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Full Fledged Farker
Has Weber fixed the issues with the Smokefire?
The real ones or the over exaggerated ones, lol. Most of the issues I had were firmware/software causing major inconsistencies cook to cook. These problems were after a forced update when the grill had been running great for several months prior, I waited months for another update to fix the problems they introduced with the update before giving up. The new ‘Stealth’ model has a redesigned hopper and relocated finger guard to help pellet feed concerns (which were mostly resolvable by removing the finger guard on the Gen1 & 2). I sent mine back to them over a year ago, so I can’t say personally if the firmware/software is better or not. However, I see less complaints on a group I still peek at now and then.
The SmokeFire should be used with drip pans on greasy low and slow cooks though. Something that isn’t necessary for most other pellet grills, but a minor inconvenience if you want a pellet grill that grills/sears like the SmokeFire does.