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I see Menards has the Pit Boss 820. The price is $499. Does anyone have experience with this pellet grill? Dansen makes the grill for Menards. Looks like a Trailer knock off. Any suggestions or reviews would be appreciated.
Sounds good! You may be the first member here to own one of those...so I'll be interested to hear what you have to say about it.Ya I called Dansen about their Pit Boss. 1 yr warranty and weighs about 145#. The rep told me it should cost about $650 but Menards will sell for $499. Same features as the Traeger bit goes to 500 degrees. I'll probably pull the trigger when I can and possibly do a write up.
I'm one that likes best bang for the buck. If I can get Traeger quality but for less. Well then...
i do have to say, everything that you can do on a smoker you can do on the weber kettle grills, especially when you get into the 27.75" and then ranch kettle which is 42" i thinkHeck I think I'm better off buying the Weber Performer Platinum. Save for Green Mountain Daniel Boone.
Congrats jamyj! I've not seen one of those pits yet, but it sounds like a good pit at a good price. I'd love to hear a little more about it (controller, temp range, smoke production, capacity, etc.), and see some pics of it in action.
Bought this grill/smoker (Pitboss 820) at Menards on Tuesday and am very impressed so far with the quality. It is heavy duty steel with a nice powder-coat finish. Got up early Wednesday and assembled it, did the initial start up and burn off on high for about 30 minutes (it got up to temp fast btw), then threw a pork butt on about 1030 am and smoked it for about 9 hours. The pulled pork was amazing. I used a mix of pitboss pellets, apple and hickory. I really wanted a Rec-Tec, but couldn't justify spending $1000 when I already had a really good, $500 gas grill (Tru-Infared Performance series), but when I saw the pitboss for 499 and it looked very solid, I couldn't resist. I doubt you can find a better pellet grill for under $600. Sure, the warranty is only 1 year parts, but I can buy TWO of them for the price of a Traeger Texas Grill or Rec-Tec, and it's comparable in size to both. It gets hotter than the Traeger too, from what I've read, but maybe not as hot as the Rec-Tec. I still have my gas grill for high heat grilling, but will use this for smoking and roasting. I LOVE IT so far and feel I got a great deal. Best of luck and happy grilling!
That sucks about the Menards pitboss smoker as well as the customer service!
Hey guys, after using it 3 times I've got to retract my comments about the Pitboss 820 from Menards. I can't get it to hold lower temperatures. On the "smoke" setting it routinely climbs into the 280-290 range. And set at 200 degrees (lowest cook setting) it floats between 220 and 270. Also Dansen's customer service is not helpful at all. Taking it back today and ordering a Rec-Tec. Happy Grilling
Sorry to hear it jamyj. I think we come to expect great customer service from most vendors in the BBQ/Smoking world...it's surprising when I hear of one of them not standing behind their product with good customer service. You won't have to worry about that with Rec Tec...they're good people with outstanding customer service.
Hey guys, after using it 3 times I've got to retract my comments about the Pitboss 820 from Menards. I can't get it to hold lower temperatures. On the "smoke" setting it routinely climbs into the 280-290 range. And set at 200 degrees (lowest cook setting) it floats between 220 and 270. Also Dansen's customer service is not helpful at all. Taking it back today and ordering a Rec-Tec. Happy Grilling