Help with amazn pellet smoker not staying lit

hardwoodcooker · February 2014

XL BGE 0 - 10 above 0 vents open, dry pellets, good cherry on the smoker before putting in grill bottom, smokes for about 20 min goes out Tried amzn dust mixed in , even put 100 watt light bulb in grill to create a draft to get things going, also put pellets in microwave for a min or so to make sure they are dry. ...

grege345 · February 2014

Open vents wide open. Leave daisy wheel half open. Or are you saying vents open?

hardwoodcooker · February 2014

Meant 10 degrees Obove 0 degrees

hardwoodcooker · February 2014

Bottom and top wide open

henapple · February 2014

Put the pellets in the oven a while...check ams website

yzzi · February 2014

Put the smoker with pellets in the oven at 275 for 30 minutes. Let it burn for a while, at least 15 minutes. Open bottom vent completely with no daisy wheel.

Little Steven · February 2014

Let them burn for a bit.

EGG_Daddy · February 2014

How are you lighting them? You should use a propane torch.

laserdoc85 · February 2014

I use a mapp torch to light mine. Loaded the amaze up and smoked a slab of bacon for 12 hours with maple yesterday. Mine always stays lit never goes out.

QDude · February 2014

What elevation are you at? The regular smoker does not work well at higher elevations.

Charlesmaneri · February 2014

when I use my a-maze-n-smoker I take all the guts out of my Egg I open the bottom vent wide open and I have a staniless steel smoke wear cap that I open up wide then I light the pellets and let them burn burn for about 10 mins then blow it out and put into the egg on the bottom then I put the grill in the egg and whatever I'm smoking goes in and let it go all night until it burns out and every time in the morning all I have left is just ash in the A-Maze-N Smoker

Mike_the_BBQ_Fanatic · February 2014

+1 on the map torch...and i leave the touch on the pellets for about 30 seconds. I also light mine in my wood burning fireplace and let it go for 10-15 min before moving it to the egg.

hardwoodcooker · February 2014

Thanks to all that chimed in to help w/this problem.will give it another go today . I have noticed that when the temperature is above + 25 degrees it seems to work better, lately we've been -10 to - 15 at night to about 0 to + 10 during the day

Help with amazn pellet smoker not staying lit

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