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ghuns

#90
July 23, 2021, 05:23 AM Last Edit: December 31, 1969, 04:00 PM by Guest
Quote from: Leehound post_id=13556 time=1627042096 user_id=67I just pulled the trigger on a Pellet Grill. I read hundreds of reviews on many different brands.  I ended up buying a recteq: https://www.recteq.com/RT-590-Pellet-Grill_5">https://www.recteq.com/RT-590-Pellet-Grill_5 I like fact that it uses 304 SS on most of the construction and they have great customer service and a 4 year warranty. Can't wait to start using it.

For the pellet grill owners, what brand pellets are you using?


Congrats. Love both of my RecTeqs. I have the 700 and the Bullseye.

I have used over a ton of Pitboss Comp blend pellets. Had one super dusty bag at the beginning that clogged up my auger, but good ever since. Sometimes buy Traeger pellets at Costco. Also used a bunch of Kingsford pellets. Those are probably the best, but more $$$.

I only use blended pellets in my hopper. They work for whatever meat you're cooking. And since emptying the hopper is a PITA, I use "flavored" pellets, hickory, apple, mesquite, ect in a smoke tube depending on what I'm cooking.

Enjoy.

Leehound

#91
July 23, 2021, 06:10 AM Last Edit: December 31, 1969, 04:00 PM by Guest
Quote from: ghuns post_id=13559 time=1627043011 user_id=75
Quote from: Leehound post_id=13556 time=1627042096 user_id=67I just pulled the trigger on a Pellet Grill. I read hundreds of reviews on many different brands.  I ended up buying a recteq: https://www.recteq.com/RT-590-Pellet-Grill_5">https://www.recteq.com/RT-590-Pellet-Grill_5 I like fact that it uses 304 SS on most of the construction and they have great customer service and a 4 year warranty. Can't wait to start using it.

For the pellet grill owners, what brand pellets are you using?


Congrats. Love both of my RecTeqs. I have the 700 and the Bullseye.

I have used over a ton of Pitboss Comp blend pellets. Had one super dusty bag at the beginning that clogged up my auger, but good ever since. Sometimes buy Traeger pellets at Costco. Also used a bunch of Kingsford pellets. Those are probably the best, but more $$$.

I only use blended pellets in my hopper. They work for whatever meat you're cooking. And since emptying the hopper is a PITA, I use "flavored" pellets, hickory, apple, mesquite, ect in a smoke tube depending on what I'm cooking.

Enjoy.


My local Lowes carries the Pitboss brand pellets, so I guess that's what I will be using. One of the complaints about pellet grills is not enough smoke flavor comes through. So your adding more smoke for brisket or ribs with a smoke tube?

pmartin

#92
July 23, 2021, 06:48 AM Last Edit: December 31, 1969, 04:00 PM by Guest
Quote from: ghuns post_id=13559 time=1627043011 user_id=75
Quote from: Leehound post_id=13556 time=1627042096 user_id=67I just pulled the trigger on a Pellet Grill. I read hundreds of reviews on many different brands.  I ended up buying a recteq: https://www.recteq.com/RT-590-Pellet-Grill_5">https://www.recteq.com/RT-590-Pellet-Grill_5 I like fact that it uses 304 SS on most of the construction and they have great customer service and a 4 year warranty. Can't wait to start using it.

For the pellet grill owners, what brand pellets are you using?


Congrats. Love both of my RecTeqs. I have the 700 and the Bullseye.

I have used over a ton of Pitboss Comp blend pellets. Had one super dusty bag at the beginning that clogged up my auger, but good ever since. Sometimes buy Traeger pellets at Costco. Also used a bunch of Kingsford pellets. Those are probably the best, but more $$$.

I only use blended pellets in my hopper. They work for whatever meat you're cooking. And since emptying the hopper is a PITA, I use "flavored" pellets, hickory, apple, mesquite, ect in a smoke tube depending on what I'm cooking.

Enjoy.


[size=150]"I have used over a ton of Pitboss Comp blend pellets."[/size] :shock:

ghuns

#93
July 23, 2021, 06:50 AM Last Edit: December 31, 1969, 04:00 PM by Guest
Quote from: Leehound post_id=13565 time=1627045801 user_id=67...One of the complaints about pellet grills is not enough smoke flavor comes through. So your adding more smoke for brisket or ribs with a smoke tube?


Yep. And the tube lets you use specific flavored pellets without cleaning out your hopper to change them over.

I like apple pellets for pork butts. Hickory for ribs. Mesquite for brisket.

With a stick burner, you can overdo it with the smoke, or generate bad smoke. But with a pellet grill, you can't really make too much smoke.

ghuns

#94
July 23, 2021, 06:55 AM Last Edit: December 31, 1969, 04:00 PM by Guest
Quote from: pmartin post_id=13566 time=1627048136 user_id=85

That's just Pitboss brand. Probably used 400+ pounds of Kingsford and a couple hundred from Traeger.

