I have the 590 with the 3 slot vent syste. I was also very disappointed with the amount of smoke flavor my food had with this smoker. I tried several different types of smoker tube that helped some but I still wasn’t satisfied. I finally made some adjustable covers for the vents. That helped...
If you live in a humid climate the pellets can absorb moisture. I have had to turn my grill on high and put my tube/maze full of pellets in there for 5-10 minute to dry them.
I alway COLD smoke cheese after dark when it’s 65° or less outside. I have found if the box temperature gets over 80° the quality of the cheese isn’t as good.
I recently smoked a bottom round roast to 135° in hopes that it would be my new medium rare beef cut. It turned out good. We were very pleased with the results. And, a local grocery store has it on sale regularly for 3.99lb.
We moved to South Alabama last year. Can’t find Tri tip any where. I asked a meat cutter if they ever get it in and he looked at me, laughed and said “you must be from the west coast. We never get Tri tip here”. I asked at Costco too. The guy filling the counter didn’t seem like he knew...
If I owned the new 590 I would block off the louvered vents and install a chimney style exhaust. I have the older three vent style and made slide covers fro the vents.
I thought I saw on here that someone adapted a camp chef side box to a 590.
I spent a lot of time debating the same question. I finally went with the 590. Im retired and it’s just my wife and me. We rarely cook for more than the two of us. I’m glad I went the way I did. That being said, if I were young with a growing family and socialized a lot with friends, I would...
I have found the app and Wi-Fi to NOT be what they are advertised to be. Before we moved my 590 was connected to our Wi-Fi and it would constantly connect and disconnect. Now, even with my best efforts I can’t get it connected. The smoker still works fine without the use of the built in...
I use a solution of oxiclean and hot water for most types of bbq gunk. Some stubborn gunk requires a brush to get off but it work really good. OC works really good to clean probes that have baked on smoke and grease.
When you smoke cheese the temperature in the box needs to stay cool. I have read that 90° is max temp but I have found that to be too high. I like to keep my box at 75° or lower.
I also use my old vertical smoker and the maze. I smoke cheese in the winter, in the evening when it's cold out...
It sucks that we spend big money on a Reqtec smoker, and then we need to spend more money to get it to give us the smoked flavor we're use to from cheap, but less convenient units.