SmokeFire conversion to generic pellets?

[Bill T]

As everybody but me seemed to know, the SmokeFire only uses the slightly smaller Weber wood pellets. The SmokeWood is not limited by that. Does anybody know about a way to convert the SmokeFire to be able to use generic pellets?

 

[Bruno]

I and many others use Cabelka’s brand and they are cheap and work great.

 

[JimK]

If I'm not mistaken, BassPro/Cabela's offers free shipping over $50. So if you don't have one near you, you can order online.

 

[LMichaels]

Best of my knowledge Weber never mandated using only their pellets. Many here report buying many different brands with no pellet issues

 

[Bruno]

I and many others use Cabelka’s brand and they are cheap and work great.

 

[timothy]

I've never used the Weber pellets and my EX6 is going on 2 years.
Pellets I have used. Lumberjack, Pit Boss, Kingsford, Sam's club comp blend. < (Mostly use that one because of cost.)

 

[BobH-SCW]

I use the Sams pellets-supposed to be made by Bear Mountain . How about these:

 

[JimK]

I've seen good things about those RO charcoal pellets on line. Interestingly, without my prompting, when I was working through my Smokefire troubles, the Weber rep I was dealing with mentioned not to use them. I've never tried, but am curious.

 

[LMichaels]

I've seen good things about those RO charcoal pellets on line. Interestingly, without my prompting, when I was working through my Smokefire troubles, the Weber rep I was dealing with mentioned not to use them. I've never tried, but am curious.

I've heard on pellet grill FB groups they've got some type of waxy additive to hold them together because charcoal doesn't have the lignin that "uncooked" wood does. Factual? IDK but seems reasonable

 

[Don D.]

Supposedly the charcoal pellets burn hotter than wood pellets and will mess with the algorithm of the controller

 

[Ed P]

Supposedly the charcoal pellets burn hotter than wood pellets and will mess with the algorithm of the controller

I have a bag of those and IMO they do burn hotter than the wood pellets I have, and they do provide a good smoke flavor. It plainly says 100% charcoal so if they use a binder RO could be subject to a class action lawsuit.

 

[Bill T]

Best of my knowledge Weber never mandated using only their pellets. Many here report buying many different brands with no pellet issues

They don't mandate it, but I've heard from other forums that there are jamming issues with other pellets. Guess I'll have to **** around and find out.

 

[timothy]

They don't mandate it, but I've heard from other forums that there are jamming issues with other pellets. Guess I'll have to **** around and find out.

Yea, make your own call.

 

[Bill T]

OK, I've heard from enough on this site, gonna change my ways and buy a bag of apple pellets, load up the Smoke/Fire and smoke some pork ribs. Thanks for the input, much appreciated!