TexasRedNeck
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- RT-1250
Ok boys,the wife’s smoker showed up yesterday. Did a dock pickup from SE freight.
The amount of stainless in this one compared to my original RT700 is impressive.
I got the RT590 to have a more manageable size since there are only three of us at home now and in 2 years the youngest will be off to college.
However this grill doesnt come with a stack, it comes with louvers in the back. I like a lot of smoke on my cook so I decided to cover the louvers and add a stack to the side and to add a nomes gasket to the lid.
By blocking the louvers up high and adding the stack with the opening down at the grate level it forces the chamber to fill with smoke completely before it can vent.
Stainless stack from amazon, stainless hardware and self adhesive nomex gasket also from amazon.
I used fire block sealant from 3M to seal the metal to the body and to seal the stack.
The other difference i noted is the heat diffuser on this one is cast iron, which I guess distributes the heat more evenly? The entire cooking chamber and drip tray is stainless as is the burn pot with a 100,000 cycle ceramic igniter.
The controller is very nice PID with wifi and 2 meat probes. You can download the app and turn the unit on and manage the heat and graph the temps all from your phone.
Initial burn seemed to generate good smoke on its own and I have 2 smoke tubes I’ll use for brisket, etc
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The amount of stainless in this one compared to my original RT700 is impressive.
I got the RT590 to have a more manageable size since there are only three of us at home now and in 2 years the youngest will be off to college.
However this grill doesnt come with a stack, it comes with louvers in the back. I like a lot of smoke on my cook so I decided to cover the louvers and add a stack to the side and to add a nomes gasket to the lid.
By blocking the louvers up high and adding the stack with the opening down at the grate level it forces the chamber to fill with smoke completely before it can vent.
Stainless stack from amazon, stainless hardware and self adhesive nomex gasket also from amazon.
I used fire block sealant from 3M to seal the metal to the body and to seal the stack.
The other difference i noted is the heat diffuser on this one is cast iron, which I guess distributes the heat more evenly? The entire cooking chamber and drip tray is stainless as is the burn pot with a 100,000 cycle ceramic igniter.
The controller is very nice PID with wifi and 2 meat probes. You can download the app and turn the unit on and manage the heat and graph the temps all from your phone.
Initial burn seemed to generate good smoke on its own and I have 2 smoke tubes I’ll use for brisket, etc
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