u/IronSmokeAndOil

Hey y’all I just purchased this brand new on 8/13, I’ve done a burn off, then a dry smoke with nothing in it, then smoked chicken for dinner on Friday. All of those sessions it ran like it should with maintaining temperatures, now today on Sunday 8/16, I was smoking some burgers and the temperature kept rising and hit over 347F with it set at 275F. I backed off the smoke stack cap a little bit, temp probe isn’t filthy, I’m not sure what happened from Friday to Sunday to cause it to now be sending temps high and being Sunday, Pit Boss isn’t open for tech support.

I’ve had a different brand pellet grill I used for almost a year before buying this and didn’t encounter this issue. If someone has some helpful advice, I’d appreciate it!

First post (never thought I’d join Reddit til I discovered a smoking section).

Anyway, I’ve smoked numerous things I used to use a standup wood chip electric smoker it quit working, I ended up getting a pellet grill smoker. And I’ve smoked plenty of pork products and they turn out great and smoky. Today I smoked a chuck roast and while it had a good smoke ring, the smoke flavor was very light. I used hickory and ran it at 250F. Now I’m thinking maybe I should get an offset smoker and learn how to smoke with it even if it is more work it could be worth it. Ideas? Suggestions on what I should/could change?