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    Pit Boss vertical - cabinet temps significantly lower than set temperature

    Hey! Sorry for no updates. I went with a Savannah Stoker setup - I put the included probe through the side, it works much better. Apparently there's a transistor in the Recteq controller that has a loose solder point. It still works, but that would have to be shored up before being put in...
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    Vertical Smokers

    I will say that I trust the controller on the Smoke Daddy vertical a lot more than the Pit Boss controllers. If it's in your budget, I believe you would be quite happy with it for a long time. The only reason I am not planning to get one is that I'm budgeting for a Lone Star Grillz 42" pellet...
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    Vertical Smokers

    That list didn't seem very good at all. Just a bunch of low-end smokers. If you're willing to go with wood or charcoal, there's Lone Star Grillz, Deep South, Assassin, etc - but you better have a few thousand in the budget. You can make good BBQ on the low-end gear, but there are some serious...
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    Vertical Smokers

    Smoke Daddy makes a vertical. Sold out at the moment. Pretty large capacity. Not insulated, but double walled. Walls are 18ga steel.
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    Where can I get this GMG vertical cabinet?

    So I contacted Lone Star Grillz about shipping costs. Chris, the owner of LSG himself emailed me back, said it would be around $400 and about $30 to weld in a bung to attach a Smoke Daddy Big Kahuna. Can't beat that for customer service! I just hope they can start to ship in the next few...
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    Where can I get this GMG vertical cabinet?

    If I picked it up myself, I would have to get a trailer. The truck bed in my truck is WAY too high for me to get it into and out of at 445 lbs plus packing material. I also found out that they are not open on Saturdays, so I'd have to use a fair bit of vacation to get it myself. It would be...
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    Pitboss Copper head 5

    I personally think the flavor is better. I can't quantify it - it's just how I feel about the results. I also got frustrated a lot trying to use an AMNPS or AMNTS in the MES40, but in the Series 5 and the GMG Davy Crockett the smoke tubes are really easy to use. But the MES40 is stone-axe...
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    Pitboss Copper head 5

    I went from a MES40 to a Pit Boss Series 5 vertical smoker. Upsides - space as it has larger racks and I think more of them, better smoke, smoke tubes are easier to light and stay lit easier as there is a HUGE amount of airflow compared to the MES40. You can actually get smoke rings with the...
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    Need help deciding...$3k budget for a pellet grill.

    Another suggestion, if you can wait a while - Lone Star Grillz 20x42, seems to take the best things of most of the other higher-end smokers and put 'em into one grill.
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    Where can I get this GMG vertical cabinet?

    I'm just wondering if it's worth it to pay shipping vs driving down there. I know only I can answer that, just wondering aloud in case you have any input that might make me swing one way or the other. I figure shipping's going to be costly - like $500 or so to Omaha, NE and driving might cost...
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    Where can I get this GMG vertical cabinet?

    I was thinking about it - *IF*, and only if I got it, I'd probably forgo the off-road kit as it would be parked on my own back deck and just replace the gasser that I rarely use anymore. Saves $795 right there - $2260 is a lot more doable than $3055! So I threw my name onto the waiting list...
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    Where can I get this GMG vertical cabinet?

    test WOW - they took ALL the best ideas and ways of doing things from all the best grills: Yoder-like burnpot where the pellets drop far down eliminating burnback Removable burnpot like a Blaz'n (and maybe others) Downdraft air flow since the chimney opening is down low like a Dan Godke...
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    Where can I get this GMG vertical cabinet?

    Oh, if I could count the hours I've been looking at and drooling over a LSG vertical smoker! It's the smoker I aspire to get... Someday.
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    I quit smoking!!

    Nice! Good job! 🍻
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    Where can I get this GMG vertical cabinet?

    Hey chef jj and others - I emailed Smoke Daddy about the vertical smoker they have and asked about insulation in the double walls. He said there is none, and that if it was put in that the smoker would retain too much heat causing the firepot to flame out in summer temperatures. A concern I...
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