Thank you, thank you, thank you! Excellent video and an awesome repair job! I feel lucky now. After the first several cooks that I did, I was cleaning the smoker grates and that baffle when I noticed quite a buildup of ash in the firebox and all around in the bottom of the smoker. I had an old automotive vacuum buried in the garage and since then, its been my dedicated grill cleaner. Since then, I clean, scrape and vacuum out the firebox and inside of the smoker after every two cooks. But thankfully you didn't have a significant fire large enough to catch the house on fire. I've seen that happen with people who dump hot grill ash into their garbage cans that they store alongside their garage. Not good. This video will be extremely useful for me in the future because no doubt, eventually the fan motor will fail or the auger motor...the links you posted will save me a lot of time too! Thank you again! This is your best non-cooking video ever! Be safe and be well!
Thanks so much for the kind words. I always plan to clean my fore box every few cooks, but based on history, i do NOt follow that so this is the second time this has happened over the years. (I guess i am finally learning on this one, time will tell) lol. That is scary, having a fire close to the house. I started leaving mine rolled away from the house until it cools down enough to cover. Sage and happy grilling.
The burn pot on the pit boss looks like it might be prone to having an issue like that. Looks similar to the Traeger setup. The Yoder is very different in how it’s built.
