Want to buy a smoker, a few questions.

[Bigheaded]

So I selected the wrong card and didn't see the message until now that the order was unable to process *DOH* Before I resubmit it I thought I'd post what I'm ordering to see if maybe someone has a suggestion for something I should add. As best as I can tell all the BBQ gloves look to be about the same just with a different logo on them. And I know the Dalstrong knives aren't the best choice but I'm a sucker for how they look. I have a bit more change burning a hole in my pocket so I'm all ears if I'm missing anything good. I know I'm overthinking things here, as it is this is more than I need to get started.


Smokin' Pink Kraft Butcher Paper Roll | 24" x 200' (2400")

CAPPEC Universal A Style Meat Thermometer Probe Clip Holder

Overmont Camp Dutch Oven Cast Iron Lid 6QT(Pot+Lid)

Kosmos Q Garlic Parmesan Wing Dust

Kosmos Q Nashville HOT Wing Dust

24Pcs Cotton Gloves for Eczema and Dry Hands

DALSTRONG Boning Knife - 6" - Phantom Series

DALSTRONG Slicing & Carving Knife - 12" - Phantom Series

Kona Safe/Clean Wood Grill Scraper - Wooden BBQ Grill Cleaner Tool with Bottle Opener

Pulled Pork Shredder Claws

Weber 17137 Pecan Wood Chunks

Weber 17139 Apple Wood Chunks

Weber 17148 Hickory Wood Chunks

GRILLHOGS BBQ Basting Mop with Wooden Handle

Masterbuilt MB20080220 Gravity Series 560 Digital Charcoal Grill + Smoker Cover

BAR5F Empty Plastic Spray Bottles 16 oz, BPA-Free Food Grade

Lambert's Sweet Rub O' Mine

Lambert's Sweet Sauce O'Mine

OurWarm BBQ Grilling Gloves

Kamado Joe KJ-CS Ceramic Chicken Cooking Stand

Kamado Joe KJFS Fire Starters

 

[Bigheaded]

Okay, this thread is long enough already. Last update from me, I added an Inkbird Bluetooth temp probe and placed the order. When I tried placing it this morning the 22nd was the soonest for the smoker. But now the 20th came up, and somehow everything else I ordered will be here the same day. Originally I was shooting for $900 tops, I hit $1070. I suppose that's not too bad.

I also have the 1050 with no mods. Probably 40 cooks since I received it in Jan. Eeverything from 12 hr cooks to 700* reverse sear. Have a minor issue with the lid switch but have learned to manage it. Love this unit and glad I went with it. IMO, MB will probably offer a griddle option in the near future for the 560 and 1050. Alot of the complaints that I read were concerning damage during shipping and not the actual use/function of the unit. No regrets on my purchase at all.
Pull the trigger

Would be slick if they do make a griddle + heat diffuser, I'd 100% buy it. All the positive MB feedback here's reassuring, I saw tons of YT comments saying it's trash, one guy told me I'll be lucky if it lasts a year.

 

[JC in GB]

So I selected the wrong card and didn't see the message until now that the order was unable to process *DOH* Before I resubmit it I thought I'd post what I'm ordering to see if maybe someone has a suggestion for something I should add. As best as I can tell all the BBQ gloves look to be about the same just with a different logo on them. And I know the Dalstrong knives aren't the best choice but I'm a sucker for how they look. I have a bit more change burning a hole in my pocket so I'm all ears if I'm missing anything good. I know I'm overthinking things here, as it is this is more than I need to get started.


Smokin' Pink Kraft Butcher Paper Roll | 24" x 200' (2400")

CAPPEC Universal A Style Meat Thermometer Probe Clip Holder

Overmont Camp Dutch Oven Cast Iron Lid 6QT(Pot+Lid)

Kosmos Q Garlic Parmesan Wing Dust

Kosmos Q Nashville HOT Wing Dust

24Pcs Cotton Gloves for Eczema and Dry Hands

DALSTRONG Boning Knife - 6" - Phantom Series

DALSTRONG Slicing & Carving Knife - 12" - Phantom Series

Kona Safe/Clean Wood Grill Scraper - Wooden BBQ Grill Cleaner Tool with Bottle Opener

Pulled Pork Shredder Claws

Weber 17137 Pecan Wood Chunks

Weber 17139 Apple Wood Chunks

Weber 17148 Hickory Wood Chunks

GRILLHOGS BBQ Basting Mop with Wooden Handle

Masterbuilt MB20080220 Gravity Series 560 Digital Charcoal Grill + Smoker Cover

BAR5F Empty Plastic Spray Bottles 16 oz, BPA-Free Food Grade

Lambert's Sweet Rub O' Mine

Lambert's Sweet Sauce O'Mine

OurWarm BBQ Grilling Gloves

Kamado Joe KJ-CS Ceramic Chicken Cooking Stand

Kamado Joe KJFS Fire Starters

I would nix the shredder claws and invest in high temp BBQ gloves instead. (Is that the grilling gloves?)

A nice big cutting board and a meat scale or hanging weight scale would help if you get into curing and sausage making.