But I use them almost every day. My big grill has just about replaced our oven. We live in an old farm house and the kitchen has no duct work for the AC so it gets HOT if you need to turn the oven on. So anything that would normally go in it just gets put on the grill outdoors.

Leehound

#95
July 23, 2021, 07:08 AM Last Edit: December 31, 1969, 04:00 PM by Guest
One of my main reasons for going with a pellet grill and convincing my wife that I need to buy yet another expensive grill, is that my wife does not like a "strong" smoke flavor.

Several years ago I bought a Kamado Joe ceramic cooker, a big disappointment. I just could not maintain temperatures below 350, not good for low and slow.

pmartin

#96
July 23, 2021, 07:11 AM Last Edit: December 31, 1969, 04:00 PM by Guest
Quote from: ghuns post_id=13568 time=1627048519 user_id=75
Quote from: pmartin post_id=13566 time=1627048136 user_id=85

That's just Pitboss brand. Probably used 400+ pounds of Kingsford and a couple hundred from Traeger.

But I use them almost every day. My big grill has just about replaced our oven. We live in an old farm house and the kitchen has no duct work for the AC so it gets HOT if you need to turn the oven on. So anything that would normally go in it just gets put on the grill outdoors.


Do you have some kind of cover over the grill? You know, for if it's raining.

ghuns

#97
July 23, 2021, 07:42 AM Last Edit: December 31, 1969, 04:00 PM by Guest
Quote from: pmartin post_id=13570 time=1627049487 user_id=85...Do you have some kind of cover over the grill? You know, for if it's raining.


Not on the big one. It sits outside all summer and doesn't hurt it to get rained on.

The little one, it got rained on once. Water got into the burn pot. Water makes wood pellets expand. When they dry, they're like concrete. Had to disassemble it and pull the auger. NOT any fun. It now sits outside with a cover when not in use.

ghuns

#98
July 23, 2021, 10:43 AM Last Edit: December 31, 1969, 04:00 PM by Guest
Rain you say?

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July 29, 2021, 06:17 AM Last Edit: December 31, 1969, 04:00 PM by Guest
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ghuns

#100
July 30, 2021, 04:46 PM Last Edit: August 02, 2021, 03:22 AM by ghuns
9 butts on two grills tonight for a birthday party tomorrow.

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8 were done right on time. But there's always one straggler that is just stubborn. This one took an additional 1-1/2 hours. :rolleyes:

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neurosis

#101
July 30, 2021, 05:18 PM Last Edit: December 31, 1969, 04:00 PM by Guest
I hit the taco truck today and am still paying for it?   :D    I wont post photos.
I'll go back to being a conservative, when conservatives go back to being conservative.

Incogneeto

#102
July 31, 2021, 06:10 AM Last Edit: December 31, 1969, 04:00 PM by Guest
Quote from: neurosis post_id=13783 time=1627690727 user_id=49I hit the taco truck today and am still paying for it?   :D    I wont post photos.


I usually check the area where they park first to see if there are a lot of missing Pet Flyers on the telephone poles.
That or a complete lack of Strays. (woof woof) :sick:

neurosis

#103
July 31, 2021, 06:38 AM Last Edit: December 31, 1969, 04:00 PM by Guest
I'm not sure if this sounds racist?

I'll only eat at taco trucks that I see a lot of Mexicans frequenting.  

That doesn't help the seat of my pants, but you at least know that the food is going to be good.
I'll go back to being a conservative, when conservatives go back to being conservative.

ghuns

#104
August 09, 2021, 05:53 AM Last Edit: December 31, 1969, 04:00 PM by Guest
A friend mentioned awhile back that she purchased a "brisket" at some organic, grass fed, free range, hippy dippy farm. She asked if I'd smoke it for her sometime. Sure, no problem.

We were going to hang out with her and her family on Saturday/Sunday at a lake house they're renting. I asked earlier in the week if she'd like to eat that brisket on Saturday. She did and got it out to defrost. I asked how much it weighed, she said 7 pounds. 7 pounds? Ain't much of a brisket. Figured maybe it was just the flat. Anyways she dropped it off Thursday night. I unwrapped it and found this...

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What kind of "butcher" cuts a piece of meat like this and calls it brisket? I've never seen anything like it. Yes, that's a LARGE bone right in the middle.

Oh well, all you can do is throw it on the smoker and hope for the best.

Put it on at midnight at 225. At 8AM it was about 175. Double wrapped in foil and cranked it up to 375. I had to be done by 10. At 9:30 it was 200 and probed like butter. Threw it in a foil pan, covered with more foil, wrapped in a towel and into the cooler.

At 4PM we decided it was dinner time. It was still hot AF. Since there was really no slicing it, I just pulled it by hand like a pork butt. Only got about 2LBS of meat off of it, but it was really good eatin. Reminded me of the meat in some cabeza tacos I've had at a local Messican joint. Tons of rendered fat soaked up into the meat.

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And I don't go to any gettogethers without bringing some armadillo eggs...

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Everybody loses their shit for those.
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