First cook on the Recteq beast.

[forktender]

It was a little rushed for time, so I ran the temps up to 285*.
Our local store had beef short ribs on sale for $5.00 a pound, and chicken thighs for but one pk get the next for free. I started to short ribs first, with S&P, ran them at 285* for about 4.5 hrs . Then added the thighs seasoned with Heath Rile's Peach Jalapeno & a little Garlic Jalapeno. Ran the thighs for 50 minutes at 285* then bumped the temps up to 400* to crisp up the skin a bit before saucing with Kinders Chipotle Pineapple sauce.
All and all I was happy with the performance of the grill and app, although the smoke flavor was very subtle due to the higher temps and relatively short cook time.
I need to experiment with temps and time, when Im not as rushed next time.
Here are a few photos.

 

[normanaj]

All certainly looks good.

 

[Gonna Smoke]

Great looking food Dan! At that price on the ribs, I'd have loaded up...

 

[BrianGSDTexoma]

Nice Dan. You going to be glad you got the top rack. Food looks good.

 

[chopsaw]

Food looks great . I'd be stocking up on those ribs at 5 bucks a pound .
Love me some chicken thighs too .
Next time by Kinders see if they have this one . Has a lemon hint to it .


I wouldn't be worried about the smoke profile first cook . Get it seasoned up .
Always a learning curve / adjustment as you know .

 

[sawhorseray]

THAT'S ONE HELL OF A INITIAL COOK, EVERYTHING LOOKS WONDERFUL DAN. LOOKS LIKE ENOUGH GRILL SPACE TO FEED A SMALL ARMY, ENJOY THE LEARNING CURVE. IF I WAS EVER GOING TO GET A COOKER THAT REQUIRED A WALL PLUG IT'D BE A RECTEC, ROCK SOLID REPUTATION.

 

[forktender]

Great looking food Dan! At that price on the ribs, I'd have loaded up...

I would have, but I bought six 3 bone plates during their sale/ same price.
And I still have four in the freezer.
And not much space, I'm waiting on their next tri tip sale to fill up the extra space.

 

[forktender]

Food looks great . I'd be stocking up on those ribs at 5 bucks a pound .
Love me some chicken thighs too .
Next time by Kinders see if they have this one . Has a lemon hint to it .
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I wouldn't be worried about the smoke profile first cook . Get it seasoned up .
Always a learning curve / adjustment as you know .

I've used that, and really like it on chicken and pork ribs.

Yeah, I'm not to worried about the lack of smoke taste yet. And I have a few tricks up my sleeve, to help out if needed down the road.

Thanks.
Dan.

 

[forktender]

THAT'S ONE HELL OF A INITIAL COOK, EVERYTHING LOOKS WONDERFUL DAN. LOOKS LIKE ENOUGH GRILL SPACE TO FEED A SMALL ARMY, ENJOY THE LEARNING CURVE. IF I WAS EVER GOING TO GET A COOKER THAT REQUIRED A WALL PLUG IT'D BE A RECTEC, ROCK SOLID REPUTATION.

Thank you, it has a LOT more room than my C.Chef had. Ill rarely fill it.
But it really didn't seem to use much more pellets than the C.C. used . Im sure it has to use more,but it didn't seem like a ridiculous amount.
Thanks.
Dan

 

[forktender]

Nice Dan. You going to be glad you got the top rack. Food looks good.

I like the app, once I figured out to download it. I had to do the walk away method to get it to connect.
The thinking behind the method is the 2.4hz band travels further, so when you walk away, the 5hz router drops down to 2.4hz and it connects, it worked perfectly the first try .
Thanks.
Dan

 

[forktender]

All certainly looks good.

It could've been better, and will once I dail this beast in
I was happy with it being a first smoke.
Once it gets seasoned up a bit more.
The grills performance was awesome though, itholds a much mor consistent temp throughout the cook.

Thanks .
Dan

 

[jcam222]

Tasty plate!! I'm getting closer and closer to getting a pellet grill , these posts keep nudging me. Love my other cookers but sometimes just want to set a temp and go lol

 

[912smoker]

Great deal and a great cook Dan!
You'll have her dailed in to your preference in no time!

Keith

 

[Brokenhandle]

Nice cook Dan! You'll love that thing before long! Probably already do!

Ryan

 

[Rafter H BBQ]

Heck of a maiden voyage on the new pit Dan. Everything looks mighty tasty, nicely done!

 

[sandyut]

Great looking inaugural cook Dan!

What pellets are you running? I use Lumberjack Competition blend and they have a good flavor.

Cookinpellets were very low flavor, tried a few others but forgot which ones.

 

[SMOKEOCD]

Very nice. Just run Lo at the beginning of a cook to give more smoke then crank it up. There’s not really a need to resort to smoke tubes or anything else. It’s a pellet smoker, tasty food, less smoke than an offset.