Maiden voyage of the pellet grill
- Thread starter Lerxst
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Kick Henry Jackassowski
I guess this is for a meal tomorrow then?
I also use a smoker with an offset fire box.
Different from what you are doing.
Once the meats come out good ( and low and slow always works )
you're good.
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Lerxst
spaghetti and blankets
That's the pellet hopper. There's an auger that automatically pulls pellets from the hopper into the firebox, which is in the bottom of the grill, based on your set temp.
The firebox has an ignitor rod that combusts the pellets and there's a fan behind the auger tube to maintain positive air pressure into the grill box. Its got a temp sensor in the grill and PID to maintain a specific temp. There's also a temp probe that goes into the meat so you can program specific time/grill temp/meat temp. It hooks up to your wifi and you can control it via app on your phone or tablet.
Lerxst
spaghetti and blankets
Yes. It's the small one; Davey Crockett.
I picked up a bag of mixed pellets; apple, hickory, mesquite, maple & alder. So the brisket has a great smoke flavor but it's not identifiable as a specific type of smoke. You can get specific wood pellets but then you're going to need to clean out the hopper when you want to switch.
It takes around 10 - 15 minutes to do its thing and get up to your cooking temp (which is probably somewhat influenced by ambient temps, wind, etc). Once you're at temp, changes are pretty quick. The automated aspect is pretty cool. I chose to change my temp manually so I could also monitor pellet consumption but this could have been a total set it and forget it thing.
Lerxst
spaghetti and blankets
We use the Webber kettle all the time but I was looking for something I could do long cooks with less attention/tending required. This one definitely fits that bill.
I'm curious to see how it works for regular grilling for stuff like steaks and burgers. Itll be hard to beat the 'zone' cooking I do with the kettle.
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Kick Henry Jackassowski
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Denverdave
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Excellent!
I am going nuts not having a grill. Third year in a row. There is just no place to put one in my current rental. When we buy a hose (hopefully soon) that is one of my first purchases. Not sure it I get a smoker....I may just get a Weber Kettle and smoke on that.
I am going nuts not having a grill. Third year in a row. There is just no place to put one in my current rental. When we buy a hose (hopefully soon) that is one of my first purchases. Not sure it I get a smoker....I may just get a Weber Kettle and smoke on that.
