Green Mountain Grills Peak Prime 2.0

[xseler]

This was delivered this afternoon. Finally gonna put my filing cabinet smoker and 20yr old Weber natural gas grill to pasture. I'm thinking that I'll really like the pellets and the WifFi controls. Now to read the book on how to setup/use this new fangled piece of equipment!!

 

[Shadowrider]

Do yourself a favor and get a smoke tube right now. I load mine with pellets and Jack Daniels oak chips. I have a Big Green Egg and a Pit Boss pellet grill. A buddy has a BGE and a top end Traeger pellet grill. Both of us are disappointed in the amount of smoke with the pellet grills and the BGEs are clearly better for smoke flavor. That's pretty much the only caveat, The pellet grills do cook good and are definitely convenient, and we are glad to have them, but we both tend to go the the BGE if it's an expensive cut of meat. A smoke tube definitely helps add more smoke to your cooks. Pellet grills burn so efficiently there isn't a lot of smoke to be had. Other than that they are pretty good and that one you bought ought to be fantastic as far as pellet grills go.

Now you need to get up to speed on pellets. If you are a Sam's club member the pellets they sell are by far the best deal out there, all hardwoods and no alder or other fillers. Next up is Jealous Devil Jax pellets, I get those from Walmart and have them shipped. Everything else is way more expensive and the juice just isn't worth the squeeze. Most are mostly just alder for the most part. Alder isn't bad for smoking but it ain't hickory, cherry or oak.

 

[xseler]

Do yourself a favor and get a smoke tube right now. I load mine with pellets and Jack Daniels oak chips. I have a Big Green Egg and a Pit Boss pellet grill. A buddy has a BGE and a top end Traeger pellet grill. Both of us are disappointed in the amount of smoke with the pellet grills and the BGEs are clearly better for smoke flavor. That's pretty much the only caveat, The pellet grills do cook good and are definitely convenient, and we are glad to have them, but we both tend to go the the BGE if it's an expensive cut of meat. A smoke tube definitely helps add more smoke to your cooks. Pellet grills burn so efficiently there isn't a lot of smoke to be had. Other than that they are pretty good and that one you bought ought to be fantastic as far as pellet grills go.

Now you need to get up to speed on pellets. If you are a Sam's club member the pellets they sell are by far the best deal out there, all hardwoods and no alder or other fillers. Next up is Jealous Devil Jax pellets, I get those from Walmart and have them shipped. Everything else is way more expensive and the juice just isn't worth the squeeze. Most are mostly just alder for the most part. Alder isn't bad for smoking but it ain't hickory, cherry or oak.

The pellets I bought are from JR's BBQ in Moore. They are a combo of hard maple, hickory, cherry, and apple. In the past, I usually smoked with either cherry or apple, so these should have a flavor profile that I'm used to. The brand is Okinpellets. They were $32 for 40lbs.

This unit has a temp range from 150* to 550*. I figured that I could start low and slow, then crank up the temp to finish it up.

 

[Chief Sapulpa]

With that window I thought it was a media blaster.

 

[Shadowrider]

The pellets I bought are from JR's BBQ in Moore. They are a combo of hard maple, hickory, cherry, and apple. In the past, I usually smoked with either cherry or apple, so these should have a flavor profile that I'm used to. The brand is Okinpellets. They were $32 for 40lbs.

This unit has a temp range from 150* to 550*. I figured that I could start low and slow, then crank up the temp to finish it up.

That place has good stuff, I just hate paying that much. Those at Sam's are half that price and you go through them fairly fast. I'm a titewad. lol

 

[Rez Exelon]

That place has good stuff, I just hate paying that much. Those at Sam's are half that price and you go through them fairly fast. I'm a titewad. lol

Lowes had some pitboss or something down to $5 a bad last year and I bought as many off that pallet as I could reasonable sneak past the wife. Bagged them up in lawn bags and stacked them in my back alley till it was time to use and they were all good to go. #TitewadRespectClub

 

[CHenry]

The pellets I bought are from JR's BBQ in Moore. They are a combo of hard maple, hickory, cherry, and apple. In the past, I usually smoked with either cherry or apple, so these should have a flavor profile that I'm used to. The brand is Okinpellets. They were $32 for 40lbs.

This unit has a temp range from 150* to 550*. I figured that I could start low and slow, then crank up the temp to finish it up.

I been using a pellet grill for over 25 years, Treager first- loved it. Now the GMG and the Treager wasnt done, I just wanted to upgrade. I buy pellets on Amazon now, tried all different brands, no difference but price, food grade wood is FGW, period. I also bought a smoke tube, used it once, wasnt impressed, gave it a second try and now its somewhere in the city landfill. I get plenty smoke from just the smoker. Try your own stuff and dont listen to all the opinions or you'll run in circles but you wont screw anything up experimenting. Smoking is a personal preference so experiment and decide what works for you.
I like Hickory and Oak for eveything beef, pork or fish. You might try and like other woods for different meats.