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How to Light a Pellet Tube for More Smoke Flavor

Achieve more smoke flavor on your pellet grill or gas grill by adding a pellet tube smoker. These steps show you how to light and position the pellet tube.
Prep Time 5 minutes
Cook Time 10 minutes
Total Time 15 minutes
Author Mads Martigan

Ingredients

  • Premium Quality Pellets such as Knotty Wood Brand
  • 1 Pellet Smoker Tube
  • 1 Culinary Butane Torch
  • Butane Fuel
  • Heatproof Gloves

Instructions

  • Fill the pellet tube with good quality pellets. If you need an hour or two of smoke, fill it up partially. For longer durations, fill it to the top.
    filling a pellet smoker tube with pellets
  • Use a butane torch to light the pellets. Hold the flame on the pellets for a good one to two minutes. Make sure the flame stays lit even after removing the torch.
    close up of a culinary butane torch igniting pellets in a pellet smoker tube
  • Leave the pellet tube smoker upright for another two to three minutes while the pellets ignite.
    flame coming out of lit pellets at the top of the pellet smoker tube
  • Give the smoker a puff of air to blow out the flame.
  • Wearing heat-proof gloves, gently lay the pellet tube on its side towards the back of the pellet grill, with the lit end away from the grill temperature probe. Avoid placing the lit pellet tube smoker near the temperature probe.
    a lit pellet tube smoker near the back left of the pellet grill
  • Place your food on the grill and smoke it accordingly.
  • After cooking, if there are leftover pellets at the bottom of the tube that you want to save, transfer the pellet tube smoker to a charcoal grill, close the lid, and let it snuff out the pellets. Once it cools, you can store your remaining pellets for future use.

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