hi all-
every so often, i'll be in the middle of a roast and my pilot light just goes right out. there's no telling when, and it can happen with any style roast. i notice that this problem is more prevalent in the winter months (i.e now), then the summer. but that's about all i can pin down on the variable front. i'm roasting on a beautiful probat ug-22 who almost never gives me any other problems.
side note, sometimes my pilot fails to catch when i first turn on the gas at the beginning of a roast. is this connected?
the general consensus at my roasting shop was to try some compressed air and to clean off the burners below the drum. tired it out and there's really no change. its also pretty difficult to hit each and every burner with the air can.
soooo..... anyone else have this problem? any suggestions? its pretty easy to get the pilot to relight, but it can throw off my target times by a good ten to thirty seconds if its being particularly finicky.
cheers.
alex
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