I made some pork ribs in my Green Mountain Daniel Boone pellet grill two months ago that were really fire (and by "fire" I mean that it was literally ON FIRE!). I was too lazy to read the manual, and I had done probably 6 to 8 briskets, 4 to 6 rib racks, and various steaks without really doing a good cleaning. Well, as I was smoking these ribs, my wife complained that there was heavy white smoke billowing. First, I speculated that meant USC finally fired Clay Helton, but that wasn't the case. It turns out that there was a huge grease fire consuming the inside of my smoker. I turned the thing off, and that damn fire continued burning for another 10 to 15 minutes.
Sadly, I tried to smoke another rack this past weekend, and Daniel Boone promptly told me, "F YOU, BUDDY!"
It is a very, very sad story and a cautionary tale to all would-be BBQ masters. You would think that Scott Rod would have had my back and coached me up. SMH.