I had so much reserve buying mine. I've never grilled a day in my life but I had a large upright smoker and I loved it. You made this look simple. Thank you!
Hi Scott I’m so appreciated for your video You have touched on many issues in regards to the fine tuning of your smoker It’s wonderful to hear that you have come to know your personal smoker because It’s like knowing your bbq and where it’s working best for you ! Keep up with your great videos , I’m just starting to learn the art of the smoke house & trying to learn from all of the pro people like you!! Thanks for all your great information my friend! And keep on smoking! 👍
I've had a Pit Boss in my arsenal for a year now and have had great results. I mainly use it for wings, beans and other veg. reverse sear steaks and to finish ribs. Good review.
Yes yes and yes. The Austin xl was the best purchase I've ever made. Im sold. I used to use an offset smoker but this is incredibly easy and fail proof.
I just got one as a gift. It's kind of a something I never expected to own.. real treat. Your bread test sir that is above and beyond. Excellent info for someone using this kit! Solid review.👊
I got the classic about a year and a half ago and I absolutely love it. I put a single layer of aluminum foil over the diffuser plate and that makes cleaning super easy.
Great review. I am from Australia where variety of Pellet smokers not available. I got a 850 Pit boss and I love it. Only issue with the model I have it doesn’t have the pellet drain, but not that much an issue.
Nicely executed; i got the 1100 the big one only because big family lots of grand kids! Almost a year ago , along with the Smoky Mountain Weber 22” and a new Weber the one with the table attached . So good, not done yet still need the off set smoker maybe 🤔 Oklahoma Joe’s, I’m having fun collecting all these cookers, my back yard is going to look like Baby Back Maniacs LOL 😂!!!
Haha he has lots of grills too! We have a similar setup as I have a 22” WSM and the Weber kettle with a side table too. I’m thinking my next purchase will be a Line Star Grillz offset.
I appreciate the bread test you performed. I've seen multiple reviews for the mods, but not an illustration showing where the transformation of temps takes place. Knowing this, I'd be fine with this too, it's often nice to be able to shift your items to either a cooler or hotter part of the grill, and knowing where it is ahead of your purchase makes for a more informed buying decision.
Very informative, just seen a pile of them today for 297. Thank Goodness for this non- inflationary trend we are now living in. I'm waiting for the deflation to hit so I may grab one for a buck and half. Thanks for the Great Review.....
Great review on this grill I am looking at getting one of these as well. You hit all the points I was looking for about this grill. I have subscribed to your channel hoping to see if you got some good recipes that i can use. Thanks a lot for this review.
After 20 + years of using stick burners I now love my pellet smokers best guess I am getting lazy lol sad to say both of my Austin xl smokers were destroyed in the Dec tornado in In and KY NOW TRYING TO REBUILD great video
I have built stick burners, Pig roasters, reverse flow smokers big enough for 4 full size pork shoulders, 120 lb. whole piggies. Bought a MES a couple of years ago, Love it for smaller cooks and smokes. Pit Boss 700 was on sale locally, just had to buy it. Best cooker that I have ever owned! Use it almost daily instead of my oven. A buddy who eats at my place regularly, also bought one on sale and is in seventh heaven. Said that he made the best pork loins and chicken breasts he has ever had, when not at my house! Just got to learn its quirks and habits, which are not many. Gonna do some Texas beef ribs this weekend!! Happy Smoking and Barbecue!
@@SmokedMidwestBBQ question: Say you wanted a larger surface area at 275, would you say lowering the temp to ~250 would give you that center and right grate area temp of ~275?
It always runs the auger for 18 seconds. The p setting adjust how frequently it runs the 18 second cycle on the auger. I found mine smoked at 275 on the default smoke preset of 4
I got one that was returned to TSC as not working, of course we fix anything unlike the nerds that take things back for dumb stuff. Actually my son in law bought it for me and fixed it. (just cleaned it) I think he got it for $150. Using it for the first time today. I have a big wood smoker (I built), also a Pit barrel and some Weber charcoal grills, I like them all. I grille quite a bit. They all have their purpose. Drinking Beer makes it more fun....LOL Rock on Dude nice video
Poor mans brisket get a 3 pound beef chuck roast rub brown sugar coffee grounds garlic salt and pepper smoke for about 8 hours 225 and it will change the game for you!
Fresh grounds of course also i forgot about brown sugar i just start with brown sugar coat the whole thing not crazy with coffee grounds but coat the whole piece of meat then lil bit of garlic and salt and peeper i dont really use recipes i just smoke alot of weed get the munchies and kinda just let my buzz flow and i try all diff things one rule not to forget though is salt is always the last thing you season with before you put on grill
A must have is a nutrichef Bluetooth thermometer and buy 4 extra probes for a total of 6 probes. I can put 4 Boston butts on mine and I put a probe in each butt and one probe in the center front of the grill. This thermometer has great range and the probe on the center front of grill will alert you of a flameout.this is the answer if you don’t want to stand with the grill.
