Cabela's Pellets caused plenty smoke before finally lighting

[Psu190]

Hey everyone. Love this grill I gotta say. Straight to the point.
So I started buying Cabela's Pellets because $10 cheaper and I get free shipping. All is good until I tried a new bag of Apple Pellets. Been using Cabela's Pellets for a few months now with no issues.

Yesterday tried to start grill to make pizza, I got a E6 error, first time I got any type error. I checked the glow plug which was only used for about a year. Not sure how long they last but swapped in a new one.

The grill finally lite but was super slow to get up to temp and holy hell the amount the smoke for 3-4 minutes was crazy. It did finally lite and got up to temp.

Question, anyone else had this issue, wondering if it's a crappy bag of pellets or if it's just the Cabela's brand of pellets.

I do clean my grill every month. I notice the Cabela's Pellets create more dust.

 

[Goneincognito]

Cabela's, Weber and Lumberjack pellets are all the same thing, just rebranded.
I would say you just got a bad bag which can happen regardless of the brand.

 

[Psu190]

That's what made me buy them, same mnf just cheaper. Hopefully just a bad bag like you said. Thanks for the reply.

Any consensus on how long the glow plugs usually last hours wise?

 

[Goneincognito]

Don't know about hours as it only runs at start-up but I have used mine 4-5 times a week for the past 2 years and still on the origional plug.

 

[MackeyC34]

Could you tell if the pellets were damp at all? I ran into a bag of pellets I bought from Lowes on sale (before they discontinued them) and they seemed hard to get going. Comparing them to pellets from another new bag they seemed a bit damp. Not to the point of falling apart but they crumbled a bit easier than the completely dry ones. Just a thought.

 

[JpsBBQ]

I would suspect you have a pile up of pellet dust in your system. Can like purge it with a few start up and shut downs or drain the pellets a vacuum and or remove the auger to clean. Best guess.

 

[Psu190]

You know, when it finally lit I heard a poof like sound. Should've said that in the beginning.

I'm going to take a look tomorrow, I never clean inside the pellet shoot but I do clean regularly.
I'll check the pellets for moisture as well.

 

[Goneincognito]

Removing the auger is very simple to do.
6 screws, 1 plug and less than 5min of your time.

 

[OGauge4Me]

I like the Cabella's pellets. No issues so far. I just purchased a 40 lb bag of Kirkland pellets for $20 with free delivery so I could try them out. I am headed to Lowes this morning and I always check to see if Lowes has pellets on sale. This time of the year they usually do,