Smoker Options & Best Practices

I have  a GMG Jim Bowie with remote and I love it.  I had a bad controller card right out of the box, but my dealer and the great CS at GMG got me a new controller before the following weekend.  After that I spend some time getting it dialed in and seasoned.  Now it is running full steam ahead and I have less than a 20 degree difference across the grate.  I get a constant TBS with the pellets that I use (Bear Mtn from C&C).

I have done steaks, a ball tip roast, a few tri-tips, chicken thighs, pastrami and a few pizzas on this guy and no issues.

I did 1 mod to it to turn the low pellet alarm off and on.  Next up is to convert it to run off of DC/Solar and a remote that can text me when the pellets get low.

Side note:  When dialing the grill in both the Daniel Boone and the Jim Bowie have unique characteristics.  Some remove the baffles, some need them there, or like me I needed the right baffle in but plug the holes in it.

They do produce their own smoke. They startup by using an electric igniter to ignite the compressed wood pellets in the fire box. Once they are on fire the auger feeds pellets into the fire as needed to maintain temps. Some people feel that a pellet pooper do not produce enough flavor so they use an AMNPS to help offset. To me my GMG produces the right amount of smoke.

True you can use the pellet for almost everything especially when fine temp control is needed. I lime to use mine as an outdoor oven so I don't heat the house up in the summer. That said, will I give up my gasser grill? No. I still love my gasser for those quick cooks and searing. I gone for work 14hrs and it is nice to come home, fire up the gasser and through something on there quickly.

I have not had a problem grilling on mine, but then I do not care about the sear marks.  If you care about searing marks, you can always get a set of GrillGrates.  Hope fully I won't get in trouble for this statement, but you can take a look a look at pelletheads.com where they have groups based on different pellet grills.  I look there for technical resources on my grill

SeenRed is an excellent resource on here for pellet grills.  He has a RecTec.

Go with the 22" WSM.  Great product