Greasy Hill Smokers

I look forward to your continuing adventures with the new rig! Let us know how it goes!

Also, I dig the tree fort in that first photo from today.

Have fun!

Dude that warming rack is pretty bad. How did they let that get delivered to a customer?

Wow! That is a nice price.

Hey Little Pig....
Congrats on your new cooker! I’d be stoked to have one of those! Great buy! Can’t wait to see some cooks!

Nice smoker. I’m pretty sure my buddy’s cousin owns that place. He’s posted some nice rigs on his Facebook page.

I like that one better, as the round lid has no counterweight, so this one would make access simpler... Firebox and warmer looks the same...

Little Pig Barbeque said:

The warming rack definately needs some work. It should have been corrected by the welder before I picked it up. I also should have checked it better before I hauled it home. Again for the price, I'll fix it myself lol. The middle rack is the only one not level. The bar on the right side that the rack sits on isnt level...its higher in the back than it is the front.

That's the only issue I have encountered so far.

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Looks like a good cooker but that warming box is unacceptable to be honest. Send them a pic and give them an opportunity to make it right...maybe they'll cut you a check or straight up just pay for what it costs to get it repaired. Newer companies might make mistakes, but given the opportunity to make it right they usually will.

You've posted pics of their work and that warming box is really poor. If you don't give them an opportunity to fix it (at least in some manner) people might think they have cruddy craftsmanship all around. Giving them a chance to make it right can show how committed they are / are not to taking care of their customers.

Looks like a good cooker for $1900. I hope you feel better soon and start cooking up a storm.

An 8 hour drive to get it fixed it totally out of the question, but I'm glad you reached out to them to see how they will handle the situation.

Most RF cookers should hold MUCH better than 25° left to right, so there are a few things you can do to easily change that temp difference. Most people (myself included) started off with the cooker perfectly level, but that's not always the way these RF cookers are designed. Try adjusting your trailer jack so that the end opposite the firebox is just a few degrees negative from level...ie lower the trailer jack just a bit and see if that evens things out.

LOTS of physics going on inside an RF cooker, but the gist of it is that by lowering that end of the cooker you're forcing hot air to go down (when it likes to go up), and therefore you're slowing down the flow of air a bit and in turn it should help to even things out a bit.

* Is the firebox end hotter or is the trailer jack end hotter?

Personally I wouldn't worry about sealing anything...with a good seasoning and a few cooks most of those gaps should take care of themselves.

And don't beat yourself up about not inspecting the cooker properly. Nobody would be able to catch everything in all the excitement. The great thing is that cooker should work just fine and make some mighty fine BBQ, so don't sweat the small stuff.

Good luck and I hope they help you out in same manner with the fix.

I even mine out by leaving the cook chamber doors open for 15-20 minutes while it's coming up to temp. A little trick that my good friend buttburner discovered. 25 doesn't seem too bad to me.

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congrats on the new smoker, looks like a dang nice smoker to me. I bet that middle rack in the rib box is 100% functionable as is . I say get to cooking ( when you are over the flu ) and have a blast with that smoker . I am gonna guess it will put out as good of bbq as the high end smokers out there . ( Shirley , lang , lsg , ect )

The cooker don’t make any difference....the cook does