Very exciting day yesterday. What's better than New Grill Day? (Besides watching Dancing With the Stars with Panhead John ). The big truck arrived around 1:30 to drop off 300 pounds of powder coated steel. The driver had me help him push the Grill up the short slope of my driveway and dropped it right outside my garage door.
It was packed very well. I noticed a small tear in the cardboard so I opened the area up to see if there was any damage. It was all good.


Assembly instructions. Assembly was pretty straight forward just bolt on the legs and tip it upright. Once I got all the holes lined up and bolts tightened it was a bear to lift by myself but I got it done without breaking the grill or my back.

All Set up:


The goodies - Grill Grates for searing, two extra cooking shelves, and the smoke box. The expanded metal is very heavy duty and very well finished. No rough edges like some of my other grills.

Loader him up with pellets and did the 30 minute burn in at 350. Was very windy and cold but he came up to temp in about 15 minutes.
Misc pics
Inside the Hopper:

The Deflector with the trap door for searing and with the trap door removed. Very thick heavy steel.


The controller:

First impressions are very favorable. A ton of mass and heavy metal. The lid is solid and the insulation helped keep temps steady yesterday in the cold and wind. The fan ran very quietly. It was hard to tell how much smoke was being produced because the wind just whisked it away.
Will be reverse searing pork chops tonight. I will take pics and report back.
It was packed very well. I noticed a small tear in the cardboard so I opened the area up to see if there was any damage. It was all good.
Assembly instructions. Assembly was pretty straight forward just bolt on the legs and tip it upright. Once I got all the holes lined up and bolts tightened it was a bear to lift by myself but I got it done without breaking the grill or my back.
All Set up:
The goodies - Grill Grates for searing, two extra cooking shelves, and the smoke box. The expanded metal is very heavy duty and very well finished. No rough edges like some of my other grills.
Loader him up with pellets and did the 30 minute burn in at 350. Was very windy and cold but he came up to temp in about 15 minutes.
Misc pics
Inside the Hopper:
The Deflector with the trap door for searing and with the trap door removed. Very thick heavy steel.
The controller:
First impressions are very favorable. A ton of mass and heavy metal. The lid is solid and the insulation helped keep temps steady yesterday in the cold and wind. The fan ran very quietly. It was hard to tell how much smoke was being produced because the wind just whisked it away.
Will be reverse searing pork chops tonight. I will take pics and report back.
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