I’m in charge of an upcoming work bbq. I want to do wings and party ribs, just because they cook a little faster. We are 25 people. Is 8 racks and two packs of wings from Costco enough? There will also be veggies, chips , rice salad and Caesar salad. I’ll have access to 3 grills. My pitboss 700FB not shown.

Just looking for info on the best way to do pizzas on the Recteq Flagship. Are there any oven attachments? Does the pizza stone that was designed for the bullseye work for this model?

Thanks!

I’ve always wrapped mine at 160, increased temp to 275 and pull at 203-205. I’m reading a lot of you are not wrapping and get more bark that way. That makes sense but how do you handle resting it? I put mine, which are wrapped , in a cooler with a towel over it for a couple hours before I pull it.

What are everyone's thoughts on these? I won a Bradley Original from a draw, would I be better off keeping it or selling it to fund a new one? I currently only have a Pit Boss 3 Series Red Propane smoker, and am dying to upgrade.

My dad has a cheaper Pit Boss. It's like 5 years old and having enough issues where he just wants a new one. My mom doesn't think pellet grills give enough smoke flavor. He used to have a OK Joe stick burner and sold it. Don't think he wants to go all the way back to full manual.

I know pellet grills in general aren't as smokey, but would a RecTeq or Grilla Grill be better? Or maybe a CampChef Woodwind that has the wood chunk smoke box?

Like the title says I’m new to smoking meats. So new that I haven’t even got a pellet smoker. I’m overwhelmed by the amount of different pellet smokers there are. My first choice is a Traeger Ironwood XL. My second choice is Recteq Flagship XL 1400. I don’t really know of any other smokers or what is considered to be good. I believe I’m going to go with Recteq over Traeger. I’m just curious what you guys all think. I can afford anything below $2500.

He all, I have a pitboss pro series 600 pellet smoker. When i smoked my turkey this thanksgiving I wasn’t getting any smoke. For granted, i haven’t used my smoker in about year, maybe less.

Prior to smoking the bird, I cleaned out the auger, pot and replaced the pellets with new ones. I will only get a little bit of smoke when I have it on the “smoke” setting. When bumping up the temp, no smoke. I have heat but no smoke.

Before I would have so much smoke, you couldn’t see the smoker. Even cooking at 300, I would get a decent amount smoke from time to time.

Could it be the igniter? Pot? Thanks in advance.

Anyone who has ordered a pellet grill from campchef.com how much does the LTL shipping usually cost? Im in Northern California and I believe they are in Utah if that is a factor.

Just got a Traeger, in the manual it says to take out the drip pan before doing the initial burn, but the pan has a a lot of oil on it, I’ve seen guys do the first burn with it in the smoker, don’t wash off the oil and leave it out or keep it in during the first initial burn?

I have pretty much never grilled and certainly never smoked anything but I was gifted a Traeger Ironwood XL for Christmas from my job. I'm excited to use it and learn but completely out of my depth, I barely even cook.

What's some good resources for absolute beginners and is there anything I need to know to do or avoid?

Thanks in advance.

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I've gotten it single down between these two brands. I'm new to smoking and pellet grill. I like the pit boss cause of the direct heat feature for searing. I've heard the camp chef has better customer service and is built better. Any recommendations or opinions would be great. I'm gonna end it buying one before the end of the day.

I'm trying to find out what the actual dimensions are for the main cooking grate. Everywhere I look it only gives the total surface area, or it's measured in hamburgers. Neither of these figures help me determine if I can fit a whole packer brisket, or what size brisket it can fit, without separating the point from the flat.

Been trying to look online for direct comparisons and could not find any. Looking to buy my first pellet grill and wanted to ask y'all if you have any experience with both traeger's super smoke compared to camp chef's smoke box.

From reading reviews of each online, it sounds like the smoke box is better than the super smoke but I really don't know.

Appreciate any advice/help!

I don’t cook for thanksgiving because I work retail, so I did my own turkey tonight. Everything was fine until it wasn’t.

I put in the brine Friday evening, took it out late morning/ early afternoon today to prep. I like John Henry’s turkey but my local spot was out so I tried Pawpaw Flavor Lemon and Garlic mixed with Tony C’s. I list the rubs because of maybe something to do with sugar content.

I put the bird on at about 3:15 with the grill temp at 310 degrees. I checked on it at 4:30 to hit the skin with some Pam. Checked again at 5:45, grill temp said 311 so I opened the lid to spray it again and this was what I found. I probed it to see where I was at, breasts were at 166 and dark meat was 179 so I pulled it off and went to pick up pizza.

Just for the hell of it I carved it up. I peeled the skin to get rid of the char and then carved off the breasts. They were perfectly fine. The legs and wing had no hope so I’ll cube it up and make soup.

I just don’t know what happened. Grill temp was fine, I recently cleaned the grill all the way down to the auger so that rules out old grease and fat. The grill has a cover over the fire box so fat was dripping directly onto it. I’m at a loss. We went from right on schedule to holy smokes in an hour. Any ideas?

I’ve got an older Pitboss smoker. Working great but I’d like two things, one is a Bluetooth meat thermometer and the other is some Bluetooth thermometer to check the actual circulating temp during a cook and see the trends. My grill isn’t fancy enough to be on WiFi or anything by itself. Any suggestions?

Also, no I didn’t leave the lid open the entire time 😭😂. Just until the flame was rolling.

I've got analysis paralysis. I like the Woodwind Pro because I love the idea of the added flavor from the smoke box. But Recteq seems like it is very well built and has great customer service. Trying to decide which to buy. Does anyone own either and have any info to give? Ugh. Help.

Well I have never smoked anything before and am a complete nube. Was looking to get into smoking stuff because I love to cook. Wanted some advice on a good begginer pellet grill, if there is such a thing. I've been looking at getting the Traeger Pro 575. Got the budget for it rn. Let me know if this is a good starting pellet grill, thanks.

Hi, as holiday sales are going strong, I am looking for a pellet grill for smoking. I am torn between getting in on one of these deals or hunting for something use that would be a nicer model.

For example, I can get a Recteq Patio Legend for $560 new right now. Or I found a used Grilla OG for $350. May be able to get them to go down a bit too. But the Grilla is 4 years old according to the listing.

What would you do in my situation? Is there another real I’m missing? The $400 Traeger 22 is very tempting. So is the Bullseye, but I already have a Weber for grilling so I’m really more interested in smoking.

Any advice appreciated.

Thanks!

I'm looking for opinions on these two pellet smokers. Anyone have experience with both? The near Weber seem well received and the Gorilla seems to have a great build quality and a popular choice as well

My friend says he sometimes uses a smoke tube on his recteq, as the smoker doesn’t produce enough smoke on it’s own. I am new to Recteq having owned a Backyard Beast only a week. Can’t the pellet feed rate be adjusted in the settings? How many of you use these tubes? I only heard of them recently.