1. Turn off smoker and allow to cool to touch.
2. Unplug from wall.
3. Remove cooking racks, water bowl, grease deflector, and heat diffuser.
4. Cleanout any ash, pellets or debris in crucible.
5. Remove pellets from hopper.
6. Remove four screws holding pellet hopper to auger housing and remove hopper.
Reference Fig. 1 on page 42.
Tip: If connections to controller are limiting space, remove controller housing and disconnect connections
to gain more access. Reference Fig. 2 on page 42. Remove cable ties as necessary.
7. Remove auger motor screw and nut (Fig. 5).
8. Pull auger motor from auger.
9. Remove auger bushing screw and remove auger bushing.
10. Remove auger from auger tube.
11. Using medium grit sand paper, sand outside of auger and inside of auger tube.
12. Using a vacuum clean out auger tube.
13. Insert auger into auger tube.
14. Insert auger tube bushing and assemble screw.
15. Push auger motor onto auger shaft and assemble screw and nut.
Tip: If controller housing was removed, secure all wiring with new cable ties as necessary to avoid
interference with fan, then reassemble.
16. Assemble pellet hopper to auger housing using four screws.
Cleaning is complete.
Fig. 5
Auger
Motor
1. Turn off smoker and allow to cool to touch.
2. Remove cooking racks, water bowl, grease deflector, and heat diffuser.
3. Clean out any ash, pellets or debris in the crucible.
4. Turn unit on and press and hold the Smoke (Prime) button until "P" is displayed on screen.
• This will put smoker in "prime mode," which will rotate auger continuously until the Smoke (Prime) button
is pressed again.
5. If auger does not rotate, check connection to controller. Reference "Controller Access / Replacement"
instructions.
6. Repeat check after securing connection. If auger still does not work, reference "Auger Access/Auger Tube
Cleaning" instructions to ensure the auger is not jammed.
7. Repeat check after cleaning. If auger still does not work, contact Masterbuilt.
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AUGER ACCESS / AUGER TUBE CLEANING
Auger
Auger
Bushing
AUGER CHECK