Westx
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Take a look at the Assassin 48” Pellet grill. I have 36” and love it.
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Take a look at the Assassin 48” Pellet grill. I have 36” and love it.
Big Oso
Found some matches.
Assassin 48 is definitely on my list, how good does it sear?
Big Oso
Found some matches.
The Mak is def. a great pellet grill and is a wonderful all around grill from what I've seen. The 3 grills I keep going back to are the Mak 2 Star, P&S 1250 and the Assassin 48, then a few days ago I stumbled on The ABS Pitboss is a rotisserie Pellet smoker with a separate grilling area, haven't seen or heard a lot of information on them so I figured ill try on this here to get some information/help.
SlowmotionQue
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Unless you're cooking multiple foods at differing temperatures, and serving all of the guest appetizers and entrees yourself or with very limited help, well then you ought not have any trouble at all, shouldn't even break a sweat, cooking for 10 on that rig.
That thing is impressive.
Bacchus2b
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Am I the only one that's a little leery of manufacturers that just stick a pellet hopper and a controller onto their existing charcoal or wood grills/smokers to cash in on the popularity of pellets grills these days?
If you look at MAK, Yoder, or Cookshack to name a few, they specifically designed their Pellet Grills/Smokers to work with pellets, not taking a wood/charcoal grill and converting it to pellets.
Assassin makes great grills and smokers, but how much thought was put into the design of hanging a hopper off of their existing grill? Gator Pits actually brags about their 1/4" steel, but how long does that bad boy take to heat up with a small pellet fire! Have not seen a Pits and Spits in person, but you get the jist….
My FEC-100 might be a poor design for a stickburner, but it excels as a pellet cooker which is what it was meant to be. Fully insulated stainless steel that retains heat and does not require a large fire to be effective.
If you look at MAK, Yoder, or Cookshack to name a few, they specifically designed their Pellet Grills/Smokers to work with pellets, not taking a wood/charcoal grill and converting it to pellets.
Assassin makes great grills and smokers, but how much thought was put into the design of hanging a hopper off of their existing grill? Gator Pits actually brags about their 1/4" steel, but how long does that bad boy take to heat up with a small pellet fire! Have not seen a Pits and Spits in person, but you get the jist….
My FEC-100 might be a poor design for a stickburner, but it excels as a pellet cooker which is what it was meant to be. Fully insulated stainless steel that retains heat and does not require a large fire to be effective.
rwalters
Quintessential Chatty Farker
Starting to wonder if this is common w/ Traeger as I have 2 friends with T’s and both have experienced the same thing you just described.
sleebus.jones
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That ABS Pitboss is impressive. However, like Bacchus2b said, I'd be a bit leery of how well the pellet attachment works. That would be a lot of dough to spend to find out that it doesn't work all that well. Also, notice the sizes of meat stated: butts at 6-7#, whole briskets at 9-12#, STL ribs 2.25#. All of these are pretty small, so I'd wonder a bit about rack-to-rack clearance.
The other thing is that as you get bigger, you fuel bill will also get bigger. Something of that size is going to run though a fair bit of wood/charcoal/pellets. I would probably go the route of either 2 medium size cookers or 1 small and 1 large, for when you have a bigger event. I'd say the Pit-Boss is a bit large for your needs.
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I really like my PB Copperhead 5. I bought it on Walmart clearance for $109 but I would pay full price for it after having used it. I really like it. It's a big smoker with about 1,700 sq inches cooking area and 60 lb hopper capacity. It's just a smoker so it won't grill but for pure smoking capacity, it's hard to beat for the price. Costco has Louisiana pellet smoker that's same as Copperhead 7 for $450 in-store and $599 online and that has over 2,000 sq inches cooking area. That would be my choice if I needed large smoker. Then add $300 26" Weber kettle for any grilling needs and I think that combo is hard to beat for under $1,000.
rwalters
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MemberGot rid of the matchlight.
I ordered a MAK 1 Star last Friday from Big Poppa Smokers. Also ordered the flamezone and WiFi. I’m excited for it to arrive so get in on this BBQ.
tom b
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^^^^^^
Congrats on the new acquisition
Congrats on the new acquisition
rwalters
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YES! Congrats and welcome to the wonderful world of pellet cooking 
rwalters
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I don’t think I’ve had a fire in my kettle in the past 2 weeks now. My MAK is definitely my daily driver, but starting to get the jitters. Thinking I need a quick lump fix [emoji27]
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tom b
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a MAK turkey
ice_mf_mike
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Ditto congrats. Now just waiting for this bad boy to arrive. That reminds me i need to order some actual pellets. Im told Lumberjack i the best?
WBDubya
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From what I've heard and experienced on this forum the answer is yes!
sleebus.jones
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Lumberjack are good, but B&B are also quite good.
rwalters
Quintessential Chatty Farker
Congrats guys! Can’t wait to see you two receive and put your new MAK’s to use
Yep, LJ pellets are great. I have also used and really like Cookin’ Pellets. There are some other great brands (B&B mentioned above), but these are the only two that I have experience with.
Yep, LJ pellets are great. I have also used and really like Cookin’ Pellets. There are some other great brands (B&B mentioned above), but these are the only two that I have experience with.
I upgraded from a Traeger Lil Tex to the YS640 earlier this year. So far I have done a bunch of shorter cooks on the YS640 and as expected, it's pellet consumption is higher then the much smaller Traeger.
This weekend, I had the YS640 running for about 20 hours for an overnight brisket, ribs, nachos and mac & cheese. I was looking at the pellet consumption and I think I used about 1 bag which is very similar to what I would need on the Traeger, maybe a bit more. It takes longer to heat up the YS640 but it retains heat much better.
This weekend, I had the YS640 running for about 20 hours for an overnight brisket, ribs, nachos and mac & cheese. I was looking at the pellet consumption and I think I used about 1 bag which is very similar to what I would need on the Traeger, maybe a bit more. It takes longer to heat up the YS640 but it retains heat much better.
