This grill is meant to be a compliment to an existing gas grill.
Our assembly went smoothly and all parts were included in the box (nothing missing). Took about 45 minutes (working at a leisurely pace) and two people make this a much easier task.
First burn was performed later the same day with only one oddity - I set the temp to 400 degrees but the grill never reached that mark (high was in the 350 - 360 range as I recall).
Since our first cooking task called for a 225 degree temperature (and again, this grill is a compliment to an existing gas grill AND there was a decent bit of wind during the first burn), we pressed on.
First meat was a pork loin (about 7.5 lbs and we divided this in two equal parts) and we initially set the temp for 225 degrees. Temp stayed pretty consistent for about 4 hours or so, but due to reaching a point where interior meat temp progress seemed to stop, we nudged the temp up to 250 for the remainder of the cook. Final cooking time was around 7 hours.
The one oddity came after we nudged the temp up to 250 - it seemed the grill struggled to keep the temp anywhere near 250 during this time. After the nudge, the temp was in the low 230 range for the duration of the cooking time. Not really a problem as it remained reasonably consistent but I was concerned the grill never approached the 250 range. In further reading, this period of time outside at night had temps in the high 40's / low 50's so might that have effected the grill's performance?
Now the day after the first cook, I have cleaned out the grill, emptied the pellet hopper, and placed a cover over the grill (storing the grill on a covered back patio - the patio faces north and the grill will get no sun while stored). Is there a reason to get rid of the pellets in the auger area if several days may go by before we use this grill again?
Our assembly went smoothly and all parts were included in the box (nothing missing). Took about 45 minutes (working at a leisurely pace) and two people make this a much easier task.
First burn was performed later the same day with only one oddity - I set the temp to 400 degrees but the grill never reached that mark (high was in the 350 - 360 range as I recall).
Since our first cooking task called for a 225 degree temperature (and again, this grill is a compliment to an existing gas grill AND there was a decent bit of wind during the first burn), we pressed on.
First meat was a pork loin (about 7.5 lbs and we divided this in two equal parts) and we initially set the temp for 225 degrees. Temp stayed pretty consistent for about 4 hours or so, but due to reaching a point where interior meat temp progress seemed to stop, we nudged the temp up to 250 for the remainder of the cook. Final cooking time was around 7 hours.
The one oddity came after we nudged the temp up to 250 - it seemed the grill struggled to keep the temp anywhere near 250 during this time. After the nudge, the temp was in the low 230 range for the duration of the cooking time. Not really a problem as it remained reasonably consistent but I was concerned the grill never approached the 250 range. In further reading, this period of time outside at night had temps in the high 40's / low 50's so might that have effected the grill's performance?
Now the day after the first cook, I have cleaned out the grill, emptied the pellet hopper, and placed a cover over the grill (storing the grill on a covered back patio - the patio faces north and the grill will get no sun while stored). Is there a reason to get rid of the pellets in the auger area if several days may go by before we use this grill again?
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