$500?! I just got the deal of the century! The other day our local Walmart had a pallet of these by the entrance with a sign that said "Sunday Special $150". I guess it was overstock that didn't sell. I walked in at the perfect time some guy was getting 3!! Glad I was able to get one for so cheap!
Best bang for the buck. Got mine in 2020 and still going strong. Spare Ribs, Tri-Tip, chicken wings, Brats/veggies, Italian sausage, beef steak/Pork steak, Burgers, over the flame. Still want to try Brisket and Pulled Pork, but i don’t have a lot of people to cook for.
Bought a Pitboss 700, $599 Canadian. Love it. Some people complain you can't get a good smoke ring. I had no problem but you can easily wrap up some wood chips in tinfoil and light with a torch to smolder for extra smoke. The shear convenience of the pellet is awesome. Set it and forget it. Better yet get a bluetooth thermometer and you can sit on your couch and use your phone to figure out the temps. Nice review.
Bought my AustinXL about 3 months ago...I've smoked ham, turkey, chicken, Boston butt, ribs and even made mac n cheese with it...it's been worth every penny of the $500
The lower the "P" setting the hotter it gets. I had my "P" setting on "0" and walked away, came back 2 hours later and it was at 350°. So I ruined my brisket and learned a lesson. I see I'm watching this video 3 years after you made and surely by now you've figured this out
They have held up well! I just brush them off with a grill brush before using it. Nothing fancy, I think the grease from the food keeps them looking good.
I actually own the xl and the vertical smoker by Pitboss. I love both of them. A bit of advice to anyone looking to buy one, wait until the off season. I actually saved a lot of money that way. I absolutely love the brisket off the smoker and the grill/smoker is king of whole beef plate ribs.
What are your thoughts on the vertical smoker Ragman? I had a New Braunfels vertical wood smoker that I had for years but didn’t have room on the truck for it when we left Colorado and had to leave it behind and is one of my biggest regrets In life buddy and I’ve just never found one since then that I even remotely liked or would hold near as much meat and I saw the pit boss vertical at TSC a few weeks ago and was wondering about how It worked. If I don’t find one I like soon then I’m gonna have one custom built cause I can not and will not go without a smoker much longer!!:
@@1982MCI l can honestly say that I love the capacity of the vertical Pitboss. I wasn't sure at first because I had never owned a pellet smoker. I have an Oklahoma Joe offset that I really like. But, for the price (got a great deal on it) the vertical Pitboss out did itself. I was sold after the first cook I did on it. I smoked a 15 pound brisket (after trimming) and it fit nicely on the rack. It came out amazing. I'm just a home cook, and I don't know a lot about other more expensive models, but this one has me sold. I have the 5 series Pitboss if I didn't mention it. Remember buddy, no smoker left behind. Enjoy the cooks.😀👍🏾
I bought the Pit boss 700 at Walmart at a great price of 146.00 because they needed the room for the winter stuff. So you showed me where the hot spots are, I always thought the right side would be hotter because the plate lifts upward towards there.
@@brent6454 Believe me I was shocked, I even had to ask a employee if the sign was correct. About 5 700's and 2 Austins were sitting there all assembled and ready to go. The Austins were $299.
Its good to see your grill is way hotter on the right than left too. I thought mine was defective. Im not really happy about it, it makes half the grill unusable. Im curious if other brands have the same problems.
I have the smaller pit boss and to be straight up the test is perfect and the result when cooking certain things on the smoker you will want a cool section like that because what I found was that when simply using it as a grill the area above the fire pot is extremely hot and you will have certain pieces of meat you will just want to keep warm while applying greater heat to others ,and frankly it's not really a defect if you close that baby and your just smoking it's going to get smoked and if you close it and your turned it up to 350 the temp is going to cook it that is what makes these things so awesome steady heat rising heat ,rising flame convection cooking and grilling. I remember my gas grilling days always turning off one burner the other burner just flaming the meat to no end raw in the middle, yuch...this thing if you hit smoke for two hours your going to have a great smoke flavor and then just turn it up for the finish ,oh and my wife perfected the p settings and that's key to hold low Temps and end flameouts
Thanks for the video. I think you just helped me make up my mind about getting one. My husband bought me a Pit Boss Pro Series upright smoker for my birthday a couple years ago. I need to replace my regular grill and this looks like it would fit the bill. It would also make smoking in smaller batches (fish or smaller roast) easier. Why save money when the end product is a better grilling experience, right?
Thanks for the video, I have the same Pitt, mine drains the grease from bottom edge of Pitt, for some reason it doesn’t drain in the bucket. Any recommendations??
