. Was smoking a brisket and got the LER error code. Thing was smoking and the next thing you know ‘BOOM!’ I had to check my britches but no one got hurt and the grill seems to be okay. Only the 4th time I’ve even used it so it may have been operator error.
same thing happened to me this morning. I got the same LER error code (it was cold) so i rebooted grill and turned to smoke mode. about 5 minutes later.... BOOM. It bent the cover all the way back past the safety latch on the right. The hinges may have bent a little because my cover isn't flush anymore. I'll try to power through this brisket, but im a little nervous.
@@total-tea-detox easy thing to avoid happens if you turn on the smoker and turn it off suddenly and turn it on again also make sure you turn the smoker to shutdown everytime
I got the fucking ler code just now and it’s 78F. Wtf. And then did this blow up stuff
This is basically a backdraft. The pellets are just being burned into this flammable white smoke instead of actually burning with oxygen. So then, when the smoke gets a chance to mix with oxygen… kaboom!
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With oxygen flowing in the smoke can ignite under the correct conditions!
Forget about the grill.... Was the pork OK?
Haha, yes
Hi this happens if you turn the smoker on then off then on again once you turn the smoker on for the startup no matter how long ... you have to wait for the shutdown presses before you turn it on again
Mine just did this.
Scared the shit out of me lol.
Wanted to see if it's happened to anyone else.
I just had a similar experience with a brand new traeger grill followed all steps in the owners manual for seasoning the grill...shut it off properly, went to turn it back on set the temp to 350, which the instructions said to do..well it didnt stop at 350 kept heating up beyond 550 degrees before I hit the shut down mode..on the phone with traeger for over an hour and they are no help
I think it s done!😮
Pork Butt just Farted..😂😂
Okay, but did it finally sear the meat? 😂
Mine does that almost every time I start it Its the pellets laying on the heating element until they finally ignite Completely normal
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i’m going to say that was a rich fuel fire (most likely a lot of sawdust mixture within the pellets) that was demanding more oxygen, once it got a little bit, it created a mini backdraft.
Wood gas is explosive. Durrrrr
This has happened to me twice.
And that's how you flash cook meat
Likely because the trager pellets have oil.
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Traeger timer 😂
How do wood pellets explode? even a big pile of them?
I've read explanations of it on the pellet grill forums. Not sure I could explain it myself. Some say excessive gases building up because of too many pellets in the fire box.
@Delicious Man X Do the Traegers not have a fan supplying oxygen directly to the fire pot like other pellet grills?
Delicious Man X You don’t have one?
Delicious Man X I’ve got a RecTec and I accidentally shut it off with the app, turned it right back on with no issue. It seems to always happen with Treugers.
Traeger’s are made in China, enough said..Get an American made pellet grill. I have a GMG and it’s been solid for 2yrs now.
Did It still work after ?
Yes
Just happened to me overload of pellets
Mine started to do this once, but stopped when I unplugged the traeger and opened the cover.
Start the grill with lid open. Smh
chief 2017 I did, SMHBAY
😂😂😂😂😂
Traeger residential grills are made in China, Enough said..I have a Green Mountain Grill and it’s made in the USA. It’s been solid, not one problem for 2yrs now.
lol
A friend of mine had that happen with their Green Mountain in the spring. My Green Mountain just did it 30 minutes ago. Waiting for it to cool down so I can take a look at it. Scared the crap out of me.
I found this thread because my Green Mountain just did it to me. First time user, but, too, followed instructions. Temp report has been all over the map, too. Was doing a 225 degree smoke, went out to check and it was at 140. Then I turned on a wifi profile that had the initial temp target of 150, but instead it cranked the heat to nearly 500. Set it to 225 manually and now it’s falling. Could be user error. I’m hoping that as the pellets that were in the pipeline burn off, it’ll settle down.
@@pauljohnson5375 - Having the same issues with my Daniel Boone (3x lid blow). I'm using the Green Mountain pellets, but something is definitely wrong. Hopefully they will return or exchange it for me.
@@briankraft4478 I think I may have solved my issue. The power went out a few times my first smoke. Either it was that the unit was in the sun and hot, or there was a short in the power cord (mine's the one with an AC to 12V DC converter). In any event being shut off 3 times and restarted, I believe, ended up with it having 3X as many pellets in the fire pot. This led to some of those pellets spilling out, some catching fire (raising the temp way high despite the temp gauge being set lower), possibly blocking the fan feeding it oxygen, and shutting off. I let the grill sit overnight then cleaned out the excess pellets the next day and re-tried a smoke. Everything went OK. I've still got my eye on the unit to make sure it doesn't power down unexpectedly, but most of the issues seem solved. For now!
God stop using a pellet grill if you cant follow simple instructions. You are going to make people scared to use them when this is user error
This grill was found on the side of the road years ago. Lighten up Karen.
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