Pellet Fan
Accessories & Essentials => Pellets -- comments & questions => Topic started by: Huntin2 on September 28, 2017, 01:38:01 PM
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How is everyone handling the excess wood dust in new bags of pellets. I was thinking about getting a cooking colander to sift out the dust.
Thoughts?
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How is everyone handling the excess wood dust in new bags of pellets. I was thinking about getting a cooking colander to sift out the dust.
Thoughts?
I dump everything into the hopper. It all gets burned up.
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Someone on PH had a home made pellet dust remover. Great pics of a DIY setup that worked great. Hopefully Bentley might be able to find it for us??
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Would have been N0OC..aka Alfred E Numan and it is in a section that was Members Eyes Only and none of those sections can be accessed. Buy a site just to shut it down...amazing...I guess Larry really did get under his skin!
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How is everyone handling the excess wood dust in new bags of pellets. I was thinking about getting a cooking colander to sift out the dust.
Thoughts?
I dump everything into the hopper. It all gets burned up.
+1
I don’t worry about it
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I use a plastic collinder to sift through the last few pellets in the bag.
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Some tends to settle to the bottom of the bag/container. When I get down to that, I sort out the remaining pellets. I don't worry much about it beyond that. I will occasionally run the hopper down to the auger to clear out dust build up, and blow or sweep down any sticking to the side of the hopper.
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I just sift the dust with my hands when it looks like there is much of it. In my cookers, some of the dust is burned, and the rest is just blown into the bowels of the cookers by the fan, where it is periodically cleaned out with the rest of the mess.
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Some tends to settle to the bottom of the bag/container. When I get down to that, I sort out the remaining pellets. I don't worry much about it beyond that. I will occasionally run the hopper down to the auger to clear out dust build up, and blow or sweep down any sticking to the side of the hopper.
I do the same thing. I don't worry much about it either. I saw a video on YouTube of a fella that made a quite fancy dust remover for his corn and pellets. Here's the link. Doesn't look too hard to make.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FtrojwUG0BM
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I guess the methodology comes into play. I sift with a plastic colander regardless of manufacturer.
Dump the pellets in? Fine. Does it all burn up? Does it leave no ash? Does it affect temps and times?
Too many unanswered questions. I sift, and the dust that gets left behind is tossed with the bag.
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Put the dust in your flower beds, good compost.
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Put the dust in your flower beds, good compost.
Unless ya have a home owners association that is ignorant. >:(
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Last winter I left the lid on my pellet storage bin open slightly during a heavy rain. Next time I went to cook I noticed about 1" layer of swollen, wet pellets on top. I was going to toss them but figured what the heck. I threw them into the hopper along with a bunch of dry pellets and the grill didn't mind one bit. It had no trouble maintaining the temp I set it to, and did not produce excess smoke or ash. I probably would not do this if I had a grill with a long auger, but the auger on the Memphis is very short and wet pellets and dust don't seem to affect it.
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I have a very small amount of "dust" so all goes in with no problems...
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I seem to remember this was posted "over there" as a solution for cleaning fines from pellets.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xmN9uF5oJGA
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Thanks Buddy!
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An excellent and simple solution!!
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I've made a pellet vacuum... it worked, but I still find it easier just to use a colendar to sift when I get to the bottom of a bag.
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I have a very small amount of "dust" so all goes in with no problems...
Same here, until I got some Pit Boss pellets from Menards
Used them several times before must be a bad batch.
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I seem to remember this was posted "over there" as a solution for cleaning fines from pellets.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xmN9uF5oJGA
Yes, that's the video AE Neuman posted.
(https://vppzag-ch3301.files.1drv.com/y4mpEXrb5U-R6a2vFtjbF731e9wepRA6iFHgM7E3BbTRhwD_PJrTRg5ZtMhoOrGdoYw9c9kPqqbTEG_xX5NUPyw82J8K8ur_Jxkrqjosh6GiPacXsLnnmW5N5BGkFR9konKJoQrtSa5RKaBN75Lo0MYivYqgp3ME1yxLBKMEjmckUcd1i14XHu9Szy9J98GzorzJQ-Wg35zAl8aEyQYTwJYkA?width=211&height=330&cropmode=none)
This is the drawing he provided.
I used to find dust-like material in my pit. It was probably on my food, too. One day while searing meat I saw sparks blowing up from the fire pot. It was burning pellet dust that becomes ash specks when burned out. It appears that the dust-like material in the pit is composed of unburned pellet dust that's augured in but blown upwards before igniting and pellet dust ash.
The more I clean my pellets the less of this I see.
I've sifted my pellets with a scoop that's intended to extract solids from kitty litter and I've used Neuman's drawing. Both do the job.
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If the bags are moved around, stored and kept upright the fines (dust) will for the most part fall to the bottom. Then sift when you start seeing fines..
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I just set up a fan by the side of my storage container and blow most of the fines away as I slowly pour the pellets from the into the container. What gets thru I don’t worry about.
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I just set up a fan by the side of my storage container and blow most of the fines away as I slowly pour the pellets from the into the container. What gets thru I don’t worry about.
good idea
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I store my pellets in Kingsford plastic bins that hold 40lbs. each. I use a small shovel made for cleaning out cat litter boxes that works great for that. You can find them in the pet section for a couple bucks usually.
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I seem to remember this was posted "over there" as a solution for cleaning fines from pellets.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xmN9uF5oJGA
Yes, that's the video AE Neuman posted.
(https://vppzag-ch3301.files.1drv.com/y4mpEXrb5U-R6a2vFtjbF731e9wepRA6iFHgM7E3BbTRhwD_PJrTRg5ZtMhoOrGdoYw9c9kPqqbTEG_xX5NUPyw82J8K8ur_Jxkrqjosh6GiPacXsLnnmW5N5BGkFR9konKJoQrtSa5RKaBN75Lo0MYivYqgp3ME1yxLBKMEjmckUcd1i14XHu9Szy9J98GzorzJQ-Wg35zAl8aEyQYTwJYkA?width=211&height=330&cropmode=none)
This is the drawing he provided.
I used to find dust-like material in my pit. It was probably on my food, too. One day while searing meat I saw sparks blowing up from the fire pot. It was burning pellet dust that becomes ash specks when burned out. It appears that the dust-like material in the pit is composed of unburned pellet dust that's augured in but blown upwards before igniting and pellet dust ash.
The more I clean my pellets the less of this I see.
I've sifted my pellets with a scoop that's intended to extract solids from kitty litter and I've used Neuman's drawing. Both do the job.
I copied the Newman design. Should take about 20 minutes to make it. Just add shop vac and pellets. Thanks.
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I copied the Newman design. Should take about 20 minutes to make it. Just add shop vac and pellets. Thanks.
I have it stored as a Microsoft Word file. If you want a copy, PM your email address to me and I'll email it to you as an attachment. But I'll need your email address 'cause I can't attach a file to a PF PM.
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Would have been N0OC..aka Alfred E Numan and it is in a section that was Members Eyes Only and none of those sections can be accessed. Buy a site just to shut it down...amazing...I guess Larry really did get under his skin!
Wait is that what happened to PH? Burke bought it out of spite?
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Here's how I remember the saga–
(1) It initially appeared that Burke123 bought PH to operate it, more than likely somewhat differently based on his posts.
(2) A PF member discovered that he may own part of a corporation headquartered in Florida.
(3) At about the time that Hurricane Irma hit Florida (September 7) the PH site went down and hasn't been reestablished.
I concluded that Hurricane Irma caused Burke123 to adjust his financial priorities.