What do you use

[Boone]

Does anyone sift their pellets and if so what do you use?

 

[primeone]

I have a plastic cup that I drilled several holes in the bottom. It kinda works

 

[Boone]

I'm still deciding if it is really necessary to sift my pellets.
Thanks ...

 

[MikeInFla]

Yes you should sift! I don't have one of these but I am planning on getting one (once Amazon prime starts back with 2 day shipping on non-essential items).

https://www.amazon.com/SE-GP2-14-Pa...=1/4+inch+pellet+sifter&qid=1587753785&sr=8-2

I happened to buy a bag of "Classic" at the end of the season at Walmart and it must've been tossed around quite a bit because it had a ton of swadust in it. That's when I grabbed one of our home sifters and sifted out the sawdust. Then I saw someone on YouTube use the one above so I will get one of those.

If you don't sift you run the risk of the sawdust building up and created a hardened wood blockage and your Pit Boss will not perform as it should.

 

[Boone]

I'll also be putting in an order for one of those. Thanks ...

 

[MikeInFla]

Finally bought one from Amazon. You can see the amount of dust on my truck bed before I even fully sifted the pellets.

 

[DaveXDm9]

I bought the premium Smoke house pellets from Sams Club and was so surprise of the little amount of dust I got from it.

 

[MikeInFla]

The pellets pictured above are Apple pellets. I bought them at the end of last season and I just assume the bag was thrown around a lot when the bags were moved to other parts of the garden center. Was a big help to use a sifter and not have all that dust in my auger. I have seen those pellets at Sam's, I may have to give them a try.

 

[mrwizard96]

wow thanks for posting that I am going to have to get one of those sifters now I had no idea of the danger.

 

[MikeInFla]

wow thanks for posting that I am going to have to get one of those sifters now I had no idea of the danger.

You really only need one sifter, I think the ones I posted above are a set. You search on Amazon, I think I paid about $13 for the one I have. I also use it to make blends. I use a big tumbler cup and scoop up charcoal and then a scoop of Competition blend and it makes a nice comb of 50/50.

 

[Murph]

I like the sifter. I have a question. What size holes? 1/4 or 1/8. It looks like 1/8 would be better. Thanks

 

[MikeInFla]

i think mine is 1/4 but either will work fine. 1/4 removes the sawdust and the smaller pellets.

 

[Boone]

I got the 1/4 inch

 

[HuntJ08]

I found a 3-pk of the green clarifiers (like MikeinFLA) on Amazon. Out of the 3, I use the 1/4, and 1/8 stacked. 1/4" catches regular stuff, 1/8" catches the "niblets". Dust flows out. I use the "niblets" for my starter stock.

 

[Murph]

thank you

 

[DaveXDm9]

I do not sift as a saw dust does not hurt anything.

 

[HuntJ08]

FYI--In a humid environment, the sawdust buildup will clog up the auger system.

 

[DaveXDm9]

FYI--In a humid environment, the sawdust buildup will clog up the auger system.

Really...never heard of that ever happening to anyone I know that lives in a humid climate and Its gets very humid where I live and I never had a problem.

Is there a cerain manufacturer that states that you need to sift your pellets?

 

[HuntJ08]

No. Just picked up on it while "listening" to other users via YouTube videos. I have only used the PB pellets, and notice the difference among different varieties within their company, some worse than others.

 

[DaveXDm9]

No. Just picked up on it while "listening" to other users via YouTube videos. I have only used the PB pellets, and notice the difference among different varieties within their company, some worse than others.

I appreciate the response back it is interesting that Pit Boss and other Pellet manufactures never mention this issue.