Also, post oak gives a nice flavor...

Everything else looks like a great start....

Be sure to post pics....

JC

 

[Bigheaded]

I would nix the shredder claws and invest in high temp BBQ gloves instead. (Is that the grilling gloves?)

A nice big cutting board and a meat scale or hanging weight scale would help if you get into curing and sausage making.

Also, post oak gives a nice flavor...

Everything else looks like a great start....

Be sure to post pics....

JC

No the gloves I got are some type of fabric and not water proof. So not idea for a hot juicy piece of meat. Orders already placed but I can order some silicon gloves. At this point what’s another $15?

And a cutting board! Can’t believe I didn’t think of that. Hummmm my $1070 will be $1200 if I’m not careful. Oh and I need an extention cord ugggggh, and I bought one of the cheaper smokers. This is dejavu from when I got into making pizzas.

 

[BBQ Bird]

Got an 800 a little over a month ago and I love it. No mods yet, but I might be looking at the manifold cover with the water pan supports. The griddle option was the thing that put it over the top for me.

 

[northernerscansmoketoo]

No the gloves I got are some type of fabric and not water proof. So not idea for a hot juicy piece of meat. Orders already placed but I can order some silicon gloves. At this point what’s another $15?

I use two types of gloves.

These ones are for grabbing super hot stuff like coals and metal while cooking (I use them to shake out the ash grate every once in awhile to get better airflow):


And then I have ones like these to grab a piece of meat that's hot to move it or feel it for doneness (some people can just grab the cooked meat with bare hands, but I haven't fried enough nerve endings in my fingers to get there yet):

 

[Bigheaded]

I have a question for anyone with a 560. For whatever reason I can’t get the order on Amazon to process. I don’t have access to anyone with a truck who can help me. Oh yeah lol I had a question.

I know the box wouldn’t fit, but if I took everything out of the box would it fit in the backseat of a newer Toyota Corolla? Home Depot and Walmart have it but it would be over a week to get it from either and the bbq bug’s about to kill me.

I looked up the dimensions and it’s too wide, but that’s with the control panel. If I gotta wait 10 days for it to ship so be it. But I’m ready to cram it in this car if it’ll fit. If anyone with it could measure the width of the body without the control panel that would be lovely. Pretty sure that would be the only piece that might not fit.

 

[BBQ Bird]

I have a question for anyone with a 560. For whatever reason I can’t get the order on Amazon to process. I don’t have access to anyone with a truck who can help me. Oh yeah lol I had a question.

I know the box wouldn’t fit, but if I took everything out of the box would it fit in the backseat of a newer Toyota Corolla? Home Depot and Walmart have it but it would be over a week to get it from either and the bbq bug’s about to kill me.

I looked up the dimensions and it’s too wide, but that’s with the control panel. If I gotta wait 10 days for it to ship so be it. But I’m ready to cram it in this car if it’ll fit. If anyone with it could measure the width of the body without the control panel that would be lovely. Pretty sure that would be the only piece that might not fit.

Don't know how the 560 is sold, but the 800 came with the hopper attached to the cook chamber. The shelf with the control panel was not attached.

I will say that shipping from Walmart for the 800 was the worst part of the process. Basically got it 4 weeks later than I expected. Mostly due to the local freight company that does the final shipment. Good luck.

 

[JCAP]

Don’t know about your area but the HD near me has vans and trucks that you can rent. For like 20bucks or so you could rent the truck, drive it home, then go back and drop off the truck.

 

[Bigheaded]

Don't know how the 560 is sold, but the 800 came with the hopper attached to the cook chamber. The shelf with the control panel was not attached.

I will say that shipping from Walmart for the 800 was the worst part of the process. Basically got it 4 weeks later than I expected. Mostly due to the local freight company that does the final shipment. Good luck.

Ugh lol, I ended up ordering from Bbqguys.com since stuff like this is what they specialize in hopefully the shipping will be better. But if it takes weeks what can I do? I think my idea about opening the box in the Home Depot parking lot and trying to cram everything into my friends car was a poorly thought out idea. Amazon would have had it here Saturday, but for whatever reason it kept denying the payment.

4 weeks you say? That’s gonna be my luck. I guess I should just relax and be patient. When it comes it comes.

Don’t know about your area but the HD near me has vans and trucks that you can rent. For like 20bucks or so you could rent the truck, drive it home, then go back and drop off the truck.

I didn’t even think of that, oh well too late now. I could cancel the order and do this but with my luck it’ll take a week for the $$$ to go back in my account so I have enough to buy it again. And by then with my luck HD will have sold the 1 they have in stock. And then I’ll be back to square 1. But that’s gonna be something I remember for the future. I have a tiny 2 door roadster so I can’t for squat in it.

Ironically the rest of the order from Amazon will be here Saturday. I did one order but for whatever reason just the smoker wouldn’t go thru, and I had more than enough funds.

