Hello all,
The past 2 years I've been using a Masterbuilt propane smoker at my in-laws out in the country (currently in an apartment). My wife and I are looking to buy a house in the near future and pretty much the first purchase I want to make afterwards is a new smoker. Looking at a pellet smoker mainly for temperature control.
Willing to spend up to $1000. The main things I'm looking for are quality of build and consistent temps. I tend to do mostly Brisket/Burnt Ends and Pork Butts, but have dabbled in other things. Searing is not super important to me as a part of the Pellet smoker.
After doing a lot of research I've sort of narrowed it down to the Rec Tec Stampede vs. The Grilla Silverbac.
From what I can tell the Rec Tec has a slight advantage in material construction and has a PID controller, and is $900. (It also has wi-fi but that's not super important to me)
The Silverbac has the double wall insulation and a longer warranty (4yr vs 2yr), but has a smaller hopper (20# vs 30#) and no PID controller. It is $750.
The main thing I'm concerned about with the Silverbac is the non-PID. They have a page on their site (https://grillagrills.com/pid-controllers/) that claims that a PID controller is actually worse, but that may just be marketing propaganda. Is not having a PID controller fine? Does anyone know if the Silverbac maintains its temps well?
Finally, are there any other dark horses that I'm missing that are similar price and quality? I was intrigued when I saw the Louisiana Grills 900 grill (with the cold smoker box - which I probably wouldn't use) on sale at Costco for $799... seems like a great deal but I wasn't sure how the quality of those compared to Rec Tec / Grilla.
Thanks for the help everyone - probably still a couple months away but I like to do my research ahead of time ;)
The past 2 years I've been using a Masterbuilt propane smoker at my in-laws out in the country (currently in an apartment). My wife and I are looking to buy a house in the near future and pretty much the first purchase I want to make afterwards is a new smoker. Looking at a pellet smoker mainly for temperature control.
Willing to spend up to $1000. The main things I'm looking for are quality of build and consistent temps. I tend to do mostly Brisket/Burnt Ends and Pork Butts, but have dabbled in other things. Searing is not super important to me as a part of the Pellet smoker.
After doing a lot of research I've sort of narrowed it down to the Rec Tec Stampede vs. The Grilla Silverbac.
From what I can tell the Rec Tec has a slight advantage in material construction and has a PID controller, and is $900. (It also has wi-fi but that's not super important to me)
The Silverbac has the double wall insulation and a longer warranty (4yr vs 2yr), but has a smaller hopper (20# vs 30#) and no PID controller. It is $750.
The main thing I'm concerned about with the Silverbac is the non-PID. They have a page on their site (https://grillagrills.com/pid-controllers/) that claims that a PID controller is actually worse, but that may just be marketing propaganda. Is not having a PID controller fine? Does anyone know if the Silverbac maintains its temps well?
Finally, are there any other dark horses that I'm missing that are similar price and quality? I was intrigued when I saw the Louisiana Grills 900 grill (with the cold smoker box - which I probably wouldn't use) on sale at Costco for $799... seems like a great deal but I wasn't sure how the quality of those compared to Rec Tec / Grilla.
Thanks for the help everyone - probably still a couple months away but I like to do my research ahead of time ;)