Jun, how many pellet grill customer services have you used? Serious question.

Pellet smokers are not self- cleaning.

RecTec is also all stainless steel so it will not rust out like the others in a few years.

Bought for daughter and got $100 off with Amazon card. Card will go in shredder when it gets here.

Just req tec. When the owner calls you on a Sunday, or they replace any part no questions asked. They earn my business. I haven’t had any major issues with my grill, but when I do call I get an answer within 30 mins even after hours.

^^^ he's right you know .

I have a traeger, havent particularly found a big diff between pellets by brand or flavor...

I only clean my ash out once a year if even and its not hard.

Now that I got a Ninja foodi I use my bbq much less.

I have found some of the pellets have "other woods' in them and they do not burn as consistent as 100% hardwood. I personally only use 100% hickory. It burns consistent, and holds temp better. The mixed woods, the temp can swing 40º to 50º.

Look at the Masterbuilt 560 Gravity fed smokers. It's the next best thing to an off set cooker and they should be marked down now. You can thank me latter

Trust me, save your money and get a Rec Teq. I think they even offer financing. We had a Masterbuit, Bradley, and a GreenMountain Grill. Our new RecTeq Bull is by far the BEST smoker we have bought. It is built much better with stainless steel, has extremely accurate temp control and unheard of customer service. It isn’t uncommon for one of the owners to call you personally. If you are into FB, check out any of the RecTeq pages. It’s a treasure trove of opinions, information and recipes. We are probably 10 cooks in, every meal fantastic and have not regretted the cost at all. In fact, we are saving money but not buying BBQ from our favorite BBQ places because ours is sooooooo much better now.

I have a PitBoss and do NOT recommend it. The temperature measured on the grate varies ~85 degrees from left to right. The temperature dial, on mine at least, jumps from 250-300. There is not a 275 degree option. Mine has a "smoke setting" but the fire almost always goes out on that setting. Mine needs to be shop vac'd after ~8 hours of smoke time, but I find myself doing it before every cook because the fire gets squirrely otherwise.

All that being said, I've enjoyed the heck out of my PitBoss Pro820 series. It's been a great gateway to get me into BBQ'ing, but there are better options out there for a comparable price.

I'm using B&B brand pellets in the Oak and Competition Blend flavors. I've tried others, but B&B has produced the best taste for us.

I was looking at the Green Mountain but nobody would ship one. Pick up only. I called RecTec just to see if they had it in stock and whatnot. They owner ended up talking to me for about 30 minutes going over the whole thing. Real nice guy. Bought the RecTec right then and glad I did. It's been great.

That's what I've been using. I really like the comp blend. Our Buccees just started carrying the B&B oak. I'm going to get a bag of those.

The post oak pellets are my "go-to" when I'm wanting a heavier smoke flavor. The difference between the two is significant. Also buying @Buccees.

Pitts and Spits maverick. Heavy 7 gauge steel. Hand welded in Houston. I have two 1250 one at lake and one at home. These are lifetime cookers. Good luck.