First cook on the Rec Tec Bullseye!

[Stevo]

I fired up my new Bullseye and cooked some steaks last night. 40 degrees outside and some wind. But that didn't stop the grill from cranking up to 500+ for some grilling. And here's the proof

[Troutman]

Nice work there Stevo , meat looks fantastic but the veggies are over the top. I'd devour that plate any day !!

[Pirate Scott]

Awesome!

[DWCowles]

Just beautiful!

[jgreen]

Perfect!

[Nate]

Very nice

[Huskee]

I'm digging that grill. How you like it so far? With this post I assume you like it just fine.

[Stevo]

Hey Huskee. I bought this puppy to mainly do hot-n-fast type cooks, which I have been doing on my gasser. Basically grilling vs smoking/slow cooking. I think its gonna work out fine for that. I like the idea of grilling on wood vs gas. And the pellet grill makes for quicker/easier grilling vs charcoal, I think. I also liked that during the steak cook, I got some flare ups to help get some char. And they were short lived flare-ups, which I think is good to avoid burning. I think my next cooks will be burgers/chicken breasts, and perhaps chicken wings.

If I were to nit pick, I'd say the height of the grill is a little too low; I'd prefer it at counter height. And I dont' know why Rec Tec didn't sell a grill cover for it. But I bought a weber performer cover that fits nicely (https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B0...?ie=UTF8&psc=1).

[CandySueQ]

Sounds like it’s just my size!

[Huskee]

Stevo Excellent, thank you. I too would be leery of a pellet grill w/o a cover. I don;t cover my other grills, except the PBC (well, sometimes I cover that, sometimes to cover is at the other end of my yard courtesy of the wind). But I like the idea of gas grill convenience with more real wood than gas.

[CandySueQ]

My Yoder Cimarron has no cover and it lives outside, uncovered for the last year and a half. I never leave pellets in the hopper or auger though.

[RonB]

Looks great.

[Jon Solberg]

Nice

[jfmorris]

This grill intrigues me. Not saying I would ditch my Weber kettle for it, but I've been wanting a pellet smoker, and this one is a grill too, for direct. And at a nice price point.

[kmhfive]

Looks wonderful!

[Stevo]

jfmorris, The bullseye is different from most pellet smokers, I think, in that it has a much simpler system. Namely, there is no feedback loop from the cook chamber. Thus it acts more like a gas grill than an oven. You don't set a temp and the unit keeps the cook chamber at that temp. Rather, you just dial how fast the auger runs, and that in turn determines the heat of the cooking chamber. But things like wind, outside temp, etc would more easily affect the cook chamber temp. Also there is no drain and grease bucket, so if you did a long cook that produces a lot of fat run-off, you'd have to catch that with a pan under the meat, I guess.

Its a simple unit: a power switch, which turns on the unit and the convention fan, which runs at a single speed always. A 2nd switch to turn on the igniter widget; you leave this on until the pellets ignite, then you turn it off for the rest of the cook. And a rheostat/dial that turns on the auger and varies its speed.

I haven't tried anything low-n-slow yet. I would think it'll do a great reverse sear...

[jfmorris]

Ok - that's al useful to know. Let us know if you do a low and slow on it. On a reverse sear, I guess you would pull the meat, then crank it all the way up, and put the meat back for the sear?

[Stevo]

That's what I'm thinking. It heats up pretty quickly.