Question about the heat defuser. I would think after many many cooks that it would get clogged with grease and ash and just be a total mess. Do you have to keep brushing it off or washing it ?
I scrape it off with a 2” paint scraper over a trash can to get the chunks off. I then put it back on the smoker and run it at 350 for 30. That cleans it off pretty good. I do this after a couple of cook or after a long messy one like a brisket.
I just picked this up today on clearance for $340 and had to buy the display model to get it. Sucker was HEAVY and didn’t fit in the van 😅. Had to run back in and buy a ratchet strap
Hi I watched your video good review. I am thinking about buying one and my main question is can I fit a suckling pig inside? I mean some grills I’ve looked at door opening isn’t very big So thanks for any feedback or advise you can give me…. Keep on smoking !
How long after you get done cooking do you wait until you put the cover on, I live in the PNW and we get tons of rain so being able to cover quickly is a plus for me, will it hold up to that type of weather
Smoked Midwest BBQ sweet thanks, my wife and I are looking into getting one of these units we currently cook strictly with charcoal and we’d always have to wait a day or 2 before we could cover the grill to make sure the coals were completely out, how would you rate the length of the cord? Is it long enough to get away from the house or the garage, without needing an extension cord?
Tim M. Yeh wife and I bought one about a month ago we have a bbq gazebo thing we bought to help keep it covered and have about a 20’ extension cord wish I could reply a picture of our set up
@@MaineBornRedneck I've got mine on the deck, deck was just built (it's covered, but I also have a cover) I'll be running an outlet for it soon when I run out power for motion lights at deck corners and fans. (Fans a must, push grill heat out for one, and it's Texas for 2 lol) make sure that cord is rated for at least 20 amp)
Our XL started messing up around 9 months of use. The igniter would not ignite. What's weird is, I did the wire swap Pit Boss suggested and the fan and the igniter worked. When I connected the wires back like they were supposed to be, the grill didn't work AGAIN. They sent us an igniter but the control board is on backorder. It is sooo frustrating to wait on parts. You can manually start the grill but it is not convenient. I just wonder if I should have spent more money and got a Lonestar Grillz pellet grill.
Let’s talk steak! What is a good pellet flavor to use for steaks my wife doesn’t like too much smoke flavor so what is a good mild pellet to use also can I control how much smoke goes in the stove?
I have the Pit Boss 1100. Temperature control sucks. Huge variations in temp across the grill and over time. Seasoned smokers need consistent temps like you get from charcoal. A new PID controller will help but is really not worth the money. I don't use mine for long smokes. just cooks that are under an hour and don't need consistency.
You can lower the P setting while you have it set to 250, P mean pause, and if you lower the P you'll get more heat, raise it you get less heat but more smoke
Actually it's to be a lower P setting gives you a lower temp, but more smoke. According to what I found out in regards to my Austin XL you want to set the P setting in the smoke temperature and then when you turn the actual temperature up the P setting follows. You can't adjust it outside of the Smoke setting, but try it out. It appears to work for me.
I don’t empty it. I forgot to talk about storage in my review. I keep it outside and always covered when not in use. I have a Pit Boss cover which is pretty heavy duty and haven’t had any issues with the auger jamming.
I cant get mine to smoke, so I bought a smoke tube. i have a digital display I wonder if I set it lower ill find the "smoke" setting? iv been told it smokes between 200-225, maybe its my pellets? or I'm just used to my traditional off set smoker with wood chunks that smoke like a trucker
Could be your pellets. Usually, with a pellet smoker the lower the temp equals more smoker. You could smoke at 200-225 for the first few hours and then bump up the temp to finish.
How high do you have your smoke cap off of your smoke stack. The "P" button is easy to figure out. You take the actual temperature of the grill which can run from 65 and up and let it smoke for a half hour. After a half hour take the cooking temp and subtract that from your actual temp and that will tell you what P4 is. Do the same for P1, P2, P3, P5, P6, and P7. I have not done that completely which i should do if i smoke during the winter i know the temp settings.
@@SmokedMidwestBBQ thanks for the tip on the cap. I've had issues with run away temps with the cap screwed on tight or loose. I have found out though let it heat up for half and hour and your actual temp settles down. The silver temp is so so with mine thought.
I had so much reserve buying mine. I've never grilled a day in my life but I had a large upright smoker and I loved it. You made this look simple. Thank you!
You are very welcome!! Glad you found the video helpful. Enjoy the new Pit Boss!
That bread test run was awesome !!!! I loved it !!!!! Your right it really shows spots where temp is different thanks bother !!!!
Glad you found it helpful! Check out my review #2 video, I show the actual temps. Cheers! 🍻
This was exactly what kind of review I was looking for. Thanks Dude! Cheers!
Glad it was helpful!
