How To Light A Wood Pellet Grill

This will burn off any remaining packing oils.

How to light a wood pellet grill.

He patented the design in 1985 and traeger grills was born. If you take too long it will also impact the cooking time. Many wood pellet stove models recommend that you don t use a liquid accelerant. The next day he started designing a grill with more temperature control that would run on wood pellets instead.

Pit boss pellet grills are known to light up fairly quickly. Here is a short video on how to light your pellet grill. Wait for a little moment. Use accelerant approved for use with wood pellet stoves which is usually in gel or solid form.

This is the indicator that pellets have started burning well enough to sustain a fire. If you need to light a brand new pellet stove you don t need to wait for the appliance to become cool. This will feed the wood pellets in the burn pot automatically. No two pellet flavors are the same and can dramatically impact the quality of your final cut of meat.

Leave the lid up until you see steady smoke coming from the grill. Let the small wood pellets come into the burn pot. Get your wood pellet choice right. Pellet grills produce a lot of smoke when they are starting up.

You will have around 3 minutes to turn the grill on from the time you have it up. While mesquite or hickory works well with strong and robust meats like brisket they will overpower chicken turkey and fish. If you decide to smoke poultry use a light and sweet wood like apple or cherry. I imagine this is the same on most pellet grills.

This is why it important to have all your meat seasoned and prepared for the grill beforehand. When the fire rod is heated it keeps burning the wood pellets until there are good enough sparks to ignite a flame. In this video i show how to light a pellet tube so it will stay burning for hours. Add tip ask question comment download.

The grill i m working with is a pitboss 820. From there close the lid and adjust the setting to your desired temperature. Set the grill to 350 degrees fahrenheit and allow grill to heat for 30 minutes to 1 hour.