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New to pellets Market I'm going to buy a Green Mountain Daniel Boone do you have to use the Wi-Fi or can you use it without the Wi-Fi if it is enable
 
Rex1 Here.  I just bought the Daniel Boone w/wifi.  The Grill was easy to operate.  Had trouble using the wifi as it didn't have any range,  If I had read the instructions properly, I could have figured what the problem was but instead, I sent an email to GMG and I was surprised to get an answer within about 30 minutes telling me what to do.  As it turned out, my grill was located too close to the router and I was advised to change the broadcast from the GMG network to my home network, which only took a few minutes.  Now the app works on my home network and I can access it from anywhere in and around my house.  I was surprised at such good customer Service..  As far as the grill, I have only cooked on it once, did two chicken halves and they came out great.  Never used a pellet grill before so didn't know what to expect..  Sorry, I did cook a hamburger also  just to see how it would do.  My observation is that I did not get the smoke flavor on either cook.  I used GMG pellets, the blend.  I have since read that the brand of pellets can make a difference.  I ordered and just receive a 30lb bag of cooking pellets, (Hickory) from amazon and am going to try them.  Other than that I am impressed with the operation of the grill.  When I cooked the hamburger, I turned the temperature up to 500 degrees and it reached the temp just as fast as my Weber Genisis and cooked it just as fast which was a nother surprise.  I think I am really going to love this grill once I get use to it.
 
I use my GMG DB 2-3 times a week. Great smoker/grill. The higher the temp, the less smoke flavor you will notice.

Couple tips. Get a A-MAZE-N tube smoke generator. Todd is a sight sponsor, and makes a great product. I have two of them and use them all the time.

Start your smokes at 150* for a hr or so, then bump temp to 225*

You already got 1 of the most popular pellets (cookin pellets). They are 100% flavor wood,
unlike the GMG pellets which are 40% flavor wood and 60% filler wood.
I use Lumberjack pellets. I buy in bulk, 1 ton at a time, and go in with a few friends in my area.

Next. Don't trust your set temp to match the grate temp. Mines off quite a bit. Get a maverick 732-733, or igrill2. With a ambient temperature probe to get accurate pit temps.
I like the igrill2, but it's costly, and the ambient probe is a option adding to the cost.
Amazon has sales on them every now and then making them a good option.
 
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I use my GMG DB 2-3 times a week. Great smoker/grill. The higher the temp, the less smoke flavor you will notice.

Couple tips. Get a A-MAZE-N tube smoke generator. Todd is a sight sponsor, and makes a great product. I have two of them and use them all the time.

Start your smokes at 150* for a hr or so, then bump temp to 225*

You already got 1 of the most popular pellets (cookin pellets). They are 100% flavor wood,
unlike the GMG pellets which are 40% flavor wood and 60% filler wood.
I use Lumberjack pellets. I buy in bulk, 1 ton at a time, and go in with a few friends in my area.

Next. Don't trust your set temp to match the grate temp. Mines off quite a bit. Get a maverick 732-733, or igrill2. With a ambient temperature probe to get accurate pit temps.
I like the igrill2, but it's costly, and the ambient probe is a option adding to the cost.
Amazon has sales on them every now and then making them a good option.
could you use a smoke tube instead of starting at 150?
 
The tube will increase the chamber temp on its own, so you would need to be carefull your food stays cold enough as not to promote bacteria growth.

If its cold enough outside to keep the pit below 40* with the tube inside, you'll be Ok for a hr or so. I wouldn't want to push it any longer.

Try the tube with your pit set @ 150 for a hr. You will notice a difference.
 
The tube will increase the chamber temp on its own, so you would need to be carefull your food stays cold enough as not to promote bacteria growth.

If its cold enough outside to keep the pit below 40* with the tube inside, you'll be Ok for a hr or so. I wouldn't want to push it any longer.