I have one but only trouble it have Givin me
Picked mine up today had our first meal with the family it was amazing awesome review.
Hi Scott I’m so appreciated for your video
You have touched on many issues in regards to the fine tuning of your smoker
It’s wonderful to hear that you have come to know your personal smoker because It’s like knowing your bbq and where it’s working best for you ! Keep up with your great videos , I’m just starting to learn the art of the smoke house & trying to learn from all of the pro people like you!! Thanks for all your great information my friend! And keep on smoking! 👍
Thanks for watching and the kind words!!
That bread test was a great idea!! Great video.
Hey thanks! Great way to show the hot spots.
I've had a Pit Boss in my arsenal for a year now and have had great results. I mainly use it for wings, beans and other veg. reverse sear steaks and to finish ribs. Good review.
Thanks! I use my boss for just about everything.
can you use the direct flame and get a decent sear? I like to reverse sear but I finish them on my komado joe. Could you finish them on this instead?
For sure! Check out my video of doing a Tomahawk steak on the Pit Boss.
I've had mine bout 2yrs, love it more each time I use it. Great smoker.
Totally agree. Thanks for watching and commenting!
Yes yes and yes. The Austin xl was the best purchase I've ever made. Im sold. I used to use an offset smoker but this is incredibly easy and fail proof.
Totally agree!! Thanks for watching.
Great review thanks oh and the bread test was the awesome!
Thanks for stopping by and watching!
New follower here. I’m researching pellet grills and was interested in this model. Appreciate the honest review.
You are welcome! I have quite a few other videos using the Pit Boss, check them out!
16 month with mine thanks for this advise , been cooking good chikn, brisket but I like the bread test many thanks
Glad you found the video helpful! Cheers 🍻
I just got one as a gift. It's kind of a something I never expected to own.. real treat. Your bread test sir that is above and beyond. Excellent info for someone using this kit! Solid review.👊
Thanks for watching! Enjoy your new smoker.
I got the classic about a year and a half ago and I absolutely love it. I put a single layer of aluminum foil over the diffuser plate and that makes cleaning super easy.
I bet that is easy to clean!
Bought one a couple of months ago and I love it . Haven't lit the gas grill since.
So awesome!! Congrats on the purchase.
Thank you sir, have a blessed day América
You as well! Thanks for watching.
Great review. I am from Australia where variety of Pellet smokers not available. I got a 850 Pit boss and I love it. Only issue with the model I have it doesn’t have the pellet drain, but not that much an issue.
Extremely helpful
Thanks for the review. For the price it's good enough for me. My 11 year old Traeger died today and this is looking to be my next one
Glad the review was helpful! Thanks for watching!
Excellent video, thank you!
Thanks for watching!
Excellent and informative video. Thanks
Thanks for watching and commenting 👌 👍
Nicely executed; i got the 1100 the big one only because big family lots of grand kids! Almost a year ago , along with the Smoky Mountain Weber 22” and a new Weber the one with the table attached . So good, not done yet still need the off set smoker maybe 🤔 Oklahoma Joe’s, I’m having fun collecting all these cookers, my back yard is going to look like Baby Back Maniacs LOL 😂!!!
Haha he has lots of grills too! We have a similar setup as I have a 22” WSM and the Weber kettle with a side table too. I’m thinking my next purchase will be a Line Star Grillz offset.
That bread test is brilliant!
That’s what I thought! 👌🏻 👍
I’ve had mine since December and had zero problems. Temperature is normally +-10 I use the hot and hotter spots to my advantage.
Same here, sounds like you have the hot spots figured out too.
Great review brother, I have a lil pitboss cooks great, thanks for sharing, stay safe!👍
Thanks man! I think they are hard to beat for the price! Hope you are staying safe and healthy.
Nice video. Thanks brother. I appreciate it.
Thanks for watching and commenting!
I appreciate the bread test you performed. I've seen multiple reviews for the mods, but not an illustration showing where the transformation of temps takes place. Knowing this, I'd be fine with this too, it's often nice to be able to shift your items to either a cooler or hotter part of the grill, and knowing where it is ahead of your purchase makes for a more informed buying decision.
Glad you found it helpful! I like to cook at 250, but it’s nice knowing I can move my meat over to the right side if I need to speed things up. ✅
Awesome video, love it .I have one , and if I have to , I will buy it again. Thanks
Awesome! Thanks for watching and commenting!
Very informative, just seen a pile of them today for 297. Thank Goodness for this non- inflationary trend we are now living in. I'm waiting for the deflation to hit so I may grab one for a buck and half. Thanks for the Great Review.....
Glad you found it helpful! That’s a pretty good price. 👍
I just bought one about 3 weeks ago, love it and I’m very happy with the purchase. Actually, since 3am I’ve been cooking a brisket!
