Am considering getting a GMG Daniel Boone pellet smoker. Choice model is running $499, wifi at $699. Any user recommendations?
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I don't know much about them, but my local hardware store sells a lot of them.
​​​​​​It's a small shop and the owner seems to take pride in offering high quality products.
How much do you like crlontrolling your smoker from your phone? Is wifi worth $200?
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I am intrigued by GM's programmable features.
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I'm not saying that everyone thinks the upgraded model is worth the extra bucks. but there's a lot more included in the upgrade than the addition of WiFi. check out it. The WiFi is pretty sophisticated and offers far more than a remote temp check. But, to each his own, I'm not trying to spend your money.
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I have the wi-fi and it can be nice on longer cooks but it certainly is not necessary. Try to decide how often u will use wi-fi and I mean use not just check because u can. If I had to do over I wouldn’t bother with wi-fi not worth the extra for how often I use. I use mine heavily including during our cold Canadian winters and still performs well. The only part I have replaced in five plus years is the meat probe
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3 Weber Performers
1 classic kettle
1 26" kettle
1 Smoky Joe
1 PBC
4 Thermoworks POPs
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2 Temp spikes
4 Slo n Sears
1 Smokenator
2 Vortex
Daniel Boone was a man. Yes a big man.
With an eye like an eagle and as tall as a mountain was he.
Daniel Boone was a man. Yes a big man.
He was brave, he was fearless and as tough as a mighty oak tree.
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part of the fun of BBQ is tending to the cook, PBR, family and friends. I was not sure about wifi smoker until I watched Matt Pitman do a week day brisket. From that point on I am considering up grading to a TimberLine 850 from my Cabela's/Pitboss pellet grill.
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Cooking gadgets
Weber Summit Charcoal Grill Center
Weber Summit Platinum D6
Blue Rhino Razor
Dyna-Glo XL Premium Dual Chamber
Camp Chef Somerset IV along with their Artisan Pizza Oven 90
Anova WiFi
Thermometers
Thermapen Mk4 - ThermaQ High Temp Kit - ThermaQ Meathead Kit - ThermaQ WiFi - ThermoWorks IR-GUN-S - ThermoWorks Signals & Billows - ThermoPop -ThermoWorks ProNeedle - ThermoWorks TimeStick Trio x2 - and a Christopher Kimball timer - NO, I do not work for ThermoWorks...I just like their products.
Other useful bits...
KitchenAid 7-qt Pro Line stand mixer
A Black & Decker food processor that I can't seem to murder
A couple of immersion blenders, one a "consumer" model & the other a "high end" Italian thing. Yes, the Italian one is a bit better, but only marginally
Instant Pot Duo Evo Plus 8-qt + accessories like egg-bite & egg holders
All-Clad pots & pans, along with some cast iron...everything from 7" Skookie pans to 8.5qt Dutch ovens
Weber GBS griddle, pizza stone, and wok
Knives range from Mercer to F. Dick to "You spent how much for one knife? One knife?!" LOL
I have a cousin that has a Daniel Boone (w/ wifi) and he absolutely loves it.
He owned a couple pellet cookers prior to that but wanted a little extra...seems it gets used several times a week.
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Weber Summit Charcoal Grillw/ Big Joetisserie, SnS LP, and VortexWeber Genesis II - S-345
Weber Traveler
Fireboard 2 Drive
Anova Precision Sous Vide
All the (pellet) grills I’ve loved before:
Traeger Junior Elite^
GMG DB
Traeger Texas Elite
Memphis Pro§
Traeger Pro 575
CampChef SmokePro STX (ugly grills need love too)
Weber SmokeFire EX4§
Traeger Select
CampChef Woodwind WiFi w/SearBox^
Weber SmokeFire EX4§
^ = Favorites
§ = Love/Hate Relationships
I will say GMG's customer service is top notch. I had a DB and hated it because it was a lemon. There was something wrong with it and we couldn't figure out what it was. I'm sure it was something stupid and easy likely causing all my problems, but if I was lucky at that time I might get a couple of afternoons a month to throw on a bunch of food to make to bag/freeze for leftovers to eat the next couple weeks while we chased kids everywhere. I didn't have time to test this and that, watch the fans, listen to the auger for hours, etc. I threw away a lot of food because it was covered heavily with ash.
I'm not bashing the product, like I said I just got a lemon that was probably a simple fix with enough time invested to find it. It was also at a time they were making very frequent changes to the model. WiFi was new, the sliding drip tray for grill was just released, etc. If all their grills worked like the one I had they wouldn't be in business anymore.
I called GMG many many times over the time I had it and they were always polite, responsive and did everything they could to be helpful. They sent parts, then even sent out a local district rep to take a look (he didn't find anything, but looked for an hour or so) and finally arranged for me to return the grill to where I bought it from even though the return window closed many months before that. So, I give kudos to the company and their support for standing behind their stuff.
There are a lot of pellet grills in this price range. The GMG's do tend to pack a lot of features into theirs per $ spent and have some nice accessories. If it works like it should, could be a very nice pit. I remember it definitely being sturdier than other pellet pits in this price range.
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Cookers I have:
Weber S-335 gas grill
Weber 26†kettle
Weber 22†kettle
Camp Chef XL Smoke Vault
Camp Chef 3 Burner cook top
Camp Chef Woodwind 36 Pellet grill with sidekick burner
PBC
Accessories:
SnS XL
SnS standard
Vortex
Weber Rotisserie for 22†Kettle
1st gen FireBoard
2nd gen FireBoard
Griddle for Camp Chef cooktop
Several Thermoworks items
Set of Grill Grates
My experience with GMG was a little less stellar. I bought one a couple years ago and had issues with it after the 4th or 5th cook. On two different occasions it burnt back into the pellet hopper feeding tube and once it almost blew the door off it exploded so bad...Ha. I sold it to my buddy and he’s had similar issues. I will say that their customer service was very responsive but I just didn’t trust it after that, YMMV.
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GMG Daniel Boone with GMG rotisserie added, Sears gas grill with Grillgrates,Thermapen MK4 (best thing I bought)
I have a DB Prime I picked up on sale last year for $550. I recently installed the GMG rotisserie in my DB and I love how it is working. I've don whole chickens, ribs and pulled pork on the rotisserie and it has improved the quality of my cooks greatly. This link shows some ribs rotating.
Last edited by MarkB1; November 16, 2020, 08:24 PM.
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Had a DB for about 4 years. With wifi. I wanted something I could watch remotely when necessary. Mostly I don't need it, but when I do, it's nice to have. This is the only pellet smoker I've ever owned, so my opinion is just that, an opinion, but I'd rank GMG middle of the pack. Not the best, not the worst.
Agree with posters above regarding their support; it's good. If you do buy one, I have a few do's and don'ts that I can pass along.
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