Boom and Hiss

[Ricksp65]

I was seasoning mi STX 1100 out on my deck just now and was looking out the window and saw a huge puff of smoke shoot out the vent hole and herd a load noize flowed by a load hiss what the hake was that?

[Deep South]

Ignition within the cabinet. Not an issue, keep on smokin!

[Ricksp65]

Thanks cinda cool to see thow.lol

[BillyBob]

Ricksp65...that happened to me when I was seasoning one of my 1400's...I was standing right next to and it scared the crap out of me.

BillyBob

[Wheelz]

Rick -- Consider yourself blessed! ;) Not everyone gets to experience the "big bang!" My unit is eight years old. I experienced the third bang about two weeks ago. Always interesting. I'd LOVE to witness the neighborhood cat sniffing around when that puppy went off. Nothing I enjoy more that scaring the crap out of a cat! :eek:

Enjoy your smoker, all is well... ;)

[Ricksp65]

Yup I have tuns of deer around here to I bet it sent tham running I just put some baby backs in that baby and having a beer and weating to see how thay come out Iv found the key to good BBQ is a fue cold Beers you cant go worng. :)

[Ricksp65]

Yup I think I smell smoke.lol

[Franny]

Happens to me everytime I smoke - about 15-20 minutes in. Why does the smoker do that? Scares the crap out of me and my hubby.

[Yukon]

I was seasoning mi STX 1100 out on my deck just now and was looking out the window and saw a huge puff of smoke shoot out the vent hole and herd a load noize flowed by a load hiss what the hake was that?
It's nothing to worry about. The wood gets hot and it desperately wants air so it takes a quick gulp through the door cracks and then quickly ignites. That's the boom. I haven't quite figured out the hiss part. I get this every now and then. It's make you jump right out of your socks if you're near the smoker when it happens. I always make sure the door handle is cinched down good. I've been burning woodstoves my entire life and I've seen many variations of this with airtight stoves but I haven't experienced the hissing before. I think the hissing sound is air going out of the box to equalize pressure after the gulp of air that it took in, but I'm getting in over my head. -)

[bigwalleye]

While it was a little anemic, I had my first boom and hiss yesterday. I had some time while working on other projects and thought I'd do a quick run on some cheese. I had a crosswind blowing, and was a little puzzled when I didn't see smoke coming out of the vent, but out the drain hole in the bottom, and then the wind would change a little and I'd get the coolest column of smoke coming out the vent hole, then the wind would change again and the smoke would go out the drain again. I was in the garage and heard a small boom and hiss, and went out to look and she's belching smoke out the top like a steam whistle. Pretty cool.
Cheese turned out great as well! I found separating the pieces in string cheese packages leaves them nice and snoky all the way around.

[Tampasteve]

That was your initiation salute...Now your officially broken in and seasoned......Steve

[bigwalleye]

Thanks, Steve.

I couldn't have done it without all of you...

[BillyBob]

Just make sure that after you hear the boom and hiss you don't open the door to see what happened!!!!!! I did that one time and a flame came out and burned my face and hair!!!!

BillyBob