Try the tube with your pit set @ 150 for a hr. You will notice a difference.
i should have been more specific, sorry, what i was trying to say is what if i get the grill to 225 and used a smoke tube for the first couple hours
 
Absolutely. I use my tube all the time. If it's a shorter cook, like a steak, I'll use the tube and start @ 150*. If it's a brisket that's going to take 8+ hrs, I'll fill the tube and start @ 225*
 
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Do not buy a Green Mountain Grill!

They work great for a few bags of pellets, and then the problems begin.

Do you're research on the internet thoroughly. There is post after post of people with the same issues.

GMG customer support is absolutely frustrating to say he least. They are impossible to get a hold of and they do not care about satisfying their customers.

My bit of advice, go with anything else, do not waste your money on this overseas made garbage!
I have a GMG Davy Crocket. Been using it for over a year now. I had some issues in the beginning but I have to disagree with this post. Their customer support was fantastic. They were very quick in responding. I've called them a couple of times, some operator error, some with issues but every time they went over and above to help me out.
 
I have had a DB for about 2 years....  I grill all year long, even at 10* out.  I love it  NO problems...  The guy must be a Traeger hack.  I also like the "cookin pellets".
 
I recently purchased the Jim Bowie. Is the fan suppose to make a pulsating noise? And also, mine seems to take forever to cook meat. Any ideas? So far I'm not impressed but that also might be me not doing something right. Just cooked 1 inch pork steaks. Set it to 250 and it should only take about an hour and a half but at that mark the internal was only 120. Had to crank it up to 325 and it took another almost 2 hours to reach a internal of 160-165
 
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Ok, my DB set temp is higher than actual temp. Likely yours is the same, so you were cooking at a lower temp then you thought. Get a maverick 732 - 733 or a igrill2 with a ambient probe to monitor pit temps. But, it could be you have a bad controller. GMG customers support is top notch. Give them a call. I've called them on a Sunday, and got a call back the same day.

As far as the fan, mine does the same thing.
 
I have a friend who has had a Daniel Boone for almost 8 years now with almost no issues.  The two things he had problems with customer service was right there for him. I have been smoking for a long time and have many smokers. I finally decided to pull the trigger on the Daniel Boon about 4 months ago and I have to say I absolutely love it.  I have had some issues with the wifi, and tried many things.  Customer support was right there and they decided to just mail me a wifi board to try to see if that was the problem.  Turns out it was my router having some issues but told me to just keep the board as a backup.  I have smoked many things on it and did notice that the smoke flavor is less than the other smokers I have had.  So, I started using my smoking tube and it makes it dead on perfect.  

Here are some ribs I did yesterday for Superbowl.





 
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When grilling steaks on it does anyone take the deflector shield out or just leave it in? I wondered if I could take everything out except for the grates
 

Farmers sausage and a Pork rib roast


Rib Roast resting


nice and Juicy, nice flavor hint of smoke


three pork butt steaks

After looking for over a year I pulled the trigger on a GMG DC at Christmas, I wanted one that was small enough to throw in the 5th wheel and take camping.  So far I have done about 10 smokes.  I find that I don't even want my Bradley anymore as it always tended to over smoke.  at higher temperatures this leaves just a hint of smoke, stuff tastes like it was cooked over a clean burning camp fire, on smoke it is a mild smoke flavor, but still real nice. going to try some different pellets but I am pretty limited for selection up here. all in all I am very happy with it , very glad I didn't buy the tracer JR and I am considering buying a DB for home.  once I do that I will most likely give my Bradley to my dad.

Steve
 
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Steve That is some great looking Q. Really like rib roast... Point for sure. Thx. for your input on the GMG. 
 
 
Harris Horwitz  Your ribs look amazing, Points. I am looking at getting a GMG this yr. hopefully, Have a big list ahead of myself....
Thanks AB.  Sorry for the delay as I must have missed the notification of your reply.  I think you will be happy with the GMG for sure.  Over the weekend I did two 8.5lb pork butts.  They turned out awesome.  In all honesty, they had the same amount of smoke as when I used one of my charcoal smokers.  I did use the smoke tube with it to help out.  But, I loved the fact that I just set it and forgot it until it was time to go out and spritz. 
 
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