Gypsyplumber
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I received my rt700 last week. I had time to assemble it on Friday. First impression was wow this quality is amazing. The stainless steel makes a huge difference and everything is just thick! I’ve been using wood pellet smokers for close to 10 years starting with the original mini traeger. I’ve also had a green mountain. This thing is a tank compared to both. Not sure why they claim it gets to 700 degrees though when it only goes up to 500. That being said I’ve done a ribeye for practice reverse seared and it came out amazing. Then yesterday I made a 4 bone prime rib with compound butter. I reverse seared this as well, smoked it at 275 for 2.5 hours and cranked it all the way up to 500 for 30 min or so and it came out so freaking good!
I’m looking forward to many more smokes my only complaint is that it doesn’t seem to get as hot as my green mountain did (550) even though it advertises it gets up to 700° but my green mountain got so hot that it would melt the coating off the inside of the barbecue and I’d have paint peeling and flaking onto my food this doesn’t seem like it will be an issue with this barbecue. Also my drip pan warped on my GM…Likely I’m gonna order the sear kit I do a lot of steaks. I normally get a cast-iron pan and put it inside my barbecue to sear but I like the idea of the searing grates.
I’m looking forward to many more smokes my only complaint is that it doesn’t seem to get as hot as my green mountain did (550) even though it advertises it gets up to 700° but my green mountain got so hot that it would melt the coating off the inside of the barbecue and I’d have paint peeling and flaking onto my food this doesn’t seem like it will be an issue with this barbecue. Also my drip pan warped on my GM…Likely I’m gonna order the sear kit I do a lot of steaks. I normally get a cast-iron pan and put it inside my barbecue to sear but I like the idea of the searing grates.