PK 360 update

[Amajeff99]

so I have had my PK360 for a few months now and I love it more each time I do a cook on it. This grill does a great job at holding a temp once you have it dialed in and does an excellent job at both slow and low and rocket hot for the final sear. I was able to fire it up, get it to temp and do my gardening, run to the store and generally ignore it for a good 6 hours and it barely moved more than 5 degrees in either direction when I did get a chance to run by the grill and take a peak at my smoke thermometer. the ribs turned out great. I love both my Weber with SNS and my PK, the biggest difference is I will probably be leaving my PK to my kids and they can probably leave it to there kids and so on, where as the Weber a great grill in its own right will probably end up lasting 10 years or so, the SNS and SNS griddle on the other hand will probably last through a few Weber grills.

[Jerod Broussard]

Cool report on a cool looking grill.

[my_first_username]

I'm interested to know, if you had to have only one, which one would you choose? I've cooked on charcoal grills only a few times before, so I'm not immediately familiar with any one grill or style. I know tons of people have and love a Weber Kettle SNS combo, and I've been leaning towards it, but recently I've been reading about the PK Grills... Just wondering about your opinion for a beginner who's not already experienced on a kettle...

[kmhfive]

I got lucky by finding this site. I got the kettle out of need, before I understood its full potential. I think if I were doing it on purpose, I'd by the PK360 and hope for a SnS to be developed quickly! To be fair, the kettle isn't my only cooker, though. I got a GMG pellet eater for long smokes.

[Amajeff99]

I like my PK 360 a lot. And if I had to choose between a kettle and the 360 I would choose the 360 It is so well built I know I will have it forever and it is a rock solid cooker.

[my_first_username]

Thanks for the opinion. I literally just bought a Weber Kettle about 2 hours ago because not only do I know I'm not making a "bad" decision, but also it was available at the hardware store down the street and I had a coupon.

I'm still very interested in the PK360 and I'll keep an eye on people's experiences here. Who knows, maybe in a year or two I'll have the money and MCS will take hold!

[Polarbear777]

You don't need an SNS. Granted if they made one I would have bought it, but you can buy 4" strips of steel and make a charcoal constraint and a 1/3 size stainless steam table pan will work for the water.

https://pitmaster.amazingribs.com/fo...52-pk360/page2

From 9-11.5 hours (see graph in thread above) with no attention at all.

[richinlbrg]

Amajeff99 , how are you getting such a long cook time on you PK? Fuse method?

[Amajeff99]

I fill the charcoal basket and light one corner with a fire starter. So it is kind of a fuse method I guess.

[richinlbrg]

Got it, thank you!