Recteq smoker

Have had a 590 for 3 years now. Not sure if the quality has changed since I bought mine, but it was well worth the $$.

I have never had any sort of issues with mine. However, I use mine as a smoker, not a grill. I have a Weber and Blackstone for cooks requiring higher heat. The hottest my Recteq has ever been ran was in the initial but in.

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Love my bullseye

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ive been looking at these for years to replace my weber gas grill. just cant seem to pull the trigger.

can you grill pretty easily on it? Whats the build quality like?

I got one for Christmas. I’ve never owned a gas grill only charcoal and offset stick burners. The sheer ease of turning it on and leaving it alone for 5 or so hours is pretty impressive to me. The grill does in fact get very hot if you want to sear. The challenge come that if there’s any residual grease it will catch fire above 350 degrees. Once it burns off it’s good to go just don’t forget to burn it off prior to putting food on the mfer. I ruined about 6 lbs of sausage I was planning to bring to an event a few weeks ago. The augur on mine got stuck over the summer and I YouTubed a fix but I couldn’t figure it out. Called them up and they walked me through it and shipped me a replacement augur for free.

Yes, you can grill on it easy. I have a pan in the bottom to catch drippings, so heat is a little deflected around. You can get it to 600+ for a sear, but it's not necessarily a direct flame.

Build quality is solid. No issues.

Could I get rid of my gas grill? Yes.

When my gas grill goes out will I replace it? Yes, with a griddle.