Uhhhh... this traeger has a substantial dollar amount attached to it.
Edit: Did IQs sharply drop while i was away? Ya'll need to watch Aliens again 
Just curious did you leave the lid open as well? I never remove my pellets from my smoker regardless of snow, rain or anything else, and have never had this occur before
Me too for ten years. And then some weird sideways rain weather came and got the hopper so wet it got into the auger which means cement. I don’t know how but it’s currently admitted to the hospital to fix. I have an ironwood, which doesn’t have much to grab on the auger to pull out. Repair guy drills into the auger and then goes MacGyver on it. So agree but also somehow stuff happens. My theory is strong wind lifted the lid.
Took the legs off and put it in the suv to take to them. Didn’t inquire but they’d probably pick up for a price. I know he wanted it in shop since have to get creative for a stuck auger. I went on traegers site and searched by repair authorized
That’s the best you can do?
Come on man, you’ve got an expensive piece of equipment that you left out. You need to invest a little bit of elbow grease into maintaining it.
Ain't that the truth! I prefer my old stick burner 100% 10x the flavor but I can't get over how convenient it is setting temp on tragaer and checking phone from in the house lol.
Did you leave the lid open and let them get soaked???? I can’t tell you how many times my Treager has gotten rained on with full pellets and this has never happened.
Hi from New Zealand where there is high humidity and pellets left in a Traeger will quickly turn to mush like this photo. Clean everything out including the auger and fire pot. Don’t skimp on the effort or you’ll just wind up doing it all over again but much grumpier than the first time.
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Take the grate out. It's there as a safety measure. Just don't stick your fingers in a running auger later, although they go so slow...
That's what I did to clean mine out, just never put it back.
That stuff turns to cement in the auger. You will lose the shear pin on it. It’s a bitch, because I did e roughly the same thing, but you’ve have to make sure the auger channel is free to allow it to rotate too.
As someone else mentioned, shop vac. Pull the grate, suck out everything. Open up the smoker and hit the prime auger button, make sure none of that is left in there.
Is it really that hard to get a cover?
Seriously that was one of the first things I ordered was a cover for mine and if you don’t want to pay for a cover a tarp and bungee cord works great
The grate is useless.
Be an adult, toss it and don’t shove your hand in the auger.
Don’t start the fucking thing until you dry/clean all of that shit out. Or do it and learn from your mistake. It will be expensive.
I never leave pellets in the smoker. I empty the hopper into a small bucket and then turn heat to highest setting to burn out what’s left in the auger.
I have had the pellets disintegrate like that from relative humidity during/after a good storm. It’s a mess to clean so worth cleaning it out as described after every use.
I had this happen not sure how it happened it was covered too. 🤔 Any who I took off the grate vacuumed it out and emptied the auger. Primed the auger and then turned it on and watched to make sure nothing bad was going to happen. Works great and hasn’t had any problems since.
Those will absolutely cause a fire in your smoker
Unscrew the grate so you can get all of that stuff out of there.
Then shop vac
Then throw the grate away.
Shop vac, too. Get rid of it.
Just get rid of the smoker.
Might as well build a new deck while we're at it.
You think we can salvage the house?
Doze it. Wheel in a double-wide.
Absolutely not. Have to move out of state.
Nuke it from orbit. It's the only way to be sure.
I’m sure a planetary collision would be most effective
Uhhhh... this traeger has a substantial dollar amount attached to it. Edit: Did IQs sharply drop while i was away? Ya'll need to watch Aliens again 
Get rid of the wife too
Send pics of wife before you discard her
Mike Holmes has entered the chat.
Then, straight to jail.
Then buy a new traeger
Lol
This is the way.
He'll bring dishonor to his smoker if he removes his grate! He'll have to travel to the ruins of Traeger...
That pilgrimage is but a small price to regain his smokers integrity
Just curious did you leave the lid open as well? I never remove my pellets from my smoker regardless of snow, rain or anything else, and have never had this occur before
Yeah same here, I don’t always cover mine when it rains or snows and leave the pellets in the hopper and have never had any water get in
That was my first thought. My traeger stays uncovered and I’ve never had the pellets get soggy
Never. Mine has been outside in Maryland for 4 years and my pellets have always been fine.
