re: Masterbuilt Charcoal Gravity Smokers l Long time reviews?

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I cooked a few chickens in mine and the next night decided to do some ribeye. I set it to 700 and we’ll let’s just say make sure you clean your grill or do a burn off before you get it above 450.

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Lol big grease fire?

Get in a habit of doing a burn off from time to time and you should be ok. That’s what I do with mine at the end of a cook with some fuel left.

Does it have some shortcomings and quality issues, yes. Is it an outstanding cooking device that is relatively low price yes as well. I’m glad to see the version 2 addresses some of the main issues that the first one has. Mine has been fine although I have had a few times where the switches were not getting enough pressure to make contact or the occasional flareup which is put out by beer or water pretty easily. I see a little bit of rust here in there. Will it last forever no. But I also have not touched my Primo grills (Two of them) since getting it. I love the space, I love the ease, I love that I can run it at 150° without much effort (keep food safety in mind running this low).

Currently 5hrs into a session at 150

Yeah, no matter what I have used over the years I turn the heat up and do a burn off.

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Did 6hrs at 150 for some andouille last night.

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SPOILER ALERT

Pulled the trigger on the 800 this morning. Can’t wait!

Finally got a nice day I could smoke, did some ribs.

Definitely got to do some more practice. Smoke wasn’t as clean as I would like with B&B lump and apple chunks. Hopefully as I burn it in more it gets better. Ribs were good on temp once I pulled them off, tried Meat Church’s Deez Nuts rub because I heard good things. I didn’t like it as much as I thought I would, want a bit more heat out of it. This thing definitely has a lot of potential that I am not up to scratch on yet.

Thanks

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I know this may not be the most attractive choice, but I prefer briquettes over lump. They produce a cleaner smoke in my 1050.

Also, how are you adding wood, in the hopper or ash pan?

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Yeah I wanted to get orange bag B&B briquettes, but they don't seem to have any around here. Checked a few Ace stores and both Academy stores didn't have them. Lump is all I could find in B&B, probably need to try another brand.

I started off in the ash bin and then had some mixed in the hopper. I may try all ash bin next time.

Briquettes will do much better than a lump in there is what I found as well. Don’t do just wood in the ash bin it won’t be enough. Mix it in with the charcoal as well. Don’t be shy with it either. Once it gets up to temp and settles the smoke will clean up.

Yeah I just need more practice to figure the smoke I want and probably try some other charcoal to see what I like. It's been awhile for me and charcoal.

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I'm curious to see if any other manufacturers jump at the opportunity to create a competitor product.

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Char Griller just came out with one

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I read a bunch on the Facebook group before getting into one and everybody said the briquettes last a lot longer and do better. The B&b Char logs last even longer. I have seen some people take a split of wood and stand it up right in the chamber and surround it with briquettes. I want to try that but I have not found any splits at my usual places.