Narcosis5560
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Purchased a new 1250 a few months ago. There is a lot to love about it and a few cons.
Pro's
Overall quality an easy A.
Wifi is nice, had trouble at first but figured it out pretty quick.
I have done multiple long cooks and love the size of pellet hopper.
Second shelf is nice but also causes limitations. I'll add it as a Pro now but you will also see it in the con category.
Cooking grates are heavy duty, easy to clean and will last forever
Customer service A+, I had a horn that was stripped out and angled. One email with some pictures sent and they had a new had a new one at my house within a few days.
Maintenance, the set up makes clean up very easy. I followed the advise on the break in video and using foil on your drip plate makes it even easier. Take the advice and use foil on your drip tray.
App is simple to use and has everything I need.
My unit holds temperatures perfectly. I have had it up over 700 degrees when turned all the way up.
Meat probes are accurate and reliable. They are always within a degree or 2 of my thermoworks, thermometer.
Outer shelf is very useful and sturdy.
Cons
I wish they included written instructions for assemble with the unit. I'm an in-betweener when it come to technology and having to get everything online. I didn't care much for have to watch and pause videos or constantly having to sign back in to go to the next step.
Assembly nuts and bolts, be careful they break easy.
The upper shelf and main reason I went with the 1250. Second shelf is fine if you are just doing ribs, chicken or meats with a lower profile. If you are doing brisket, pork butts or other higher profile meats the second shelf is useless in its current configuration. Not being able to see the unit in person I made the wrong choice for my particular situation.
Improvements I would like to see:
Hopper lid, raise the hinge flush with hopper so that pellets would fall in when closing. (I know, not the end of the world but the hoopers are narrow and I have yet to fill without spilling some.)
Second rack, make it in two pieces, weld a couple of supports to the center that would sit on the lower grate. Something similar to how second cooking rack fit onto egg style smokers.
I like adding additional smoke by using a pellet smoke tube on cooks, configuring some type of holder on the side so its not taking up space on the grate would be awesome.
Overall I love it and recommend Recteq over all the others out there.
Pro's
Overall quality an easy A.
Wifi is nice, had trouble at first but figured it out pretty quick.
I have done multiple long cooks and love the size of pellet hopper.
Second shelf is nice but also causes limitations. I'll add it as a Pro now but you will also see it in the con category.
Cooking grates are heavy duty, easy to clean and will last forever
Customer service A+, I had a horn that was stripped out and angled. One email with some pictures sent and they had a new had a new one at my house within a few days.
Maintenance, the set up makes clean up very easy. I followed the advise on the break in video and using foil on your drip plate makes it even easier. Take the advice and use foil on your drip tray.
App is simple to use and has everything I need.
My unit holds temperatures perfectly. I have had it up over 700 degrees when turned all the way up.
Meat probes are accurate and reliable. They are always within a degree or 2 of my thermoworks, thermometer.
Outer shelf is very useful and sturdy.
Cons
I wish they included written instructions for assemble with the unit. I'm an in-betweener when it come to technology and having to get everything online. I didn't care much for have to watch and pause videos or constantly having to sign back in to go to the next step.
Assembly nuts and bolts, be careful they break easy.
The upper shelf and main reason I went with the 1250. Second shelf is fine if you are just doing ribs, chicken or meats with a lower profile. If you are doing brisket, pork butts or other higher profile meats the second shelf is useless in its current configuration. Not being able to see the unit in person I made the wrong choice for my particular situation.
Improvements I would like to see:
Hopper lid, raise the hinge flush with hopper so that pellets would fall in when closing. (I know, not the end of the world but the hoopers are narrow and I have yet to fill without spilling some.)
Second rack, make it in two pieces, weld a couple of supports to the center that would sit on the lower grate. Something similar to how second cooking rack fit onto egg style smokers.
I like adding additional smoke by using a pellet smoke tube on cooks, configuring some type of holder on the side so its not taking up space on the grate would be awesome.
Overall I love it and recommend Recteq over all the others out there.