 

[Bigheaded]

My goodness, still having problems, it's almost like God's telling me I shouldn't buy a smoker. All I wanted to change the contact number on the order BBQguys so the freight people could get ahold of me to set up the delivery. I was told it wouldn't be a problem to change, but it might add 1 day to the shipping due to having to wait for the number change to get approved, fine with me. Welp, for some reason their system saw the change as me wanting to cancel the order, it would have shipped Friday but got marked as returned. I gpt it worked out today and should be good, but it might be an extra 5 days now. I WANT RIBS!!! I told my neighbor, and they made the awesome suggestion to order some ribs from TGIF in the meantime to hold me over. They said "they have pretty good ribs" No, I mean they're edible, but no. I don't want oven baked ribs from a mostly crummy chain.

#1stworldproblems

I will say BBQGuys has some of the best customer service I've dealt with. Definitely impressed at how much effort they put in to get my measly $499 order corrected. Was going to be here on the 26th, now it's marked for the 1st. I'll have to assemble it and do both burn ins. So likely no ribs until the 2nd. But I have no problem eating ribs at 4AM on the 2nd if that's the soonest I can :D

I've never had so much trouble ordering something in my life. It would have been easier, and faster to get an illegal firearm lol. And with my luck I'll get a smoker that has a faulty switch (seems sort of semi common) so I won't be able to use it until MB sends me another * fingers crossed* maybe I won't ever have ribs lol.

 

[BBQ Bird]

My goodness, still having problems, it's almost like God's telling me I shouldn't buy a smoker. All I wanted to change the contact number on the order BBQguys so the freight people could get ahold of me to set up the delivery. I was told it wouldn't be a problem to change, but it might add 1 day to the shipping due to having to wait for the number change to get approved, fine with me. Welp, for some reason their system saw the change as me wanting to cancel the order, it would have shipped Friday but got marked as returned. I gpt it worked out today and should be good, but it might be an extra 5 days now. I WANT RIBS!!! I told my neighbor, and they made the awesome suggestion to order some ribs from TGIF in the meantime to hold me over. They said "they have pretty good ribs" No, I mean they're edible, but no. I don't want oven baked ribs from a mostly crummy chain.

#1stworldproblems

I will say BBQGuys has some of the best customer service I've dealt with. Definitely impressed at how much effort they put in to get my measly $499 order corrected. Was going to be here on the 26th, now it's marked for the 1st. I'll have to assemble it and do both burn ins. So likely no ribs until the 2nd. But I have no problem eating ribs at 4AM on the 2nd if that's the soonest I can :D

I've never had so much trouble ordering something in my life. It would have been easier, and faster to get an illegal firearm lol. And with my luck I'll get a smoker that has a faulty switch (seems sort of semi common) so I won't be able to use it until MB sends me another * fingers crossed* maybe I won't ever have ribs lol.

Sorry your smoker has been delayed. I know how you feel. When my 800 was shipped from Walmart, they gave me an estimated 2 week delivery date. However, when it got handed over to the local freight company for final delivery, I couldn't schedule a delivery until over a week later than the initial estimate.

So I took a half day off to meet the delivery, but they never showed. When I called the customer service line, they tell me the driver got sick and couldn't complete the delivery. They then give me a number to reach the local affiliate to call and reschedule. Called them 5 times in 5 days, left messages, no response. They finally answer after 6 days. Rescheduled delivery for a week later. On the day of delivery, they show up 2 hours early (before I'm home from work). Luckily my wife happened to be home and was able accept it. The online reviews for the local affiliate (Seattle area) are terrible. I sure hope your delivery experience is different than mine.

 

[Bigheaded]

The 560's a lot of damn work to put together, not really hard but a few of the things it was difficult for my fat fingers to get into position. It took me a lot longer than it should have, getting some of the panels and screw holes to line up gave me pains. Them giving you basically twist ties from loaves of bread to tidy up the cables is hilarious and so chinsy. From the negative things I've read about it, I really expected it to be flimsy and feel cheap. The box was super heavy, and as far as $500 goes I think it seems to be pretty well built. This is my first smoker so I have nothing to compare it to build quality wise, but I was pleasantly surprised once I got everything assembled. The power cord and brick are also hilariously cheap. This looks like a brick from an old cordless phone or something. I understand the cord's technically perfectly fine for this, but it's so thin and just seems like if I accidentally ran it over a few times it would be done. No cord storage like on the 800/1050 kind of sucks. Also no hooks on the front to hang the 2 chokers like on the 800/1050 kind of sucks too.

I haven't actually used it yet, but it powered on and connected with the iOS app, so hopefully everything will work tomorrow when I do the burn-in and seasoning.

 

[Bigheaded]

Damn I really can't win, I wanted to order 2 of the mods from LSS, the website's down until at least April 15th, and I know it's about a 3 week turn around from ordering until you get it. I might not be able to get them until the middle to end of May. Or longer if the site's down for longer than expected! :(


#1STWORLDPROBLEMS


Haven't cooked anything on mine yet, but my God it smelled so good when I was doing the burn-in & seasoning. I'm about to go throw in a few wood chunks and do another seasoning just because. I know wood isn't required for either, but I wanted my neighbors to smell it lol. Whenever I smell a neighbor BBQ'ing I get a little jealous and hungry.