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@RerouteToRemain
So far I'm loving this pellet smoker. The PID controller works VERY well and allows me to cook all night, while sleeping, and feel very comfortable that there won't be any issues. I put on a few briskets last night, with some beef short ribs, and chuck steaks, and let it all smoke at 250° overnight. Just woke up and everything is purring along perfectly. Amazing bark, great texture, and all I had to do was press a button.
I'm using Grilla Grills pecan pellets right now and they are giving off a great, yet light, smoke flavor. I did briskets yesterday and here's the end result : I did overcook it a bit because I forgot to let it vent before I wrapped it to hold for lunch service.
Only "issue" I have noticed is with the "Xtreme Smoke" setting. The normal operating temp range is 200-500, but you can go even lower and enter the Xtreme Smoke zone. This is where the grill cycles the fan on and off to smolder the pellets and gives a ton of smoke (not good smoke though...bad design in my opinion). In doing this smoldering the smoke produced isn't great and it also left a lot of soot. Good thing is that I don't need that setting to make the food taste good, so I just don't use it anymore. Traeger got annihilated online for their Timberline series doing the same thing, so I'm surprised that Rec-Tec is getting a pass.
Overall very happy so far...have about 50 hours of cook time into it so far and it's just kicking ass and I'm loving it.
So far I'm loving this pellet smoker. The PID controller works VERY well and allows me to cook all night, while sleeping, and feel very comfortable that there won't be any issues. I put on a few briskets last night, with some beef short ribs, and chuck steaks, and let it all smoke at 250° overnight. Just woke up and everything is purring along perfectly. Amazing bark, great texture, and all I had to do was press a button.
I'm using Grilla Grills pecan pellets right now and they are giving off a great, yet light, smoke flavor. I did briskets yesterday and here's the end result : I did overcook it a bit because I forgot to let it vent before I wrapped it to hold for lunch service.
Only "issue" I have noticed is with the "Xtreme Smoke" setting. The normal operating temp range is 200-500, but you can go even lower and enter the Xtreme Smoke zone. This is where the grill cycles the fan on and off to smolder the pellets and gives a ton of smoke (not good smoke though...bad design in my opinion). In doing this smoldering the smoke produced isn't great and it also left a lot of soot. Good thing is that I don't need that setting to make the food taste good, so I just don't use it anymore. Traeger got annihilated online for their Timberline series doing the same thing, so I'm surprised that Rec-Tec is getting a pass.
Overall very happy so far...have about 50 hours of cook time into it so far and it's just kicking ass and I'm loving it.