Congrats on the new smoker and thanks for watching!!
How did it came out ?
Great review on this grill I am looking at getting one of these as well. You hit all the points I was looking for about this grill. I have subscribed to your channel hoping to see if you got some good recipes that i can use. Thanks a lot for this review.
Glad you found the video helpful! Stay tuned for more cooks using it!
After 20 + years of using stick burners I now love my pellet smokers best guess I am getting lazy lol sad to say both of my Austin xl smokers were destroyed in the Dec tornado in In and KY NOW TRYING TO REBUILD great video
Sorry to hear about your smokers! What are you replacing them with?
Awesome review man
Thanks RHCP man!
Greetings from Berlin! Thanks for your review! I wanted a good smoker & grill so looked for advise from USA 🎉❤
Awesome! Glad you found the video useful ✅ Thanks for watching!
I love this smoker. I use it more than my Traeger Ironwood that I spent 3x’s as much on.
I use mine all the time too. Best value on the market.
I have built stick burners, Pig roasters, reverse flow smokers big enough for 4 full size pork shoulders, 120 lb. whole piggies. Bought a MES a couple of years ago, Love it for smaller cooks and smokes. Pit Boss 700 was on sale locally, just had to buy it. Best cooker that I have ever owned! Use it almost daily instead of my oven. A buddy who eats at my place regularly, also bought one on sale and is in seventh heaven. Said that he made the best pork loins and chicken breasts he has ever had, when not at my house! Just got to learn its quirks and habits, which are not many. Gonna do some Texas beef ribs this weekend!! Happy Smoking and Barbecue!
Oh yea, don't have to babysit the cooker anymore! Set it and forget it! And the sear feature, Awesome!!!
Spot in man! Thanks for sharing tour experience. BTW, sounds like you have some awesome smokers!!!
Thanks for the review...✌
Thanks for watching!
Thanks for the great review on this thing! Just what i was looking for
Glad you found it useful. Thanks for watching!
Nice review, it does seem like a solid cooker from what I’ve heard. Definitely a good deal for 500. Keep on grillin brother and stay safe!
Thanks buddy! Great value for sure. Stay healthy man!
PICKIMAN YOU ARE ALL OVER THE PLACE. Lol.
MeatCranium BBQ AND REVIEW That may be true! I am omniscient!
Awesome Video Thank You !!!
Thanks for watching!
Thank you!!! Very helpful!
You are welcome. Thanks for watching and commenting. 👌🏻
Good review! Austin xl looks like a good choice
It’s a beast for sure!
first video ive seen from you, just subbed
Thank you!!
Great review man. Thanks!
You are welcome, thanks for watching!
@@SmokedMidwestBBQ question: Say you wanted a larger surface area at 275, would you say lowering the temp to ~250 would give you that center and right grate area temp of ~275?
Yeah I’d set the temp at 250. Check out my review #2 video, I took the actual temp from the left, middle and right side.
Thanks!
Real nice job on the video! you helped me make the decision to buy one. They should pay you.
Haha I wish! Glad it helped you. Thanks for watching.
Great video. Thx
Thanks for watching and commenting!
GREAT REVIEW
Thank you!
It always runs the auger for 18 seconds. The p setting adjust how frequently it runs the 18 second cycle on the auger. I found mine smoked at 275 on the default smoke preset of 4
Great review!
Thanks for watching and commenting!
The toast test is ingenious. Picking up one today
Glad you found it helpful ✅
Just bought mine today. Also 500 on sale. Cant wait to use it
You will love it!! Congrats on the purchase. Be sure to subscribe for my future Pit Boss cooks 👌🏻 👍
O just bought one for 175 !!!! Can’t wait to use it for first time !!!!
I got one that was returned to TSC as not working, of course we fix anything unlike the nerds that take things back for dumb stuff. Actually my son in law bought it for me and fixed it. (just cleaned it) I think he got it for $150. Using it for the first time today. I have a big wood smoker (I built), also a Pit barrel and some Weber charcoal grills, I like them all. I grille quite a bit. They all have their purpose. Drinking Beer makes it more fun....LOL Rock on Dude nice video
Couldn’t agree more, sounds like we have similar setups. Thanks for watching and commenting!
Poor mans brisket get a 3 pound beef chuck roast rub brown sugar coffee grounds garlic salt and pepper smoke for about 8 hours 225 and it will change the game for you!
Wes Monahan I’m going to try this.
How much coffee grounds
Matt that sounds awesome. Can you write down how much of each you use. I want to try that and are the grounds used or fresh?
Wes i also forgot to ask if you spray it with anything to keep it moist?
