Pit Boss 820 Pro Series Black and Chestnut Pellet Grill Expired

Pit boss is owned by danner. They also make Louisiana grills. Joe traeger sold his company, Traeger, and designs the grills for danner. They warranty their grills for 5 years, which you will end up doing some repair in that time. I think they are best warranty wise or at least they were. Their customer service was always available when I called.

Pid controllers are excellent for holding accurate temperatures. They adjust feed rates and fan very accurately. Smoke flavor comes from smoldering pellets, caused by fluctuating temperatures. Pid controllers create less smokiness.

Pellet grills are good grills, not much smokiness when grilling. BUT, they stand out when you barbeque things for 3 to 20 hours. It is set and let it go. Just run a thermometer with a remote. I usually put things on the day before and let it go. My master built electric smoker made a little stronger smoke flavor, but I have to feed it wood every hour. Pellet grills you just let it go till the thermometer beeps at you. I use a tp20. It's absolutely cheating. Temps run from 150 in smoke mode to 500+ on high

My pitboss 820fb gets used 2 to 3 times a week. 2 1/2 years in I've had to replace the ignitor and flame pot. I'm using it right now. I use an old shop vac and vac it out one a month to clean it and use a grill brush on the grills and difuser/flame broiler . The grill grates are ceramic coated and don't rust and are as good as day 1. There is a p setting on non pid models, lower means more accurate temps, higher causes more amoke. Flame broilers are used 2 ways. Putting a.sear then slowing the cooker. Or slow cook and then putting a burn on it in a reverse sear. They are much better in not drying out meat when cooking.

You will not regret a pellet grill. I won't be going back. There is a small learning curve but once you figure out what you are doing. They are great. Get the cover.

Hope my beer drinking bbq session helps someone.

I wouldn't put a ton of value in a site like this. I used to run a ton of sites like these and they are just kind of tossed together with keywords and amazon referral links to generate referrals and revenue; rarely is a lot of actual research or testing done.

If you want some comparisons take a look on bbq forums or on reddit and consider the warranties and what they cover compared to how you plan to use your bbq.

I have this pitboss and it has ceramic grates.