The 800s are now for sale on mbs website. They were only at Walmart until I guess This week. They’ve been out of stock for almost 2 months now. I’ve been checking for them every few days. Just happened to go on mb web site and they’re in stock there now.
You sure? Maybe I need to clear my cache, but Im showing them as only having the 560 and 1050.
When the briquettes get low you will see the combustion process in the gravity bin that you would not normally see when the bin has a higher fill level of briquettes.
There's always a fire burning in the bottom of the bin.
Was the fan blowing?
You can put your hand across the fan housing and tell if it's running/blowing air.
If your set temp was stable then the fan should not blow until/unless more heat was needed to match your temp setting.
If your gravity bin was 1/4 or more full and you saw flames then something bad is happening.
If so, I think your temp readings would skyrocket right quick.
If that happened then you need/ed to insert the shut down plates to put out the fire.
So I picked up the 1050 yesterday. Got around to doing my burn-in today. After round 1, I opened the lid and noticed a lot of ash coating all the grates and the inside of the lid. I figured it was the first run, so I wiped it down. And did it again. Opened the lid. Ash, same as the first. I can understand a little bit of ash from a charcoal grill, but this seems excessive. Running my finger across the grates makes my hands dirty, and I wouldn't want that on my food.
Is this normal? Does it go away? I didn't put it together, Ace Hardware did. Did they put it together properly? Can someone speak to the volume of ash in the cooking chamber with this grill?
TIA!
- Nayston
So I picked up the 1050 yesterday. Got around to doing my burn-in today. After round 1, I opened the lid and noticed a lot of ash coating all the grates and the inside of the lid. I figured it was the first run, so I wiped it down. And did it again. Opened the lid. Ash, same as the first. I can understand a little bit of ash from a charcoal grill, but this seems excessive. Running my finger across the grates makes my hands dirty, and I wouldn't want that on my food.
Is this normal? Does it go away? I didn't put it together, Ace Hardware did. Did they put it together properly? Can someone speak to the volume of ash in the cooking chamber with this grill?
TIA!
- Nayston
I understand that, but it seems excessive. See the pictures. In one of the pictures I wiped my finger over some of the grates just to see the difference. I've cooked with charcoal before and it's never been like this. It's basically eating ash. How can this really be normal?
I agree. My guess is that your charcoal is kicking off a lot more ash than normal. The only other thing would be if your fan is running full blast at all times. However, that would kick your temps up well over the set temp. Does the 1050 hold a steady temp? If so, when at temp, does the fan slow way down (it should)?The only thing I think you can really do is change up your fuel and see if it helps. That does seem like a lot.
Long time reader and first time poster. I've read through a majority of this thread and have read a lot about the Char-Griller 980 as well. I'm considering the MB 1050 vs the CG 980. For those who own the 1050 do you feel that MB cleaned up most of their design or material quality changes enough from the 560?
For reference I have watched Tom Horseman's comparison of the 560 vs 980 but am wondering if MB has improved the elements he points out that tip the scales to the CG980 over the MB560.
that is kind of a loaded question. the 1050 is superior to the 560. better overall construction in general, but the main components are the same, unless they have changed some things that they are not listing on their site.
I think the 980 may be a superior product to the 1050 at this point, but I would really like to see some guys do some cooks on it.