Fresh grounds of course also i forgot about brown sugar i just start with brown sugar coat the whole thing not crazy with coffee grounds but coat the whole piece of meat then lil bit of garlic and salt and peeper i dont really use recipes i just smoke alot of weed get the munchies and kinda just let my buzz flow and i try all diff things one rule not to forget though is salt is always the last thing you season with before you put on grill
A must have is a nutrichef Bluetooth thermometer and buy 4 extra probes for a total of 6 probes. I can put 4 Boston butts on mine and I put a probe in each butt and one probe in the center front of the grill. This thermometer has great range and the probe on the center front of grill will alert you of a flameout.this is the answer if you don’t want to stand with the grill.
Thank you for the video.
Liked and subbed
Thanks, appreciate it!!
Just bought one pre assembled on clearance for $186.75... I love it!!!!!
Sweet buy!!
Great info-👍🏽
Thanks, glad you found it helpful!
$500?! I just got the deal of the century! The other day our local Walmart had a pallet of these by the entrance with a sign that said "Sunday Special $150". I guess it was overstock that didn't sell. I walked in at the perfect time some guy was getting 3!! Glad I was able to get one for so cheap!
That’s is a deal!! Congrats!
Got mine about 6 months ago... Best money ive ever spent done everything from 18 hr turkeys to corn dogs and frozen pizza.
That’s awesome! Thanks for watching and commenting!
Best bang for the buck. Got mine in 2020 and still going strong. Spare Ribs, Tri-Tip, chicken wings, Brats/veggies,
Italian sausage, beef steak/Pork steak, Burgers, over the flame. Still want to try Brisket and Pulled Pork, but i don’t have a lot of people to cook for.
Couldn’t agree more 👌 ✅
Great video! Subbed!
Thank you!
Good stuff I have the same one 👍
Good choice! Thanks for watching!
Bought a Pitboss 700, $599 Canadian. Love it.
Some people complain you can't get a good smoke ring. I had no problem but you can easily wrap up some wood chips in tinfoil and light with a torch to smolder for extra smoke. The shear convenience of the pellet is awesome. Set it and forget it. Better yet get a bluetooth thermometer and you can sit on your couch and use your phone to figure out the temps.
Nice review.
Totally agree! I get a great smoke ring with mine too. Thanks for watching!
I butcher pigs and my pit boss has probably seen well over 1000 lbs of bacon, ham, etc since i bought it. Its been solid since day one and i love it!
They are solid machines for sure! What brand/type of pellets do you use for pork?
@@SmokedMidwestBBQ using pit boss brand hickory pellets. Brand isnt a huge factor but pit boss brand is easy enough to find at sam waltons place.
Love my pit boss xL
Awesome!
Just picked one up for $250. Can't wait to use it.
That’s a great deal! Congrats on the new smoker!
Bought my AustinXL about 3 months ago...I've smoked ham, turkey, chicken, Boston butt, ribs and even made mac n cheese with it...it's been worth every penny of the $500
Your Pit Boss has been putting in some work! They are worth every penny.
Thanks for the review. tough to hear you though.
I appreciate the review bro!
Glad it was helpful.
I rarely use mine to sear so I cover the heat shield in aluminum foil then just peel off the burnt on fat when I vacuum out the ashes then recover it.
Good tip!
The lower the "P" setting the hotter it gets. I had my "P" setting on "0" and walked away, came back 2 hours later and it was at 350°. So I ruined my brisket and learned a lesson. I see I'm watching this video 3 years after you made and surely by now you've figured this out
Bummer you had a rumored brisket! I don’t ever use the P setting, just set to a temp. 👌🏻
Thank you for the video. I’m thinking of selling my tasteless propane grill for one of these.
Glad it helped you make a decision!
get a wsm
After all those cooks your grates look very good still. Any tips on how or what you use to clean those?
They have held up well! I just brush them off with a grill brush before using it. Nothing fancy, I think the grease from the food keeps them looking good.
I actually own the xl and the vertical smoker by Pitboss. I love both of them. A bit of advice to anyone looking to buy one, wait until the off season. I actually saved a lot of money that way. I absolutely love the brisket off the smoker and the grill/smoker is king of whole beef plate ribs.
Great advice. Thanks for sharing and watching!
What are your thoughts on the vertical smoker Ragman? I had a New Braunfels vertical wood smoker that I had for years but didn’t have room on the truck for it when we left Colorado and had to leave it behind and is one of my biggest regrets In life buddy and I’ve just never found one since then that I even remotely liked or would hold near as much meat and I saw the pit boss vertical at TSC a few weeks ago and was wondering about how It worked.
