I checked this today without anything in it. No deflector or heat shields., grates, etc. It did the same thing as yesterday. It dumped pellets and the fire kept getting bigger until I turned it off. I tried to watch the pellets being dumped, but the smoke got to bad. Should I have had the heat deflector in it? It seems to me like it is dumping to many pellets, but what do I know.
I am leaving for a month long trip in a few days, so I will contact GMG when I get back.