Pellet grills

A non-transitory computer-readable storage medium comprising instructions that, when executed, cause one or more processors of a pellet grill to at least:

• determine a count maintained by a duty cycle counter operatively coupled to the one or more processors, the count identifying a number of cooking operations performed within a cooking chamber of the pellet grill since a waste collection drawer of the pellet grill was last moved into an open position relative to a main body of the pellet grill, wherein the main body defines the cooking chamber, wherein the pellet grill includes a burn pot located within the cooking chamber, a hopper located outside of the cooking chamber, an auger assembly configured to transport combustible pellet fuel from the hopper into the burn pot, and an ignitor located at least partially within the burn pot, wherein an initiating activation of the ignitor causes the ignitor to initiate combustion of combustible pellet fuel located within the burn pot, wherein the waste collection drawer is located below and slidably coupled to the main body, wherein the waste collection drawer is slidable relative to the main body between a closed position and the open position, wherein the waste collection drawer is configured to receive cooking waste generated in response to one or more cooking operations performed within the cooking chamber when the waste collection drawer is in the closed position, wherein each cooking operation occurs based on an initiation command received at the pellet grill, the initiation command causing an initiating activation of the ignitor in connection with initiating the cooking operation, the number of cooking operations corresponding to a number of initiating activations of the ignitor, the duty cycle counter configured to detect each instance of the initiating activation of the ignitor;
• determine whether the count violates a threshold identifying a permitted number of cooking operations to be performed within the cooking chamber since the waste collection drawer was last moved into the open position;
• and
• in response to determining that the count violates the threshold, generate a notification indicating that the threshold has been violated.

A method, comprising:

• determining, via one or more processors of a pellet grill, a count maintained by a duty cycle counter operatively coupled to the one or more processors, the count identifying a number of cooking operations performed within a cooking chamber of the pellet grill since a waste collection drawer of the pellet grill was last moved into an open position relative to a main body of the pellet grill, wherein the main body defines the cooking chamber, wherein the pellet grill includes a burn pot located within the cooking chamber, a hopper located outside of the cooking chamber, an auger assembly configured to transport combustible pellet fuel from the hopper into the burn pot, and an ignitor located at least partially within the burn pot, wherein an initiating activation of the ignitor causes the ignitor to initiate combustion of combustible pellet fuel located within the burn pot, wherein the waste collection drawer is located below and slidably coupled to the main body, wherein the waste collection drawer is slidable relative to the main body between a closed position and the open position, wherein the waste collection drawer is configured to receive cooking waste generated in response to one or more cooking operations performed within the cooking chamber when the waste collection drawer is in the closed position, wherein each cooking operation occurs based on an initiation command received at the pellet grill, the initiation command causing an initiating activation of the ignitor in connection with initiating the cooking operation, the number of cooking operations corresponding to a number of initiating activations of the ignitor, the duty cycle counter configured to detect each instance of the initiating activation of the ignitor;
• determining, via the one or more processors, whether the count violates a threshold identifying a permitted number of cooking operations to be performed within the cooking chamber since the waste collection drawer was last moved into the open position;
• and
• in response to determining that the count violates the threshold, generating, via the one or more processors, a notification indicating that the threshold has been violated.