Down to 3 choices of grills ..what's your pick?

[chopsaw]

I agree with Jake. Good advice.

 

[1MoreFord]

Another happy CampChef owner here. I have the 24SG. I did have to add a WiFi extender to get the WiFi working reliably but that was a cheap one from Amazon.

 

[DougE]

Camp Chef SG24 owner here and no regrets. It's a good cooker and does what it's supposed to do. I've had it almost a year and it gets used often several days a week.

 

[Rob79]

Exactly how big are these sg 24's. I cannot see them in person so I'd like some idea. Thanks

 

[DougE]

Exactly how big are these sg 24's. I cannot see them in person so I'd like some idea. Thanks

20x22 1/2 grate size, but you have a full size upper and lower grate.

She's a little dirty, but it sees a lot of use.

 

[Rob79]

20x22 1/2 grate size, but you have a full size upper and lower grate.

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Nice! Thanks so much for the dimensions. There's actually quite a bit of room in there. How do you like the sear function and smoke settings? Is the temp in 5's, 10's or 25's? How is the app and wifi? Would you say it has any hot spots. Thanks again

 

[DougE]

Nice! Thanks so much for the dimensions. There's actually quite a bit of room in there. How do you like the sear function and smoke settings? Is the temp in 5's, 10's or 25's? How is the app and wifi? Would you say it has any hot spots. Thanks again

Sear function works decent so long as you mostly keep what you're searing over the firepot. Temp adjustments are in 5 degrees. I like the smoke settings pretty well. You will get higher temp swings with higher smoke levels, but that's how these things work. App and WIFI have performed pretty much flawlessly. It probably has some hot spots, but I haven't really found a problem as far as that goes.

 

[Yopasjim]

What do you guys think of a used Daniel Boone for $600. There is one local to me

Rob, I have owned a Daniel Boone... it was a great smoker! So great of a smoker I sold it and purchased a Jim Bowie with all the bells and whistles! And I LOVE IT! I too am looking at the Pimp My Grill site. I purchased their tape sealer and that added to the cooking process as well! And ... this is very important ... the Green Mountain Grill customer service is excellent! No waiting on hold or "we will get back to you" (and never do). I have ALWAYS got a great response from the company. ALways! That will keep me coming back over and over! I have many other reasons why I love the smoker. Had it for two years ... NOT ONE PROBLEM!

 

[Rob79]

Rob, I have owned a Daniel Boone... it was a great smoker! So great of a smoker I sold it and purchased a Jim Bowie with all the bells and whistles! And I LOVE IT! I too am looking at the Pimp My Grill site. I purchased their tape sealer and that added to the cooking process as well! And ... this is very important ... the Green Mountain Grill customer service is excellent! No waiting on hold or "we will get back to you" (and never do). I have ALWAYS got a great response from the company. ALways! That will keep me coming back over and over! I have many other reasons why I love the smoker. Had it for two years ... NOT ONE PROBLEM!

Nice! Does the green mountain have a function for the smoke setting? Also, how is searing? Does the temp setting go by 5's or....? Thanks

 

[DougE]

Nice! Thanks so much for the dimensions

Any time. I'm not here to sway your decision to Camp Chef, I'm only showing you what you get if you go that route.

 

[Rob79]

Any time. I'm not here to sway your decision to Camp Chef, I'm only showing you what you get if you go that route.

Yes and I do appreciate that. I have it down to 3
Pit boss pro 850 for $549
Camp chef sg 24 for $675
Daniel Boone $599
All in my price range. Just need to make the call now. It's nice to hear everyone's recommendations

 

[Yopasjim]

Nice! Does the green mountain have a function for the smoke setting? Also, how is searing? Does the temp setting go by 5's or....? Thanks

Sorry for not responding right away... I had a very busy weekend. There is no "Smoke setting" per se on the smoker. But at 150 degrees (lowest setting) and with the use of a smoke tube, the meat gets plenty of smoke. I think the smoker gets up to 550 degrees. I had it up to 500 and that was plenty to sear a steak.

 

[Fraser]

just my $0.02:

I have a weber charcoal, blackstone, gas grill and my electric smoker.

Sounds like you’ve got the grilling and griddling covered (jealous of the Blackstone btw!). I’ve got a RecTec RT-680, obsolete. It has a new hotrod, auger motor, display/controller and wi-fi. Why? Their CS is for life! Yes, more $$ but something to consider.

 

[Rob79]

Thanks for all the replies! Still deciding lol. One minute i have my mind set next minute onto another grill. Was going with the grilla silverbac but now the gmg’s are on sale. How much room is in the ledge? They only have one rack. They have nice options that can be added. Are they a very heavy gauge steel. Sorry about all the questions but i want to make the correct decision

 

[DougE]

Sorry about all the questions but i want to make the correct decision

You sound a lot like me in analyzing every last detail when making a major purchase. With pellet grills, all the major players have excellent offerings. What it amounts to is picking the one that has the most features you want.

 

[Rob79]

Hahaha yes thats how i am. Just dont want to buy junk! I hear stories that green mountain quality is not great….the auger with the 12 volt system is very loud. Is there any truth to this?

 

[Nefarious]

Thanks for all the replies! Still deciding lol. One minute i have my mind set next minute onto another grill. Was going with the grilla silverbac but now the gmg’s are on sale. How much room is in the ledge? They only have one rack. They have nice options that can be added. Are they a very heavy gauge steel. Sorry about all the questions but i want to make the correct decision

Make sure you look at Pimp My Grill they have a sliding rack that can add 2 or 3 racks for the GMG. They have a new design that they claim will add a sliding sausage hanger to the rack. I would wait for pimpmygrill to release the new products before I would buy the rack system.

 

[DougE]

You have to realize these things have a fan running, an auger motor kicking in to feed pellets, and sort of a blast furnace sound from the firepot. None are silent, but I don't expect my CC is loud enough to wake a sleeping baby or anything.

 

[Nefarious]

Hahaha yes thats how i am. Just dont want to buy junk! I hear stories that green mountain quality is not great….the auger with the 12 volt system is very loud. Is there any truth to this?

You might check with civilsmoker he is a GMG owner.

 

[Brokenhandle]

Just bought a GMG Peak like a week or so ago. My 1st pellet smoker, while it does make some noise I don't know how it compares to others. But I have the option of adding a pizza oven attachment and a rotisserie also. Don't know of the others offer that but have several friends that I own one and all really like theirs.

And makes some mighty fine ribs!

Ryan