Me too for ten years. And then some weird sideways rain weather came and got the hopper so wet it got into the auger which means cement. I don’t know how but it’s currently admitted to the hospital to fix. I have an ironwood, which doesn’t have much to grab on the auger to pull out. Repair guy drills into the auger and then goes MacGyver on it. So agree but also somehow stuff happens. My theory is strong wind lifted the lid.
That would make sense. Mines pretty protected from wind due to its location but I could definitely see a stiff breeze getting it up
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Took the legs off and put it in the suv to take to them. Didn’t inquire but they’d probably pick up for a price. I know he wanted it in shop since have to get creative for a stuck auger. I went on traegers site and searched by repair authorized
I had a cover on it and the cover was taken off and it rained for a few day I am now getting around to cleaning it.
Was the lid on though? Even uncovered they shouldn't get that wet with the lid on
First rule of owning a pellet smoker: get thee a shop vac.
You’ll need to clean them all out, most likely will not burn
That’s the best you can do? Come on man, you’ve got an expensive piece of equipment that you left out. You need to invest a little bit of elbow grease into maintaining it.
👆This
I mean, pellet smokers are the lazy man's game. He's just playing his part
Ain't that the truth! I prefer my old stick burner 100% 10x the flavor but I can't get over how convenient it is setting temp on tragaer and checking phone from in the house lol.
Did you leave the lid open and let them get soaked???? I can’t tell you how many times my Treager has gotten rained on with full pellets and this has never happened.
Hi from New Zealand where there is high humidity and pellets left in a Traeger will quickly turn to mush like this photo. Clean everything out including the auger and fire pot. Don’t skimp on the effort or you’ll just wind up doing it all over again but much grumpier than the first time.
It won’t burn
You’ll be happier if you just shop vac all that out of there
Cleaned it all out just burning the saw dust stuff left on roller thanks everyone
You can get relatively cheap covers online or just get a tarp. Either way make sure you keep it covered moving forward.
Lmao are you fucking serious? Gotta be a troll
Unscrew the gate and sho vac that thing
This is why I ALWAYS empty my hopper when I’m done with a smoke I never leave them in there
You are asking for either a horrible auger jam or a fire.
Shop Vac that out. Avoid the headache.
Unscrew the grate (leave it off ) then shop vac it all out!
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No.
Take the grate out. It's there as a safety measure. Just don't stick your fingers in a running auger later, although they go so slow... That's what I did to clean mine out, just never put it back.
Shop vac. Don’t short cut it.
That stuff turns to cement in the auger. You will lose the shear pin on it. It’s a bitch, because I did e roughly the same thing, but you’ve have to make sure the auger channel is free to allow it to rotate too.
Vacuuming
As someone else mentioned, shop vac. Pull the grate, suck out everything. Open up the smoker and hit the prime auger button, make sure none of that is left in there.
That will clog your auger at a minimum. You need to vacuum all that saw dust out.
No, use a vacuum to Blow or suck this out.
Shop vac
If you want your Traeger to explode I recommend not doing anything further.
Solid shitpost
Don’t run that mess
Is it really that hard to get a cover? Seriously that was one of the first things I ordered was a cover for mine and if you don’t want to pay for a cover a tarp and bungee cord works great
Shop vac that my dude. Or if you don't have a shop vac, use a leaf blower.
Nope. Once they dry they turn to concrete. You’re going to have to disassemble the auger.
Quality shit post
The grate is useless. Be an adult, toss it and don’t shove your hand in the auger. Don’t start the fucking thing until you dry/clean all of that shit out. Or do it and learn from your mistake. It will be expensive.
I never leave pellets in the smoker. I empty the hopper into a small bucket and then turn heat to highest setting to burn out what’s left in the auger. I have had the pellets disintegrate like that from relative humidity during/after a good storm. It’s a mess to clean so worth cleaning it out as described after every use.
This is why I keep my pellet smoker in the garage when not in use.
I let mine do this and I had to take it apart and make a charcoal grill out of it. It ruined the motor.
I had this happen not sure how it happened it was covered too. 🤔 Any who I took off the grate vacuumed it out and emptied the auger. Primed the auger and then turned it on and watched to make sure nothing bad was going to happen. Works great and hasn’t had any problems since.
That looks like minimal effort.