Recent content by Bisonrecteq

I have used the BGE for about 10 years. My favorite grill of all time. I have a built in Fire Magic gas grill, Blackstone griddle, RT 1250 and the Bullseye. I replaced a first generation traeger when I purchased the RT 1250 and bullseye. I use my BGE much less now due to the convenience of...

Any updates? I have had a couple of grease fires myself and wasn’t always sure why it happened. Just figured it was because I was a dumb*ss and didn’t burn off the grease properly. My biggest fire was on Christmas Eve when someone (not pointing any fingers here) poured melted butter over all...

I didn’t get any notification. Came home late one night from work and there were two pallets sitting in my driveway. Good luck.

Yup you guessed it, Estes dropped it off in my driveway without a phone call or anything. I found the two pallets sitting there when I got home from work. The invoice had blown off the pallets and was sitting in my lawn stuck next to some of my trees. I was glad we weren’t out of town. The...

Yikes, my order showed up last week and here is what my new 1250 looked like. The 1250 competition cart, bullseye and 340 I also ordered were all in very good to excellent condition. Good news is one call to recteq this morning and a new one is supposed to be on the way later this week. Nice...

I had a Traeger that has had auger issues from the dust as well. Maybe recteqs aren’t as susceptible to that problem. They are certainly much more robust and better built than my old gen 1 Traeger. After my auger quite working from the dust (and many hours spent cleaning it out), I started...

Yes, the block needs to be sitting within a few feet of the grill or the probes lose signal to the block. You do not need to have and extra iPad or iPhone or anything like that near it. The block connects to my home WiFi directly, then I monitor it either on my iPhone or iPad, whichever I am...

I have the MEATER Block (WiFi and 4 probes). Bought it about 6 months ago. Works great. You have to keep the block base unit within a few feet of the probes but then you get WiFi connection to your phone so can monitor it anywhere. I like that they provide the pit temp in addition to the...

I have the 36 inch Blackstone with the air fryer built in. I would say the air fryer is just okay. We have other stand alone air fryers that work somewhat better. I wouldn’t buy the BS for the air fryer. It is convenient to have but isn’t a game changer. My advice on the Blackstone would be...