Pit Boss Lexington auger fire

[@rotax800cc]

You have to keep the pellet hopper lid shut otherwise air and flame can draft up the pellet auger and burn into the hopper itself. This was a big problem for pellet stoves heating houses as well

[@ScottysBackYardBBQ]

The lid was shut when the auger fire started. But that dies make sense.

[@aditihubbycookingvlogscomm8787]

Great sharing 😊 love from India 🇮🇳😊

[@ScottysBackYardBBQ]

Thanks

[@HeavyMetalBarBQue]

I've had issues with back burn if I've forgotten to close the pellet hopper lid tightly. It's then sucking air drawing some flame backwards into the auger. ??????????

[@ScottysBackYardBBQ]

o wow. i never thought of that. some times i leave the hopper lid open. thanks

[@yostmichael9]

Have a Lexington back burns every time I use it cleaned every time before use. One thing I noticed is that the igniter moves and was pushed in all the way like the one in the video. The igniter on all the others I’ve looked at stick out further

[@ScottysBackYardBBQ]

Ok thanks I check it out

[@saltydawg8988]

You know what Scotty, that would make sense because if the igniter is too far in, it can heat the metal up on the inside where it's not supposed to. Been watching you for the last week while waiting for my Lexington Onyx to come in, and it just arrived a couple hours ago. Thanks for all the tips!

[@theilliniguy]

Do you vacuum the pot each cook? Makes me nervous when I think about running the pit overnight while asleep!!

[@ScottysBackYardBBQ]

i completely cleaned it out before i started the cook.

[@theilliniguy]

@@ScottysBackYardBBQ I usually vacuum after each cook but it must have been pellets since your pot was empty.

[@troyv8302]

I guess you can have some peace of mind knowing it didn't recreate for the video. I never liked that auger design when the pellets feed right to the firepot. Kind of why I like the SmokeFire, it has that slide the pellets ride down preventing an auger fire.

[@ScottysBackYardBBQ]

love my smoke fire. 99 % sure it was a bad bag of pellets

[@theilliniguy]

Smokefires look nice just $$$ for me, right now.

[@troyv8302]

@@theilliniguy I got mine for like $900 when Weber gave a $200 off and my local Ace gave it to me for $899 for the EX6. This is my third year with it and glad I took the chance on it. Hopefully there will be deals again so more people can experience it.

[@theilliniguy]

@@troyv8302 I’ll keep an eye on it. Thx.

[@bobbicatton]

I would ask at the store whether anyone else has had problems with the pellets, since it was a new bag. I'm glad it didn't happen again!

[@ScottysBackYardBBQ]

Good idea.i will

[@Trumpetmaster77]

Good thing you didn't get it to recreate the back burn. That could have been a disaster if you were in town while it was back burning. Good that you found the reason was bad pellets.

[@ScottysBackYardBBQ]

no kidding. good thing i am old school. and never leave my pit attended.. lol

[@Trumpetmaster77]

@@ScottysBackYardBBQ I do that to my recteq all the time for brisket cooks. But I always make sure it's clean

[@ScottysBackYardBBQ]

@@Trumpetmaster77 mine was clean.

[@Trumpetmaster77]

@@ScottysBackYardBBQ yea, thats whats crazy about it.

[@rbrown2895]

Coke a pork butt on mine for 12 hours with no problems. It was clean and I store my pellets in two hard plastic Craftsman storage container from Lowe’s. Each container holds 20 pounds. That’s good advice on what to do. Thanks!! 👍😎👍

[@Drewcooks24]

could be the pellets. big box stores are about the only place you can find any and I think they could careless how they store them. Hope you get the cause Figured out and happy smoking !

[@ScottysBackYardBBQ]

Bad pellets. Had no more problems. Thanks.

[@keshaturner1809]

Hey! I have a Pit Boss Lexington pellet grill and I was wondering why after it's up to my desired temp the side where the pellets go start smoking?? I just had this to happen to me today

[@ScottysBackYardBBQ]

Could be several things. Fire pot dirty. Bad pellets. Going from very high heat .down to low heat to fast Leaving the hopper lid open while it running.

[@keshaturner1809]

Okay thanks! I had just cleaned it before I used it! And it I didn't adjust the temp up and down! When it got to the desired temp I put my meat on and after a while I noticed the smoke coming from where the pellets go in so idk

[@keshaturner1809]

The hopper lid was closed

[@keshaturner1809]

​@@ScottysBackYardBBQI haven't had mine long and this was the first time that it did this so I'll check the pellets maybe

[@ScottysBackYardBBQ]

@@keshaturner1809 go watch my video on how to start up your pitboss Lexington. That may help you.

[@MrGroove.76]

How do you clean the pellet hopper

[@ScottysBackYardBBQ]

Shop vac

[@MrGroove.76]

@@ScottysBackYardBBQ I don't have one sooo hand scoop it

[@ScottysBackYardBBQ]

@@MrGroove.76 remove the pellet dump plug. Empty into a container. It's on the back side. As a screw in it.

[@rogerdjs]

I've seen so many of these issues pertaining to Pit Boss, So why even purchase one?

[@ScottysBackYardBBQ]

They tirn out amazing food

[@rogerdjs]

So does my OK Joe, and I never had these issues.

[@ScottysBackYardBBQ]

@rogerdjs ya I have a Weber smokefire ex4 no issues either

[@AquaTech225]

I’ve had 2. But what I do is if enough pellets are there. I shop vac out 90% of them. An turn up the temp an just let the auger run the rest out to burn. An toss the pellets if they were smoked out bad that I feel like they were ruined

[@ScottysBackYardBBQ]

only happened to me once. pretty sure it was badd pellets