Quote Originally Posted by eddiememphis View Post
Six months too late on my part, but I have a Davy Crockett and all I do is push a button. It runs the auger, filling the fire pot then the igniter gets hot. I have never had a problem with it. In fact, I have a couple pounds of salmon going in it today.

Not sure why you would need to manually fill the pot. How old is your unit?
About 5 years old. I hear the auger going when I press the start button but the instructions that came with the smoker specifically said to clean out the ashes and load the firebox manually before starting. I usually use it for smoking rather than grilling anyway so guess I never thought about deviating from the instructions.