I have the P68, and have gone through four augers, this year, i started looking for parts as the stove will be off warranty, and i found a replacement burn pot, it does NOT have the row of holes by the auger, it has the ones on the arch-- but not the row that is by itself, ive been back and forth with the dealer and the company who kept replacing an auger a year, and when i saw the new burn pot, I called and told them to check that out- it does in fact ruin the augers, the heat is too close to it, and it was causing problems so they stopped doing it-- they are bringing me a new burn pot minus the extra row, on tuesday.. so if you in fact have them close to the auger, a row by itself apart from the others.. then id replace the burnpot or fill in the holes,