New Old Country Pecos Ordered!!!

toad350 said:

You will love it! Do yourself a favor, get yourself 4 tuning plates. That was the trick for me. My temps run within about 10 degrees across my grate. I have tried a charcoal/wood basket and decided I like just using splits.

I enjoy the heck out of mine! Enjoy

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Where did you get the tuning plates?

Well, it's on its way from Texas. I've never ordered anything from Academy before this. My Wife and I buy lots of stuff online and have never had funds held. Checked my email first thing this AM to find that Academy has my original order total held for $502.35 and now a second hold for an additional $479.99, so pretty much $1000.00 locked up in my account.

Called Academy right away and they said once each item ships (ordered the pecos and thermometer, shipped seperately) that the original $502.35 hold would be removed but it could be a few days. This is a first for sure!

My next call was to my bank so they don't think it was a fraudulent charge and the whole thing was cancelled. They said kinda the same thing Academy said. Again, ordered A TON of stuff online. Never had funds held twice until shipped but whatever...

My third call was to my wife to explain this mess... Not too thrilled on their process but hopefully this is only a brief thing and the rest goes smooth.

Then I checked up on this thread and saw the truck that another member's Old Country was delivered on. :twitch:

http://www.bbq-brethren.com/forum/showthread.php?t=228083&page=3

Academy to this point is not instilling confidence... Just get the smoker here (hopefully intact) and I hope my wife is not home when it arrives so I can get it in the backyard and show here how pretty...

On the truck. Scheduled to arrive on 4/19. Fingers crossed...

Thermometer arrived today.

I'm pulling at straws here...

SmittyJonz said:

So did the 2nd hold drop off?

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Yes it did, once the smoker was actually loaded onto the truck. Now I'm hoping it arrives intact. Ceva Logistics is the shipper and they have horrible reviews. Academy gave me Ceva's customer service number and no one answers. I'm staying positive But this hasn't been the most pleasant shopping experience.

Obviously Old Country makes a great smoker. It really sucks that this is the only way to get one if you don't have an academy nearby. I'm sure it will all be ok but I will refuse it if it's damaged. It's scheduled to arrive Wednesday so we'll see soon! I hope to put all this behind me and just start enjoying my new cooker.

Scheduled delivery for Wednesday 4/20. Great day to smoke a fatty! (Get it? 420, smoke a fatty...) nevermind...

Anyway, not much to update until then.

SmittyJonz said:

Anxious Yet........

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A tad...

Ok... Today is the day. Half a cord of oak delivered at 10:00 and a 10 - 2 delivery window for the Pecos. Depending on what time the pit arrives, I plan on doing the burn in and season it today.

Pics to come...

Just arrived! Going out to clean it up and burn this thing out!

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