Sold my stickburner and got a Recteq RT-700

Crazy Tex said:

Sold my big trailer mounted stick burner that I had spent a couple of years building, due to not having the room at my new house in the 'burbs. Didn't get near as much as I wanted for it, but in the middle of a pandemic... people weren't exactly spending gobs of money.

So I took the money I got from that and bought a Recteq RT-700 pellet grill. Yeah, I know.. it's 'cheating' and the purists will argue it's not the right way to cook or whatever :blah::blah:

I think this thing is amazing. Granted, I haven't perfected my brisket game on it yet, but I've never cooked something that I couldn't eat and enjoy on it. And the more I cook the better things taste.

I've cooked meatloaf, chicken, turkey, veggies, pork butts, briskets, burgers, etc. and we almost have a weekly pizza night where we take Naan or Flatbread and make our own pizzas and I crank it up to 500* and cook them on there. Darn tasty.

Something I disklike about it is the fact you can't fit two full size steam trays in there.. all they needed was about 6" more..

So now I have my sights set on a recteq bullseye for more direct heat grilling.. just have to figure out how to get that past the CFO (wife) :twitch:

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Crazy Tex said:

Yeah, I know.. it's 'cheating' and the purists will argue it's not the right way to cook or whatever :blah::blah:

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ttkt57 said:

Today's "purists" with their offset propane tank rigs and paper-wrapped briskets probably had to put up with comments from yesterday's "purists" who dug pits with a shovel and put their alligators in banana leaves. Stay with pellets long enough and you'll be the "purist" commenting on the neutron plasma/dimension portal cheater rigs of the future!

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ttkt57 said:

Today's "purists" with their offset propane tank rigs and paper-wrapped briskets probably had to put up with comments from yesterday's "purists" who dug pits with a shovel and put their alligators in banana leaves. Stay with pellets long enough and you'll be the "purist" commenting on the neutron plasma/dimension portal cheater rigs of the future!

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Crazy Tex said:

So now I have my sights set on a recteq bullseye for more direct heat grilling.. just have to figure out how to get that past the CFO (wife) :twitch:

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Crazy Tex said:

Sold my big trailer mounted stick burner that I had spent a couple of years building, due to not having the room at my new house in the 'burbs. Didn't get near as much as I wanted for it, but in the middle of a pandemic... people weren't exactly spending gobs of money.

So I took the money I got from that and bought a Recteq RT-700 pellet grill. Yeah, I know.. it's 'cheating' and the purists will argue it's not the right way to cook or whatever :blah::blah:

I think this thing is amazing. Granted, I haven't perfected my brisket game on it yet, but I've never cooked something that I couldn't eat and enjoy on it. And the more I cook the better things taste.

I've cooked meatloaf, chicken, turkey, veggies, pork butts, briskets, burgers, etc. and we almost have a weekly pizza night where we take Naan or Flatbread and make our own pizzas and I crank it up to 500* and cook them on there. Darn tasty.

Something I disklike about it is the fact you can't fit two full size steam trays in there.. all they needed was about 6" more..

So now I have my sights set on a recteq bullseye for more direct heat grilling.. just have to figure out how to get that past the CFO (wife) :twitch:

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Crazy Tex said:

Sold my big trailer mounted stick burner that I had spent a couple of years building, due to not having the room at my new house in the 'burbs. Didn't get near as much as I wanted for it, but in the middle of a pandemic... people weren't exactly spending gobs of money.

So I took the money I got from that and bought a Recteq RT-700 pellet grill. Yeah, I know.. it's 'cheating' and the purists will argue it's not the right way to cook or whatever :blah::blah:

I think this thing is amazing. Granted, I haven't perfected my brisket game on it yet, but I've never cooked something that I couldn't eat and enjoy on it. And the more I cook the better things taste.

I've cooked meatloaf, chicken, turkey, veggies, pork butts, briskets, burgers, etc. and we almost have a weekly pizza night where we take Naan or Flatbread and make our own pizzas and I crank it up to 500* and cook them on there. Darn tasty.

Something I disklike about it is the fact you can't fit two full size steam trays in there.. all they needed was about 6" more..

So now I have my sights set on a recteq bullseye for more direct heat grilling.. just have to figure out how to get that past the CFO (wife) :twitch:

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Bob C Cue said:

Excellent post. Well said and funny!

Are you available for posting lessons?

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