Atta boy. Cry once
Smoke, I am very happy for you guys, and trust me when I tell you, you won't be cryin' for long! 
P.S. What happened with your other pellet cooker?
We were doing a long cook at 225 on some beef ribs and we ran to the store. Gone maybe half an hour. We pulled up and I saw clouds of white smoke bellowing up from the back of the house.
I ran out back and was able to find the cord and unplug it.
I went around to the front of the grill (luckily I was smart enough to hang over the lid)
and then it happened: BOOM
I actually watched the lid go up about three inches and then slam back down.
I put on gloves and removed everything from inside the grill.
The bottom of the barrel was full of pellets.
I put sheets upon sheets of foil over everything to stop the smoldering but it would not stop........got the garden hose out and flooded the barrel of the Trae....ooops, I mean the pellet grill
So after all the conversations with customer service we came to the conclusion that it was a controller error. The auger kept feeding and then for some reason the hot rod came back on and then the gasses built up and BAM.
So they will send me a new controller and a new thermostat probe.
Really?? The BOOM actually lifted the heat deflector up into the grease tray and dented it, the explosion was so forceful.
Another problem was I was cooking at 225. "Our units run better at 250 and above"
Really??
I took the POS apart and set it out for scrap.
That did it for us. Wendy said to "Get the Best"
I always listen to Wendy
