terry13111
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Tried running my smoker for the third time today. I tried chips with the screen for the first time and they caught on fire, a huge flame when I opened it. Is this normal? And if not, what can I do to prevent it?
Chips caught on fire
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Walt
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Heat + fuel source only needs oxygen to flame up. Don't open the door until the protein is to desired temp. Generally plan on using chips on lower temp smokes below 200 degrees. Chunks above that. I do augment the higher temp smokes with a sprinkling of chips or shavings in addition to the chunks. Good luck
This is your third try at using the smoker and the chips caught fire. So we know the smoker is heating up. As Walt said, don't open the door till the meat is done, or until the smoker has ceased producing smoke which may be several hours. On your other post you indicated the smoker was shutting down when using the meat probe. Try what I suggested on your other post and let us know what you find out.
terry13111
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The smoker shut down when trying to use the temperature probe that attaches to the Auber. Yesterday I didn't attempt to use that.
