The Official Pellet Grill Smoker thread.

[gtsum]

Originally Posted by BKING!

So I’ll be putting the Mak to work tomorrow evening! There will be a wedding I’m cooking for Saturday so it should get a good workout. I’ll be piling 8 butts in there.

Man, I can only imagine the smell of goodness from your yard during the cook. That’s a mess of butts for sure


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[BKING!]

Originally Posted by gtsum

Man, I can only imagine the smell of goodness from your yard during the cook. That’s a mess of butts for sure


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Yep! I got a 5 pound bag of sweet money rub from big poppa smokers. First time ordering rub online. Hopefully the flavor of the rub is good. You know the smoke is going to be heavenly. I’ll be using 100% hickory.

[BKING!]

Originally Posted by rwalters

My biggest cook has been 6 butts. It’ll hold 8 for sure. May be a bit tight til they start to shrink up, but they’ll fit :)

Boy oh boy that many butts leaves a nice greasy mess. Make sure your grease pan is empty before you start...lol

Yes! I took off tomorrow to clean the Mak spotless just so i will make it dirtier than ever that night. I also need to pick these butts up and do a few other chores.

[Joshw]

Sweet Money is a good rub. I always use it in combination with one of the SM Rubs, but it should be fine on it's own. 5 lbs will last you a long time.

[Flatfour]

Greetings friends,
I am getting ready to step up from a WSM to a pellet grill and I initially thought it was going to be a little easier. There are a lot of choices!

I’m looking for a versatile cooker, that will smoke, cook and grill. Although with grilling I’m only talking mostly about burgers, maybe the occasional steak.

So far, I’ve narrowed the list down to the following in no particular order.

Pitts & Spitts Maverick 850
Blaz’n Grid Iron
Yoder YS640
Kuma Platinum

If anybody would care to throw it in their two cents regarding any of these, I would certainly appreciate it. Anything you’ve got whether it’s praise or concerns.

My wife keeps asking if I’ve ordered the grill yet and I’m suffering from analysis paralysis.

Thanks in advance
Jeremy

[SeanBBQ]

Originally Posted by Flatfour

Greetings friends,
If anybody would care to throw it in their two cents regarding any of these, I would certainly appreciate it. Anything you’ve got whether it’s praise or concerns.

I don't have one yet but have been doing the same thing as you. Researching, thinking, researching, thinking...you get it. I narrowed it down to the YS640 Competition out of the ones you have listed here. Did look at the P&S 1250 which I think is more in line capacity wise to the YS640. (could be wrong).

Anyway, the Yoder wins out for me but the P&S is/was a close second.

[darita]

Yoder is a great choice and you won't regret it. Personally, I'd go MAK and did.

[rwalters]

Originally Posted by Flatfour

Greetings friends,
I am getting ready to step up from a WSM to a pellet grill and I initially thought it was going to be a little easier. There are a lot of choices!

I’m looking for a versatile cooker, that will smoke, cook and grill. Although with grilling I’m only talking mostly about burgers, maybe the occasional steak.

So far, I’ve narrowed the list down to the following in no particular order.

Pitts & Spitts Maverick 850
Blaz’n Grid Iron
Yoder YS640
Kuma Platinum

If anybody would care to throw it in their two cents regarding any of these, I would certainly appreciate it. Anything you’ve got whether it’s praise or concerns.

My wife keeps asking if I’ve ordered the grill yet and I’m suffering from analysis paralysis.

Thanks in advance
Jeremy

Just my 2 cents, but out of the options you listed I’d go with the Kuma. Kuma is built a lot like a MAK 1 Star. It also offers a sweet direct sear option. The company and its level of service is outstanding, some of the best I have ever seen (I don’t even own a Kuma, but have talked at length with them on numerous occasions). One thing that sets them out from the others in your list is that, like the MAK, they use aluminized steel under their high temp powder coat finish. That means you’ll never have to deal with rust issues :)

Oh yeah, Kuma also uses 304 SS in the cooking chamber. All double walled 304. That’s a BIG deal!!

[BKING!]

Flat four... out of the ones you listed I’d go Yoder or kuma. I haven’t heard anything good or bad about kuma but the materials used and features are top notch. Yoder is a great performer but my gripe is in that same price range kuma and Mak are both powder coated aluminized steel with tons of 304 stainless which unlike the Yoder will not rust.

[qnbiker]

Last night cooked a rib roast on the Daniel Boone. No pics - I've posted enough pics of my pooper. Came out great, but had a little trouble with the temp probe. It read 135 when I knew the roast wasn't done. Tested with my Maverick and Thermapen and they both read 98. Finished using the Maverick. I'm sure I did something wrong; I'll have to keep using both probes until I figure it out. Still love my DB!

[BKING!]

Originally Posted by qnbiker

Last night cooked a rib roast on the Daniel Boone. No pics - I've posted enough pics of my pooper. Came out great, but had a little trouble with the temp probe. It read 135 when I knew the roast wasn't done. Tested with my Maverick and Thermapen and they both read 98. Finished using the Maverick. I'm sure I did something wrong; I'll have to keep using both probes until I figure it out. Still love my DB!

Huh hopefully you figure out what’s going on

[BKING!]

So this is the cleanest my grills been since I got it. Cleaned it top to bottom. Ironically it will be the dirtiest it’s ever been here in a few hours. Wonder if I will have to dump the grease tray midway through the cook? I’ve cooked 3 racks of ribs in the past and there was barely any grease at all in it. I’m not thinking I will.

[Joshw]

What does the grease tray look like on a Mak? On my Yoder the grease drains into a bucket underneath. I keep foil liners in it, and just throw it away when it gets full.

[Corvus]

I shopped for over a year B4 deciding. I liked the MAK and Yoders.....but had to travel 60 miles to view them. I have a Blazin dealer 10 minutes away, after much comparison I went with a Grid Iron model. The 2019 models now have factory installed door gasket and hopper dump and pre orders on Black Friday saved $300! In my opinion, $ for $ and feature for feature.....you can't go wrong with any of these.

[BKING!]

Originally Posted by Joshw

What does the grease tray look like on a Mak? On my Yoder the grease drains into a bucket underneath. I keep foil liners in it, and just throw it away when it gets full.

It’s a slide out stainless grease tray on the right hand side of the smoker. It holds quite a bit