If I don’t find one I like soon then I’m gonna have one custom built cause I can not and will not go without a smoker much longer!!:
@@1982MCI l can honestly say that I love the capacity of the vertical Pitboss. I wasn't sure at first because I had never owned a pellet smoker. I have an Oklahoma Joe offset that I really like. But, for the price (got a great deal on it) the vertical Pitboss out did itself. I was sold after the first cook I did on it. I smoked a 15 pound brisket (after trimming) and it fit nicely on the rack. It came out amazing. I'm just a home cook, and I don't know a lot about other more expensive models, but this one has me sold. I have the 5 series Pitboss if I didn't mention it. Remember buddy, no smoker left behind. Enjoy the cooks.😀👍🏾
Lol gotta bump those numbers up, those are rookie numbers. I had 50+ cooks on my smoker after 2 months.
It’s one of 5 smokers I have, gotta spread the love.
I bought the Pit boss 700 at Walmart at a great price of 146.00 because they needed the room for the winter stuff. So you showed me where the hot spots are, I always thought the right side would be hotter because the plate lifts upward towards there.
I plan on doing another video showing the actual temps.
I'm assuming that's $149 USD. F**K. Great deal. My 700 was $599 CAD and that was on-sale!!
@@brent6454 Believe me I was shocked, I even had to ask a employee if the sign was correct. About 5 700's and 2 Austins were sitting there all assembled and ready to go. The Austins were $299.
That’s a steal.
Its good to see your grill is way hotter on the right than left too. I thought mine was defective. Im not really happy about it, it makes half the grill unusable. Im curious if other brands have the same problems.
Yeah it’s not idea but I make the most of it. Check out my review #2 video, I do an actual temp test.
I have the smaller pit boss and to be straight up the test is perfect and the result when cooking certain things on the smoker you will want a cool section like that because what I found was that when simply using it as a grill the area above the fire pot is extremely hot and you will have certain pieces of meat you will just want to keep warm while applying greater heat to others ,and frankly it's not really a defect if you close that baby and your just smoking it's going to get smoked and if you close it and your turned it up to 350 the temp is going to cook it that is what makes these things so awesome steady heat rising heat ,rising flame convection cooking and grilling. I remember my gas grilling days always turning off one burner the other burner just flaming the meat to no end raw in the middle, yuch...this thing if you hit smoke for two hours your going to have a great smoke flavor and then just turn it up for the finish ,oh and my wife perfected the p settings and that's key to hold low Temps and end flameouts
Add a rod to move the sear plate and you will use it a lot.
Thanks for the video. I think you just helped me make up my mind about getting one. My husband bought me a Pit Boss Pro Series upright smoker for my birthday a couple years ago. I need to replace my regular grill and this looks like it would fit the bill. It would also make smoking in smaller batches (fish or smaller roast) easier. Why save money when the end product is a better grilling experience, right?
Totally agree, glad my video was helpful. Thanks for watching!
gone mine 3 months ago. prolly at 20 cooks now from burgers/dogs to slow smoked chicken and even shrimp foil wraps.
love mine!
Awesome!! Still loving mine too.
Thanks for the video, I have the same Pitt, mine drains the grease from bottom edge of Pitt, for some reason it doesn’t drain in the bucket. Any recommendations??
I’d suggest making sure the deflector plate is clean as the edges where the grease flows can clog up.
I buy this pitboss austin today 28 sep 23,in Walmart for $250 plus tax, good deal
Excellent deal 👌 ✅
just saw this video. I HATE those porcelain coated grates. I replaced mine with cast iron, they will out live me and my great great great grandkids.
Question about the heat defuser. I would think after many many cooks that it would get clogged with grease and ash and just be a total mess. Do you have to keep brushing it off or washing it ?
I scrape it off with a 2” paint scraper over a trash can to get the chunks off. I then put it back on the smoker and run it at 350 for 30. That cleans it off pretty good. I do this after a couple of cook or after a long messy one like a brisket.
I just picked this up today on clearance for $340 and had to buy the display model to get it. Sucker was HEAVY and didn’t fit in the van 😅. Had to run back in and buy a ratchet strap
Congrats on the new smoker!!
Hi I watched your video good review. I am thinking about buying one and my main question is can I fit a suckling pig inside? I mean some grills I’ve looked at door opening isn’t very big
So thanks for any feedback or advise you can give me…. Keep on smoking !
Well, how big is a suckling pig? I have never cooked one.
Fuck yes it is cooking on mine right now baked potato 225 2 hours then 400 to grill these steaks
How long after you get done cooking do you wait until you put the cover on, I live in the PNW and we get tons of rain so being able to cover quickly is a plus for me, will it hold up to that type of weather
I wait until the smoker is cool to the touch. Usually an hour or so after shutting it down.
Smoked Midwest BBQ sweet thanks, my wife and I are looking into getting one of these units we currently cook strictly with charcoal and we’d always have to wait a day or 2 before we could cover the grill to make sure the coals were completely out, how would you rate the length of the cord? Is it long enough to get away from the house or the garage, without needing an extension cord?
