For those looking, check the lawn and garden centers, sometimes in the outer sections where the plants normally are. Some stores have pretty much cleared out all their grilling items, others are still working on it.
Links for the grill.
https://brickseek.com/walmart-inv...=64328124
https://www.walmart.com/ip/Cuisin.../643281242
Also found the cover for this discounted ($30 vs $50) at some stores as well
https://brickseek.com/walmart-inv...=96919872
https://www.walmart.com/ip/Cuisin.../969198723
Product info
https://www.cuisinart.c
Some reviews of grill on YouTube
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q...and
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s...ife
Whole series of videos on this grill and features / maintenance
https://www.youtube.com/channel/U...HWA/videos
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I've noticed a trend in the BBQ smoker market. Companies are releasing 'smart' smokers with features like automatically brisket feeding, and bluetooth remote monitoring of internal temperatures. The problem is the first generations are horrible. They put in thin sheet metal that rusts out, install plastic fans in 700F+ BBQs, flakey bluetooth hardware that isn't weather or heat resistant, and fail to properly shield and insulate electric components from the heat of the BBQ. So you have a BBQ that rusts out, has melting parts, and 4-5 electric components that constantly fail. I suspect we are 5+ years away from a 'smart' bbq that isn't trash.
At $200 instead of $600 it makes for a good toy. It would be a tictok style challenge to challenge a buyer to research all of it's flaws and impliment hacks to solve them all. Such as painting the sheet metal panels that rust out with quality high temp paint when it's new. Sheilding the electronic components with insulation, and such. It would probably still fail in the end. Too many problems with unclear solutions.
Here's a link to some of the cuts I've done in the past. Quality pellets definitely go a long way to getting a decent bark. I use it probably every other weekend. Not once have I had any issues with it going out and having to reignite manually.
I always empty the burn box/ ash after every use. I keep the hopper loaded even when not in use although there is a way to empty it using the built in mechanism.
Hopper holds about 20lbs so more than enough for just about any smoke at low temps. Ive only used it at temps above 250 a handful of times because it really eats through pellets at higher temps. I keep it covered with a nice cover from Costco anytime it is not in use. So far no rust. I'm in the Midwest. It's worked fine while getting rained on.
Holds temps beautifully within about 5 degrees of what you set it to. Bluetooth works but you need basically clear line of sight. It does not go through walls very well.
I'm happy to answer any specific questions anyone might have.
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I went to my local store and they have 4 in stock. On brickseek it says 199.
I asked about it but they don't have a bat code other than the one that brings them online. The online price is over $400.
When I click on the brickseek view barcode it says sorry can't find item.
Is there a way to get them to price it at $200 since it is $200 on brick seek at the same location?
I had a smaller size traeger and I hated it. The pellets stuck in the pellet holder, it didn't hold a lot of pellets so it ran out frequently, it stopped burning the pellets frequently but the auger continued to run. Does this unit do any of those things? Can it grill decently?
Thanks in advance.
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Here's a link to some of the cuts I've done in the past. Quality pellets definitely go a long way to getting a decent bark. I use it probably every other weekend. Not once have I had any issues with it going out and having to reignite manually.
I always empty the burn box/ ash after every use. I keep the hopper loaded even when not in use although there is a way to empty it using the built in mechanism.
Hopper holds about 20lbs so more than enough for just about any smoke at low temps. Ive only used it at temps above 250 a handful of times because it really eats through pellets at higher temps. I keep it covered with a nice cover from Costco anytime it is not in use. So far no rust. I'm in the Midwest. It's worked fine while getting rained on.
Holds temps beautifully within about 5 degrees of what you set it to. Bluetooth works but you need basically clear line of sight. It does not go through walls very well.
I'm happy to answer any specific questions anyone might have.
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I went to my local store and they have 4 in stock. On brickseek it says 199.
I asked about it but they don't have a bat code other than the one that brings them online. The online price is over $400.
When I click on the brickseek view barcode it says sorry can't find item.
Is there a way to get them to price it at $200 since it is $200 on brick seek at the same location?
I had a smaller size traeger and I hated it. The pellets stuck in the pellet holder, it didn't hold a lot of pellets so it ran out frequently, it stopped burning the pellets frequently but the auger continued to run. Does this unit do any of those things? Can it grill decently?
Thanks in advance.
I thought the build quality was pretty good. Ash clean out worked good.
As far as bad things go, Bluetooth is almost useless. Terrible range.
The burner is on the right side of the grill so it is fairly uneven on temps from left to right.
I had issues with water getting into the hopper/auger and jamming the auger due to pellets swelling up. I caulked the base of the hopper where it met the auger assembly and that seemed to resolve it.
I never used the griddle or the other two inserts.
Definitely a good grill for $200. At regular price, I'd probably get something else though.
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Other brands have sliding heat plates for direct sear.
My pit boss has a fixed plate.
Smoking is fine, but really have to crank it for sear.
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