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    Cowboy Brand Pellets

    Cowboy lump charcoal is not the best in the world either. I have not seen cowboy pellets.
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    3 Butts and wicked beans

    What did they weigh each about? I always went for 8 pounders but Sams has only 10 pound plus now days.
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    First Pellet Smoker - Need Advice

    I was thinking I had seen adding wood chunks to the charcoal on a gravity feed system. Do a google on that.
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    Convert GMG to charcoal?

    A suggestion albeit I have not converted a pellet grill. Nor am I familiar with this grill you posted so this is a shot in the dark. A simple conversion is using a piece of expanded metal for the charcoal. I have made charcoal grills out of train air tanks for braking with this simple method...
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    Is it enough smoke?

    I have a wood smoker, my fifth one, that I built, and pellet grill-smoker. I built my wood smokers to stop using any smoker that smolders wood instead of burning wood. That is also the reason I do not use smoker tubes in my pellet grill. The pellet smoker is about 90% as smokey as my wood...
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    Is it enough smoke?

    Pellet brand and wood type are very important. Smoke temperature as well. Fruit wood is less smokey than Hickory as an example. Top brands to name a few: Smokey Woods Lumber Jack Smoke Mountain
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    Pit Boss Copperhead Onyx 4 | Running H ot

    You are well on your way to smoking perfection. Pellets brand make a difference. Here are my top brand choices. Not in any order. These are all good. Smokey Woods Oklahoma Joe's Smoke Mountain Lumber Jack
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    Pit Boss Copperhead Onyx 4 | Running H ot

    Inside any smoker be it wood fired or pellet there are hot place, perfect place, and cooler places. The trick to smoking is learn how to deal with them. Also think of the firebox like a candle. Put your hand right over the candle and it get's hot quick. Put your hand on the side and yoy can...
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    Pellet grill temperature disparity

    Just consider vent diameter and stack height.
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    Pellet grill temperature disparity

    My fan alters on and off. Even with the fan running full time my wood burner moves lot more air.
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    Pellet grill temperature disparity

    A wood burner moves a lot of air continuously. The pellet fan is off and on as needed.
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    Pellet grill temperature disparity

    The larger the smoker the more useful a dial thermometer is for cooking chamber temperature if placed right. That is because in wood burners, the bigger the smoker, the higher the airflow. Pellet smokers have very low air flow. They are often thin walled sides and top adding to the problem...
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    RecTeq Maintenance

    The killer of pellets and augers is water and or high humidity. Try Smokey Woods pellets or Oklahoma Joe's if you can find them. I like them better than lumber Jack albeit LJ are pretty darn good. I did a quick comparison between brisket and chuck roast price per pound after trimming and...
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    Pellet Grill thoughts?

    I was like you OP. I took my gas grilll grates out of my old gas grill and stacked me a set of fire bricks then used my old gas grill grates to make me a low charcoal grill. Then bought a pellet grill-smoker. On auger fires. keeping the pellet grill clean of built up ash, grease and old...
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    Pellet grill temperature disparity

    Smoke daddy has good support. Give them a call.
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