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  1. tuxrox

    No Smoke Stack

    I am so confused, in 25 years of smoking meat I have never considered cleaning grills to keep them "sanitary", you brush the grates, stick in the meat and close the lid. Am I crazy for thinking the grill looks better over time? the black oil slick look that has replaced the shiny new metal is...
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    Pellet Smoking at Altitude

    This is curious though, the thinner air transmits heat less efficiently but at the same time speeds evaporation, this would imply that one would get dried out meat if they did not adjust the variables involved in the smoke. it is likely that smoking at 225 untill 160 has a different result at...
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    Rt-590 grill grates

    Its normal to be worried, I have had my share of grease fires in smokers / grills as I was learning. They generally add a unique flavor to the food :P One big tip for learning to smoke food, is start with he cheap meats, don't go buy a brisket this month or next month, stick to pork and chicken...
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    Rt-590 grill grates

    Honestly it's pretty easy 1) get the heavy duty wide foil at costco *or elsewhere 2) apply layer of foil to drip tray, making sure to fold in the edges so they don't overlap 3) only go above 275 while the foil is relatively clean like this isn't rocket science, if you smoke a pork shoulder, you...
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    Looking at the 590 for my first pellet grill

    That has been my experience as well, I can get up to 500 in 20 minutes or so from a cold start, things pop and warp above 400 or so, but so far have unwarped on the way back down. set to full it got to 590 after 20 minutes or so, it does drop fast when you open the door, but it recovers quickly...
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    Looking at the 590 for my first pellet grill

    I have only had my RT-590 for a couple weeks, but I can confirm the vents in the back work great! Mine has shown it can evenly cook biscuits with the only hot-spots really being at the front and back edges. I smoked some jerky this weekend that almost has too much smoke, the flavor you can get...
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    Who uses Req Tec pellets?

    Maybe? I don't know that High BTU and low ash make much sense to me as "desired features". But this depends on your goal, today I used bear mountain mesquite to smoke some jerky for 4 hours at 180/LO, and it has a nice smokey flavor, almost over-smoked.. I then did some ribs, had about a 1/2...
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    Who uses Req Tec pellets?

    You know, thats what I thought untill recently. my brother got a cheap pitboss smoker at lowes, and I helped him build it then using the pellets he bought I produced some delightfully smokey chicken thighs. This got me thinking maybe I was wrong about pellets and led to me buying a RT590 and...
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    Who uses Req Tec pellets?

    Yeah, I am used to smoking with charcoal and chunks or full on sticks in my offset or ugly drum smoker, and there it is easy to get smokey flavour even at 350. This may be why I find the rec teq blend so "weak" but I also notice that many who like the recteq ultimate blend also like using...
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    Unable to get RT-590 to heat up

    You should likely call the recteq support and get that fixed. the fan should come on pretty clearly during startup, can't miss the noise
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    Who uses Req Tec pellets?

    Closest one is 40 miles away, but wholesale sports has them for 10.99 for 20 lbs, and safeway right next to my house often has 11.99 for a 20 lb. I found this after buying from amazon on the last bag, I plan on trying more soon thouhg, have to use the stuff I bought in the bundle though so my...
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    Who uses Req Tec pellets?

    I got the bundle of pellets with my RT590 a week or so ago so I am no "expert" but so far I have burned 1.5 40 bags of recteq ultimate 1 20 lb bag of bear mountain mesquite 1 17 lb bag of kingsford cumin spice blend about 10 lbs of pitboss 100% hickory. the recteq blend produced heat, but the...
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    Disappointed with tech support

    The tech support staff is really something else at Rec Teq... My smoker is currently half disassembled but chugging away at my dinner **Smoked macncheese and a pair of chickens**. Over the past week? of ownership my 590 has tripped my gfci outlet progressively more and more, initially I...
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    Disappointed with tech support

    It's probably true, me on the other hand, I live in Portland and they estimated 12-15 days for me to get my grill. Well Thursday morning I got notice that my 590 was in Portland after only 6 days, I sent an email then remembered this thread and thought hmm, I wonder.... I got a call about 3...
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    Disappointed with tech support

    That is about how I feel about the first one I built, I sold that to a neighbor, and built another, then we put our heads together and improved the next couple we built. My current smoker has a weber kettle dome lid, with a firerope gasket, 3 racks and some hooks, a custom firebasket that hangs...
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    Disappointed with tech support

    I just hope it gets here soon :P, I currently use an Ugly drum smoker with charcoal and wood chunks, getting super tired of tending the fire and all the work and my pit is starting to get in need of rebuilding. My brother got a pit boss recently and at first I was like "pellet poopers can't...
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    Disappointed with tech support

    I was thinking of buying a pellet smoker last week, and like you had some pre-sale questions.. I called recteq around 9am last friday the 27th, after one ring they picked up and I talked to Evan for about an hour and we compared the woodwind 24, a cheaper pitboss I could have picked up at lowes...
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