Have you liked the way it cooks with everything else? Still seems to be holding up well? Thanks for any help.
I’ve had good luck with everything I have thrown at it. Ribs, chicken, Pork Butts, briskets to name a few. I really think Scott nailed the design of this Gravity unit. It has enough insulation, but not overboard, so you have decent airflow. It will drop in temperature fast enough if you want, and hold temp just fine at lower and hotter temps. I run it wide open with the Fireboard controlling it and BBQ guru pit viper fan Never had a run away temp spike. Settles in fine. Some day I may get the Pit Bull fan to see the difference. Maybe a little quicker recovery speed if you have the door open for any time. I truly believe this will give you as good a result as you will get on a set and forget type of pit. You can also spend more time feeding it wood if you want or mix in chunks into the charcoal chute, lots of experimenting and fine tailoring to be had. A skilled offset owner, I’m sure can out do the Jr., but he will have to work at it to beat it.
As far as construction goes, It has held up just fine, with no noticeable spot of concern. Couple of pointers if getting one.
1. Have Scott put the oil drip on the bottom of the cook chamber door. This is an option, and not listed on the website. Mine doesn’t have this and I get some oils drips to clean up beneath the main door.
2. Make sure you have some foil between the top of the charcoal chute as this spot gets lots of oily dirty smoke and liquid build up. I just fold up foil to the size I want and thickness of about 6-8 sheets and this last for quite awhile.
3. Get some type of metal bucket to dump ash into for time to time. On a 10-12 hour or longer cook, you will need to dump the ash out. I dump mine periodically in just about any cook. It’s simple and take about 10 seconds to do. I just use a pair of channel lock pliers.
Been really happy using a couple different briquettes. Kingsford Competion Pro has been really good. Got several bags from Costco on sale. Has less ash remaining than most others. Jealous Devil is also very good but harder to find and usually more $. Royal oak cooks fine but leaves a ton of Asha Dan I think it leaves a little off taste.
4. Talk to Scott about any customization you might want. I have seen several things done on these not listed on their site, so if you think of something it doesn’t have he might be able to add it or change it.
