Pit Boss Austin XL... Anything better for $500 or less?

[siege]

I have a Pit Boss XL pro 1100, and am very happy with it. If I had seen an Austin for $349 before I bought it, I would have been on it like white on rice. The difference is minor, and I could have $200 more to spend on meat.

 

[acd4476]

Picked up an austin xl at walmart for $200. Figured at that point I had to buy it. Have a MES 30. Looking forward to trying the pellet grill

 

[siege]

You didn't buy it for $200...You stole it.! Awesome deal, you will love it. The learning curve isn't bad, but read the directions thoroughly. The rest will fall right into place.
Congrats =)

 

[tau2427]

Save your money and buy a real smoker (Recteq, Traeger, Webber, Camp Chef...etc.) Pit Boss customer support lies, they're built cheap and have faulty parts. I've had an Austin XL for 3 months and for the last month it has been un-usable. First the control board failed, then once it was replaced, we turn it on and then the Igniter failed. We called customer support and they said we will get the part right out to you. Its now 2 weeks later and the part hasn't shipped. I received an email on 7/30 that they had gotten the part in on the morning of 7/28 and the part still hasn't shipped as of 7/31. We learned our lesson and I ordered a Recteq yesterday which will be here well before the replacement igniter.

 

[normanaj]

@tau2427 you're responding to a 7 year old thread.