My first go round with my new Pitboss vertical pellet pooper

[fxsales1959]

Not writing a novel this time. Definitely not a set it and forget it, but once used to the idiocyncracies, I might be able to work with it.
5lb Boston butt.
sitting wrapped in cooler for shredding for football sammies tomorrow with Carolina Sauce

 

[babydocsmoke]

Looks great!

 

[mike243]

Looks good from here, what kind of problems did you run into?

 

[912smoker]

Sure looks like a win from here!

Keith

 

[fxsales1959]

Looks good from here, what kind of problems did you run into?

no serious "problems" very obtuse temperature issues. as with most poopers lack of smoke.

 

[Fueling Around]

Looks good John

I have a Masterbuilt pellet pooper that is a cheap throw together that resembles a cross bred Traeger and PitBoss . Funny they don't make them anymore.
Temperature control is terrible. Once I can get it to settle down it does OK, but not a walk away for very long as it may have a tantrum.

A smoke tube is a must for a pellet pooper. Run a mix of pellets and chips. Friend of mine runs 2 smoke tubes in his pellet pooper.

 

[DougE]

May just be me, but I find the lesser smoke flavor with a pellet cooker vs a stick burner to be a fair tradeoff for convenience sake.

 

[texomakid]

Looks like a winner from here. I've only ever used 1 pellet cooker so I don't know if the cooker can make any difference in smoke flavor? Once I stopped trying to make the same flavor profile as a stick burner I found more success in my pellet cooks. I also try to used 100% pellets when available. I hope your pellet experience improves. I love mine.

 

[BrianGSDTexoma]

Nice bark

 

[Delta 1]

Looks like a winner from here. I've only ever used 1 pellet cooker so I don't know if the cooker can make any difference in smoke flavor? Once I stopped trying to make the same flavor profile as a stick burner I found more success in my pellet cooks. I also try to used 100% pellets when available. I hope your pellet experience improves. I love mine.

Thanks

 

[mike243]

Wife can't take the heavy smoke these days so the pellet smoker gets used more these days. I add a tube with pellets and hickory bark in it.

 

[DRKsmoking]

Now John that is a pretty picture
And with the Carolina Sauce, sounds like some good eats

David

 

[Smoking Audi]

Pellet does seem to produce less smoke than a stick burner. You can drop the temp to the 180-200 F range to get optimal smoke from a pellet. You can also add a smoke tube as well that will give you about 4 hours of smoke.