Electric ignitors found in pellet grills adds to the long warm-up times for pellet grills. Companies have recently tried to combat that with larger, and better ignitors, as we’ve seen with the Traeger Timberline and the Pit Boss Pro series. Blackstone has a different solution though, a gas ignitor in the fire pot.
Gas Ignitor
According to a patent that was released today, Blackstone is working on a portable pellet grill with a number of advancements over what’s on the market today. The first of which, is a more powerful, gas powered ignitor.