We purchased our Pit Boss on a whim. I’ll be trustworthy with you, I had no intention of even shopping for one. My buddy Sean acquired one for Christmas, and we have been speaking about it and the way compact it was.
A number of days later he was at our native huge field retailer and referred to as to say they nonetheless had one on the shelf. I requested if he might seize it for me and we might settle up later that night. I’m actually glad I did.
Pit Boss Initial Set Up
Right out of the field it was heavier than I used to be anticipating. Not so heavy that it’s cumbersome, however heavy sufficient that you understand immediately it’s going to final a number of seasons.
Putting it collectively took possibly 10 minutes, 3 of which have been as a result of I by no means learn the instructions. You solely should put the legs and the handles on it if you take it out of the field. I used to be pleased to see that all of them connect with screws and never pop clips.
The grill rack is giant sufficient to place a 5 pound brisket contained in the grilling chamber, which is superior as a result of brisket is my factor. The hopper for the wooden pellets holds a very first rate quantity of gas, and priming the feed screw solely took a minute.
Only factor left to do is a 30 minute burn to wash any residue from the construct course of off and it’s able to go.
Pit Boss First Run
This is my FIRST EVER electrical managed smoker. I would be the first to let you know I referred to as these guys cheaters my entire life. Smoking is a course of, an artwork type, an all day affair the place I get to shrug off my chores as a result of I’m making dinner at 8 am.
I’m a cheater now. Call me a hypocrite in case you like, I’d.
The set it and overlook it ease of use is strictly why so lots of my mates have made the swap from charcoal and wooden.
Off to the shop to choose up a 20 pound bag of apple wooden pellets, and some rooster breasts to offer this factor a attempt. I do know, I stated brisket is my factor. Why am I utilizing rooster?
Chicken is a superb clean canvas in case you ask me. We all know what grilled rooster tastes like. So by utilizing rooster, I ought to have the ability to get a very good learn of simply how effectively the Pit Boss goes to do. I turned the dial to Smoke and let it go for an hour.
This is Too Easy
(This is the place I normally drink a beer whereas I watch the charcoal to ensure it’s burning how I would like. Guess I’ll go take heed to my Wife inform me about her day or one thing as an alternative…)
Now that the rooster has a very good hour of smoking on it, time to kick the warmth up just a little to complete cooking it.
(This is the place I normally drink one other beer whereas I stoke the fireplace to deliver the temperature as much as the candy spot. Guess I’ll go hear extra in regards to the sale they’ve at Kohls…)
A easy flip of the dial from Smoke to 225 and the Pit Boss kicks into motion and brings the temperature proper up. A couple of minutes later and we’re prepared for a style take a look at.
How Did It Do
I picked up a pair of good huge breasts for this take a look at. Not as a result of I dislike small breasts, however as a result of I wished to see how deep the smoke layer could be. So for this take a look at, the larger the higher I say.
A 1 Hour run with the Pit Boss set to Smoke yielded this end result.
That is a good penetration for a one hour run in case you ask me. And there was no fixed monitoring of charcoal or wooden. Just turned it on then realized all about Kohl’s Kash.
The taste was no disappointment both. On the primary chunk the rooster continues to be juicy and evenly heat all through. The apple taste from the wooden is dominating my style buds simply as I had hoped it might.
The outer layer of the rooster is crispier than the within simply the best way I like. The Pit Boss will get 2 Thumbs Up from me. Now it’s time for a REAL take a look at.
Smoking A Brisket
It’s 6am and the solar isn’t even up but. I put my Texas dry rub on the 4 pound brisket final evening after dinner so it might be able to go proper on this morning. The hope is that it must be prepared to return off the grill round 2pm operating at 225 levels all day.
And now we wait…
Starting with a full hopper of Apple Wood Pellets at 6am, it ran your entire day while not having a refill. Every time we walked out of our camper the odor of the apple smoke permeated our campsite, and some subsequent to us.
I had a distant thermometer within the middle of the brisket so I might keep watch over how shortly it was heating up throughout the cook dinner. The temperature rose at what I’d name an ideal charge, proper up till the stall. About 160 levels brisket will Stall Out, the place it appears to not soak up any extra warmth.
The cause for that’s as a result of the evaporation impact of the meat cooking cools it on the identical charge the grill is making an attempt to warmth it. I’ve had this final virtually an hour on my charcoal smoker, which is sufficient to put you right into a panic.
The Stall Out
With the Pit Boss the stall out was solely about quarter-hour. I’m unsure if that’s due to the fan pressured heating impact or what, however that was a welcome change from my charcoal days. We let the Pit Boss run at 225 till about 1pm. Then I switched it from 225 to Smoke.
On the smoke setting the temperature comes right down to about 180 levels, and the Pit Boss begins puffing like a freight practice. I let it run like that for the subsequent hour to get a heavy dose of that apple wooden smoke taste on the bark. Hopefully after I open the lid this factor seems to be just like the meat sweet I’m picturing in my head.
I’m as excited as Ralphie on Christmas morning when he acquired his Red Rider BB Gun. This is strictly how I hoped it might look.
The bark seems to be darkish and crispy. You can see that there’s nonetheless juice seeping out of the fatty areas. Lifting the brisket off the grill continues to be seems like a hefty piece of meat which tells me the within goes to be good and juicy.
Now the one factor left to do is stroll within the RV and proudly current my meat to my Wife for dinner.
A slice throughout the nook of the meat reveals a crispy exterior with a young inside. The first chunk tastes like sweet. The Pit Boss stored that excellent temperature going for your entire day and completely transformed the fat into sugars. This is a few of the sweetest meat we’ve ever had that got here off a smoker.
Is It Good For Camping
The Pit Boss transportable smoker is fingers down staying on our checklist of issues to maintain in our RV. Not simply because we’re residing full time in our RV, however even when we weren’t.
It is compact sufficient that it doesn’t take up an excessive amount of room in our storage space. The pellets final for the entire day within the hopper. We can throw dinner on it within the morning, and it’s prepared once we get again from the actions for the day.
Clean up is tremendous simple. All the drippings fall into the cup that simply comes off the aspect of the grill. The grill grate and drip pan raise proper out of the grill space. Everything is cleaned up and reassembled in lower than 5 minutes.
The solely down aspect I see, is when all of your neighbors odor dinner cooking all day you’re going to should set a number of additional plates at your picnic desk tonight.
After dinner we’re operating out to Kohls. Something about double Kohls Cash or one thing…