@@MaineBornRedneck you'll need an extension cord beyond about 2.5 feet
Tim M. Yeh wife and I bought one about a month ago we have a bbq gazebo thing we bought to help keep it covered and have about a 20’ extension cord wish I could reply a picture of our set up
@@MaineBornRedneck I've got mine on the deck, deck was just built (it's covered, but I also have a cover) I'll be running an outlet for it soon when I run out power for motion lights at deck corners and fans. (Fans a must, push grill heat out for one, and it's Texas for 2 lol) make sure that cord is rated for at least 20 amp)
And before we get going
I picked up a pitboss and it works great ,, My question is why do I get smoke coming from the hopper ??? This happens from time to time ...
That shouldn’t happen, do you have the smoke stack cap wide open?
Our XL started messing up around 9 months of use. The igniter would not ignite. What's weird is, I did the wire swap Pit Boss suggested and the fan and the igniter worked. When I connected the wires back like they were supposed to be, the grill didn't work AGAIN. They sent us an igniter but the control board is on backorder. It is sooo frustrating to wait on parts. You can manually start the grill but it is not convenient. I just wonder if I should have spent more money and got a Lonestar Grillz pellet grill.
I bet that is frustrating. Tough call on switching to a LSG. Those look like they are super awesome, but more expensive.
Let’s talk steak! What is a good pellet flavor to use for steaks my wife doesn’t like too much smoke flavor so what is a good mild pellet to use also can I control how much smoke goes in the stove?
I’d suggest Apple or fruit wood pellets, they are a pretty mild smoke flavor. 👌🏻 ✅
I have the Pit Boss 1100. Temperature control sucks. Huge variations in temp across the grill and over time. Seasoned smokers need consistent temps like you get from charcoal. A new PID controller will help but is really not worth the money. I don't use mine for long smokes. just cooks that are under an hour and don't need consistency.
It’s a great deal I just bought it for 250 brand new
Nice! Excellent deal.
I love mine! Great inexpensive way to introduce someone new to pellet cookers. So simple. Do you run your chimney open that far all the time?
Right on Gene!! Yeah I leave it wide open all the time.
You can lower the P setting while you have it set to 250, P mean pause, and if you lower the P you'll get more heat, raise it you get less heat but more smoke
With the Austin XL the P setting only works on the ‘’smoke’ setting. The P setting doesn’t work when it’s set at an actual tempatute.
Actually it's to be a lower P setting gives you a lower temp, but more smoke. According to what I found out in regards to my Austin XL you want to set the P setting in the smoke temperature and then when you turn the actual temperature up the P setting follows. You can't adjust it outside of the Smoke setting, but try it out. It appears to work for me.
Just got one on clearance from the local Walmart for $250... thanks for the tips
That’s a great buy! You will love it!
Hey, do I have to empty the augers after each cook and then prime it again or can I leave pellets in the augers and the fire hole?
I don’t empty it. I forgot to talk about storage in my review. I keep it outside and always covered when not in use. I have a Pit Boss cover which is pretty heavy duty and haven’t had any issues with the auger jamming.
You don't have to and shouldn't. But you definitely can. Waste of time. But you can.
I cant get mine to smoke, so I bought a smoke tube. i have a digital display I wonder if I set it lower ill find the "smoke" setting? iv been told it smokes between 200-225, maybe its my pellets? or I'm just used to my traditional off set smoker with wood chunks that smoke like a trucker
Could be your pellets. Usually, with a pellet smoker the lower the temp equals more smoker. You could smoke at 200-225 for the first few hours and then bump up the temp to finish.
I own this piece of shit it does not smoke food well , I bought a different smoker
How high do you have your smoke cap off of your smoke stack. The "P" button is easy to figure out. You take the actual temperature of the grill which can run from 65 and up and let it smoke for a half hour. After a half hour take the cooking temp and subtract that from your actual temp and that will tell you what P4 is. Do the same for P1, P2, P3, P5, P6, and P7. I have not done that completely which i should do if i smoke during the winter i know the temp settings.
Thanks for the tip with the P setting. I keep the cap just barley screwed on.
@@SmokedMidwestBBQ thanks for the tip on the cap. I've had issues with run away temps with the cap screwed on tight or loose. I have found out though let it heat up for half and hour and your actual temp settles down. The silver temp is so so with mine thought.
@@SmokedMidwestBBQ what do you mean just barley screwed on? Do you mean really loose or real close to the stack?
Christopher Michaels really loose
@@SmokedMidwestBBQ thanks for that. Like I said I habe problems with to high temps at times.
I’ve been looking to get a pellet smoker, and just picked this one up yesterday from Walmart for 250 bucks!
They are 497 here at the Walmart I work in :(
That’s a great deal!
What state?
Good ol California
just got the 1100 at closeout at walmart for 298.00