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After 3 yrs w/out a pellet smoker just using a PBC...
« on: August 16, 2018, 03:06:01 AM »
I will have a new PG500 arriving 8/23!!! I am thrilled!
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Re: After 3 yrs w/out a pellet smoker just using a PBC...
« Reply #1 on: August 16, 2018, 07:48:51 AM »
Congrats , the PG500 is a killer unit.
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Re: After 3 yrs w/out a pellet smoker just using a PBC...
« Reply #2 on: August 16, 2018, 08:51:52 AM »
Good for you!

Did you buy the front shelf?

Is the grate in zone 1 still cast iron?

Now that the wheel-set has changed from my 2013 unit, how easy is it to roll around?

The front will stain from smoke leakage.  I recently cleaned mine rather thoroughly and treated it with TopCoat F-11, an automobile paint treatment.  It makes it much easier to wipe clean.  If I bought a new stainless steel pit I'd give it two or three coats of F-11 before I fired it up for the first time.

I also wouldn't bother seasoning it.  My seasoning just builds up until it flakes off.  Seasoning doesn't stick to SS as well as it does to mild steel.  Just do a burn-in to remove manufacturing residue and start cooking.
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Re: After 3 yrs w/out a pellet smoker just using a PBC...
« Reply #3 on: August 16, 2018, 09:29:57 AM »

 Enjoy that PG500!  :D
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Re: After 3 yrs w/out a pellet smoker just using a PBC...
« Reply #4 on: August 16, 2018, 09:35:45 AM »
Quote from: pmillen on August 16, 2018, 08:51:52 AM
Good for you!

Did you buy the front shelf?

Is the grate in zone 1 still cast iron?

Now that the wheel-set has changed from my 2013 unit, how easy is it to roll around?

The front will stain from smoke leakage.  I recently cleaned mine rather thoroughly and treated it with TopCoat F-11, an automobile paint treatment.  It makes it much easier to wipe clean.  If I bought a new stainless steel pit I'd give it two or three coats of F-11 before I fired it up for the first time.

I also wouldn't bother seasoning it.  My seasoning just builds up until it flakes off.  Seasoning doesn't stick to SS as well as it does to mild steel.  Just do a burn-in to remove manufacturing residue and start cooking.

Is F-11 what they use on DeLorean's ;D
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Re: After 3 yrs w/out a pellet smoker just using a PBC...
« Reply #5 on: August 16, 2018, 10:53:29 AM »
Quote from: Bar-B-Lew on August 16, 2018, 09:35:45 AM
Is F-11 what they use on DeLorean's ;D

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No, DeLoreans get ceramic coatings, like Gyeon Pure.  It's so hard when cured that a ripple has to be ground down.  When done right it looks wet forever.
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Re: After 3 yrs w/out a pellet smoker just using a PBC...
« Reply #6 on: August 16, 2018, 02:35:58 PM »
Thanks everyone for the kind words and advice. I did not order the front shelf as my wife ordered it as a surprise for my BD. But I will look into getting it. My first and only pellet smoker was a little Traeger Tailgater. It will be great to step up to something that is such a fine appliance.
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Re: After 3 yrs w/out a pellet smoker just using a PBC...
« Reply #7 on: August 23, 2018, 10:17:06 PM »
All I can say is wow! What a great smoker!
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Re: After 3 yrs w/out a pellet smoker just using a PBC...
« Reply #8 on: August 23, 2018, 11:05:11 PM »
Quote from: rdsbucks on August 23, 2018, 10:17:06 PM
All I can say is wow! What a great smoker!

Congratulations... :cool:

Let us know how you are enjoying your new smoker/grill, preferably with pictures attached.. :clap:

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Re: After 3 yrs w/out a pellet smoker just using a PBC...
« Reply #9 on: August 24, 2018, 03:46:54 PM »
I'm getting close to making this purchase also.
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Re: After 3 yrs w/out a pellet smoker just using a PBC...
« Reply #10 on: August 24, 2018, 08:01:15 PM »
You will enjoy it!
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Re: After 3 yrs w/out a pellet smoker just using a PBC...
« Reply #11 on: August 24, 2018, 11:59:39 PM »
We are like twins.  Got mine yesterday too.
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Re: After 3 yrs w/out a pellet smoker just using a PBC...
« Reply #12 on: August 27, 2018, 04:01:33 PM »
Is it accepted practice to ask whether you guys found the best deal direct from cookshack, or did you go with a supplier?
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Re: After 3 yrs w/out a pellet smoker just using a PBC...
« Reply #13 on: August 27, 2018, 04:06:09 PM »
My cousin has a PG500.
Very nice pit.
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Re: After 3 yrs w/out a pellet smoker just using a PBC...
« Reply #14 on: August 27, 2018, 04:42:19 PM »
Quote from: Jstocks on August 27, 2018, 04:01:33 PM
Is it accepted practice to ask whether you guys found the best deal direct from cookshack, or did you go with a supplier?

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