Traeger smoke setting temperature too high

If your grill is in this range it is functioning as expected. Changing to p-3 is going to increase the pause time from 65 seconds to 75 seconds.

We can adjust this setting to help maintain the temperature.

Traeger smoke setting temperature too high. The Traeger manual states that the Smoke position can be used to hold food at 165. Now I understand with the normal thermostat range the temperature could vary -15 so that should mean 150 to 180 If I wanted a higher range Id use a higher range. Traeger grills cook on an average meaning that there may be some slight fluctuation higher or lower than the set temperature leading to a correct average temperature throughout the duration of the cook.

If you feel that your grill is consistently running too hot lets run through some common troubleshooting to have your grill meet expectations. The SMOKE setting maintains a temperature range between 160F and 225F. As long as the temperature is in or close to that range the grill is operating correctly.

New Traeger Pro 22 - smoke setting is too hot Short Version. When setting to smoke its smoking at 200F. Use Smoke Setting With most models of Traeger grill it is possible to set the grill to smoke.

On this setting the auger will dispense just enough pellets to create smoke without raising the temperature in the grill above around 150 degrees Fahrenheit. This will allow you to get more smoke. According to Traeger during your cooking you will experience that temperature oscillates of about 20 degrees.

If you are firing up your grill in all seasons you can expect the temperature to swing beyond the 20-degree range. To solve this problem you have to. So you are climbing in temp as we feed more pellets in.

Changing to p-3 is going to increase the pause time from 65 seconds to 75 seconds. I would also personally recommend using the smoke setting for adding smoke flavor. Youre going to get a bit more smoke at 150-160 where the smoke setting should be hanging out at.

You may notice that when you set your grill to HIGH the controller blinks 450F 232C. Note that the HIGH settings temperature ranges between 425 - 450F 218 - 232C. If your grill is in this range it is functioning as expected.

However if your grill is set to HIGH and is below this designated range please continue reading. If you have your grill on SMOKE but the temperature wont go below 225 degrees you may try increasing the P-Setting as the typical SMOKE temperature is between 160 and 200 degrees. Because increasing the P-Setting increases the pause before feeding more pellets we recommend not going above P-4 to prevent the fire from going out.

I reset the P setting on the digital control to P-5 and that helped quite a bit but I am still running about 25 degrees above the thermostat setting eg. 250 225 degree setting and there are some wild variations in temp when the auger kicks on ranging from 210-260. Last edited by chop.

10-30-2010 at 1152 AM. Traeger Lil Tex Elite. Traeger recommends staying within the P-0 to P-4 range.

Running consistently below 150-160F may cause your fire to go out in the firepot. Ive run mine steadily lower than this but any dip in temperature due to wind etc may cause you to have to go through the proper re. The Sassy Kitchen Queen gifted me this Traeger Scout portable pellet grill last year to add another dimension to our BBQ game.

Since then I only used it 3 or. Nope your grill isnt female. This one stands for High Temperature Error Youll see this appear on your Traegers display if the temperature inside exceeds 550F for more than 45 seconds.

If this happens your grill will shut off the auger and the fan to start the cool-down process. We can adjust this setting to help maintain the temperature. Examples of when the P-Setting would need to be adjusted.

• Environmental temperatures are cold and the grill will not hit set temperature. Adjust to lower P-Setting - Grill does not go below 225 degrees on SMOKE setting. Adjust to a higher P-setting-Environmental temperatures are hotter than usual and the grill is running too high of a temperature.

Adjust to a higher P-setting. The way the P-setting. Stage 1 - Smoke the Ribs.

Once the Traeger is making smoke and up to 250F place the ribs on the grill with the thickest sides to the right the hotter end of the grill. Use a rib rack if preparing more than 4 racks of baby back ribs at once. Close the lid and let the ribs cook for about 90 minutes.

Pellets need to be filled into the hopper in order for it to work. You can then adjust the temperature via the dial. The temperature can be set to anything from smoke to 450 degrees Fahrenheit.

Smoking meat dates back to the Stone Age when it was used to prepare and preserve meat. Traeger Ironwood is basically unrelated to what cavemen used.