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[whitewalrus]

Admittedly I bought this several weeks ago, and this is my second cook since assembly. But I'll call it my latest purchase for sake of showing it off.


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Looks great! I?m sure you will enjoy. May want to pick up a blanket for it - welding blanket works if they don?t make a specific model for yours.


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[3beansalad]

Looks great! I?m sure you will enjoy. May want to pick up a blanket for it - welding blanket works if they don?t make a specific model for yours.


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I was surprised that it held temp so well on Saturday night, though I'm sure it burned more pellets than normal to do it.

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[Jer]

Admittedly I bought this several weeks ago, and this is my second cook since assembly. But I'll call it my latest purchase for sake of showing it off.


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Sweet! I upgraded my Green Mountain Grills Daniel Boone WiFi (which I loved) to an RT-590 and it's crazy how much better this thing is. I thought after reading lots of reviews online that it would be a better experience but I wasn't prepared for just how much better it was from something I already considered solid. Great machine and I have no problems recommending Recteq to people I know. A few have even been bought RT5-90's like mine and RT-700's like yours based on my experience.

[OctopusHighball]

I was surprised that it held temp so well on Saturday night, though I'm sure it burned more pellets than normal to do it.

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So mildly amusing story, I was at a relative's house last weekend and they were smoking wings and links on their new Traeger. It happens to be near zero that day, so he grabs a moving blanket to insulate the smoker... a cloth moving blanket. It ends exactly like you would expect, moving blanket in actual flames on the new Traeger. He was fortunate because only a few minutes before he moved it outside of the garage, but still the flames where close to catching the garage door frame on fire. He just happened to catch it flare up as he went out to check on it, so he threw the flaming blanket into his yard and burnt up the grass in a three foot area instead.

Good times.

[Jer]

I was surprised that it held temp so well on Saturday night, though I'm sure it burned more pellets than normal to do it.

These will take a little bit longer to get to temp (especially if you're doing higher temps like pizzas and such) and will go through more pellets to maintain it but they seem to do really well both of those, actually. I had a blanket on my previous smoker and I may make one for this one since Recteq doesn't offer them but I'm impressed so far this winter with how it's done w/o one. I'm not sure how many years of ownership I will need to use it to make up the cost of making a blanket for it versus just using slightly more pellets for colder temps.

If you don't care about patina just run it as is. If you want to keep that stainless looking clean you can add a 1" gasket around the perimeter for less than $20. Some think they'll get more smoke flavor but that's the wrong reason for doing this mod IMHO. If you want more smoke flavor get a tube or tray that adds smoke. For me, I love the lighter smoker profile of pellet smokers as I tend to me a minimalist on seasonings/rubs/brine/injection/smoke/etc and almost never use any of those. I like the flavor of the meat to come through with a compliment from those other crutches. In fact, I almost never do any of those and the results are generally fantastic. As an added bonus you can use the remaining gasket to line the underside of your pellet hopper. It doesn't really do anything other than give it a more solid and luxurious feel whenever you close it that makes it feel much more expensive than it is. It's just a small thing of course but might as well put the extra material to use somehow and I really like the result on mine.

[Jer]

So mildly amusing story, I was at a relative's house last weekend and they were smoking wings and links on their new Traeger. It happens to be near zero that day, so he grabs a moving blanket to insulate the smoker... a cloth moving blanket. It ends exactly like you would expect, moving blanket in actual flames on the new Traeger. He was fortunate because only a few minutes before he moved it outside of the garage, but still the flames where close to catching the garage door frame on fire. He just happened to catch it flare up as he went out to check on it, so he threw the flaming blanket into his yard and burnt up the grass in a three foot area instead.

Good times.

All to save about $0.43 in extra pellet consumption from the lower temps. lol

[Irving]

I was surprised that it held temp so well on Saturday night, though I'm sure it burned more pellets than normal to do it.

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I used my smoker last Saturday as well and despite having issues holding temp in the past in "normal" weather, I had a hard time keeping it from running as much as 100 degrees too high. It was wild.

[3beansalad]

I used my smoker last Saturday as well and despite having issues holding temp in the past in "normal" weather, I had a hard time keeping it from running as much as 100 degrees too high. It was wild.

These will take a little bit longer to get to temp (especially if you're doing higher temps like pizzas and such) and will go through more pellets to maintain it but they seem to do really well both of those, actually. I had a blanket on my previous smoker and I may make one for this one since Recteq doesn't offer them but I'm impressed so far this winter with how it's done w/o one. I'm not sure how many years of ownership I will need to use it to make up the cost of making a blanket for it versus just using slightly more pellets for colder temps.

If you don't care about patina just run it as is. If you want to keep that stainless looking clean you can add a 1" gasket around the perimeter for less than $20. Some think they'll get more smoke flavor but that's the wrong reason for doing this mod IMHO. If you want more smoke flavor get a tube or tray that adds smoke. For me, I love the lighter smoker profile of pellet smokers as I tend to me a minimalist on seasonings/rubs/brine/injection/smoke/etc and almost never use any of those. I like the flavor of the meat to come through with a compliment from those other crutches. In fact, I almost never do any of those and the results are generally fantastic. As an added bonus you can use the remaining gasket to line the underside of your pellet hopper. It doesn't really do anything other than give it a more solid and luxurious feel whenever you close it that makes it feel much more expensive than it is. It's just a small thing of course but might as well put the extra material to use somehow and I really like the result on mine.

I had been using my FiL's Traeger for the last month and it pissed me off so badly due to the huge fluctuations in temp, I had to spend the extra coin on the Recteq. I see a cold weather cover on the Recteq site that's always OOS. Based on my purchase experience I bet I could get one by calling in. Front shelf was OOS online, but they had no problem adding it to my order over the phone.

Burn in took forever to get to temp, let it run well over the suggested hour to compensate. Thanks for the seal link, I fire caulked the smoke stack before installation but hadn't thought of the lid(s.) If only to prevent leakage and keep it shiny!

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[colorider]

I’ve had a Traeger, a Green Mountain, and a year ago got a TecTeq 700. The RT-700 is by far a more superior product in every way. Wish I would have purchased it before the Green Mountain. Live and learn. It makes the Traeger and Green mountain look like easy bake ovens. Lol

[butnewa]

Been hearing that one a lot :-)
Even the sales person, who is also on the local FD asked to use it.

It actually weighs less than some of the smaller ones I was looking at...and we do have a lot of trees to clear.

It even came with coupons for the nearest ER ;-)

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